Exam-aligned courses, ready-to-use tools and templates, and hands-on consulting, all built from 18+ years of real Azure projects.
One to two hours each, built around a working lab, from years of hands-on architecture work.
Set up Sentinel in the Defender portal, detect and investigate real incidents, then automate the response, all the way to ServiceNow tickets.
Build a secure identity baseline: MFA, Conditional Access, break-glass accounts and risky sign-in policies, in a live tenant.
Tagging, built-in and custom policies, remediation and management groups: the guardrails that keep Azure tidy and costs under control.
All courses Also in progress: the complete SC-300 + SC-900 exam course.
Ready-to-use Azure tools built from real projects, sold through Gumroad with instant download.
A secure, budget-guarded Azure foundation for startups: network, Key Vault, logging, budget alerts, policy and access, with 14 optional add-ons. Preview first, one-command removal.
Offline assessment, lock-replacement plan and migration runbook for moving Azure Blueprints to Deployment Stacks before the 31 January 2027 retirement.
Every exam domain on a single page: the features, licences and portal locations that come up again and again.
Focused engagements for organisations running on Azure, from a quick review to a full design.
Design reviews and target architectures aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption and Well-Architected Frameworks.
A subscription-level review with a prioritised list of savings: idle resources, right-sizing, reservations and tagging.
Microsoft Entra ID setup and hardening: Conditional Access, PIM, access reviews and secure guest access.
I'm an Azure Architect with more than 18 years in IT. I've designed and run Azure environments across identity, networking, security and cost management, and I've seen what separates cloud projects that work from ones that don't.
Cloud with Vikas is where I share that experience: practical courses and free lessons for people building their Azure careers, ready-to-use tools for teams running on Azure, and hands-on consulting when you need an architect in the room.
Practical write-ups on Azure, certifications and architecture decisions.
The phased shutdown has started. The four dates that matter, what happens to your locks, and how to move to Deployment Stacks.
Sentinel now lives in the Microsoft Defender portal. Here is what changes, the deadline, and a checklist for moving.
The spend that quietly builds up in Azure, how to spot each one, and what to do about it.
The short courses run one to two hours each. Longer exam courses, such as SC-300, come later.
No. The labs are designed to run on a free Azure account or trial, and each course shows what the lab costs and how to delete it afterwards.
Digital products are sold on Gumroad: each product page links straight to checkout, and downloads are instant. Courses will link to where they are sold at launch; join the waitlist and you'll get the link, and any launch discount, by email.
Yes. Every course is recorded in the current portals, for example Microsoft Sentinel in the Defender portal and Microsoft Entra rather than the old Azure AD screens.
Yes. See the consulting page for services, or use the form below to ask about training for your team.
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