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font-size-xs"> Azure Virtual Machines </div> </div> <div class="learn-summary font-size-md content"><p>When you're working on research projects, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of cloud computing concepts. In this learning path, you'll study the general terminology and services that of cloud computing, which should be useful to you when you鈥檙e working on research tasks. You'll learn how to create virtual machine and how to use it, and how to pick the best storage solution to persist your data.</p> <h2 id="learning-objectives">Learning objectives</h2> <p>Upon completion of this learning path, you'll be able to:</p> <ul> <li>Understand the fundamental concepts of the cloud</li> <li>Create virtual machines to run research focused workloads</li> <li>Create and manage the right storage to keep your research data</li> </ul> </div> <div class="prerequisites font-size-sm content margin-bottom-xs"> <h2 class="title is-6 margin-top-xxs margin-bottom-none">Prerequisites</h2> <ul> <li>You should be familiar with basic computing concepts and terminology.</li> <li>An understanding of cloud computing is helpful, but isn't necessary.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="learning-path-actions" class="buttons"> <button type="button" class="collection button button-clear has-inner-focus margin-right-none" data-bi-name="collection" data-list-item-title="Azure for Researchers part 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