Secure Networking in Azure

Course Overview

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Advance your cloud security expertise by mastering the implementation of secure networking in Microsoft Azure. This course equips you with the skills to build resilient, encrypted, and highly available network architectures for modern cloud environments. You’ll begin with network fundamentals like NSGs, ASGs, and routing strategies, then transition into more advanced topics such as VPN Gateways, Virtual WANs, and Private Endpoints. Through each lesson, you'll learn practical techniques to protect data in transit and at rest across Azure services. Later modules cover high-impact solutions such as Azure Firewalls, Application Gateways, DDoS Protection, and TLS implementations. Monitoring tools like Network Watcher and NSG flow logs are also explored to enhance visibility and control. Designed for network engineers, cloud architects, and IT professionals, this course is ideal for those with foundational Azure knowledge. It is most suitable for intermediate-level learners seeking hands-on expertise in Azure network security.