Tired of cloud confusion? Burned by billing? Haunted by the ghost of a forgotten VM?
Welcome to Azure Ascension: From Portal Peasant to Cloud Commander—your no-fluff, no-nonsense, and no-snooze guide to conquering Microsoft Azure like a caffeinated cloud gladiator.

This isn’t just another dry tech manual. This is Azure as told by Scott Markham, the IT author who dares to blend real-world expertise with actual personality. Whether you're a new admin trying not to break production, or a seasoned engineer wondering why your storage bill reads like a car payment—this book’s got your back (and your billing alerts).

Inside, you'll laugh, learn, and level up with topics like:

• Surviving your first resource group (and the emotional damage of NSGs)

• Tagging with precision, not panic

• Scaling like a boss without setting your wallet on fire

• Securing Entra ID like the digital bouncer you were born to be

• Taming backups, automation, App Services, and the existential dread of cost reports

And when you're done ascending this cloud mountain, don't stop.
Scott Markham’s entire collection is built for IT pros who want real skills and a good time doing it. Whether you’re diving into PowerShell, SQL, Linux, M365, Kubernetes, or Active Directory, there’s a Markham guide that’ll teach you the ropes—without boring you to death.

Read it. Master it. Then grab another—because Azure is just one corner of Scott Markham’s hilarious and helpful tech empire.

Your cloud journey deserves a better guide.
You just found him.