I have solid experience building agentic AI and RAG systems, but I'm starting from zero with Terraform and Azure. I've used AWS a little through online courses, though that knowledge doesn't transfer very far.
I'm looking for a genuinely hands-on, code-along learning path. Portal-click tutorials don't stick for me, so I'd rather type out the infrastructure and application setup myself. Ideally, the material would start with no assumed Azure knowledge and focus on AI services such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, and Azure OpenAI. Terraform should be central to the workflow, rather than provisioning everything through the portal and only adding Python afterward.
Most resources I've found seem to be either general Terraform courses with no AI focus or Azure AI tutorials that rely almost entirely on portal steps. I'm happy to use two separate courses if there isn't one that covers both areas well. I'd especially appreciate recommendations from people who have actually completed the material.
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Start with Azure fundamentals before going deep into the AI-specific services. Understanding subscriptions, resource groups, identity and access, networking, regions, storage, and the general Azure resource hierarchy will make the Terraform and AI tutorials much easier to follow. Otherwise, even a good code-along course may feel confusing because it assumes you understand what the resources are doing.
There’s a hands-on Azure automation channel with beginner and intermediate Terraform courses where you follow along by writing the code instead of watching slide-heavy lessons. It could be useful for learning the infrastructure side, but the instructor notes that the material assumes you already know the Azure basics and isn’t specifically an AI application course. You’d probably need a separate Azure AI course afterward.
I’m mainly trying to learn Azure in the context of AI and LLM applications, so I’ll probably pair the Terraform material with something focused on those services.