Cloud Governance with Azure Resource Graph

Managing a growing cloud footprint requires complete visibility over your infrastructure, yet traditional portal searches and API calls can be slow and fragmented. This text-only course teaches you how to use Azure Resource Graph to explore, audit, and govern your resources instantly. You will gain the skills to run complex queries across multiple subscriptions, enabling proactive oversight of your cloud environment. By reading through practical scenarios and structured explanations, you will transition from manual resource tracking to automated, query-driven governance. You will learn how to write efficient Kusto Query Language queries, identify security gaps, detect orphaned resources, and build governance dashboards. What you will learn: Understand the foundational architecture of Azure Resource Graph and how it aggregates cloud metadata; Write custom Kusto Query Language queries to filter, project, and join resource data; Audit security compliance and identify non-compliant resources across your entire organization; Track and analyze cloud spend by querying resource tags and usage patterns; Modernize your workflow using Azure CLI and PowerShell integrations for automated reporting; Apply zero-trust governance principles by continuously monitoring resource configurations. This course starts with essential cloud governance definitions and basic query structures before progressing to advanced multi-resource analysis and real-world compliance scenarios. It is designed for system administrators, cloud engineers, and IT professionals who are new to resource querying and want to establish robust governance practices. No prior experience with Kusto Query Language is required. Start reading to master your cloud governance and gain absolute visibility into your infrastructure.