Azure - learning without costs

This article provides a comprehensive guide on learning Microsoft Azure cloud services without financial investment. It emphasizes the importance of practical application alongside theoretical knowledge and lists several free emulators and tools that can be run locally on a workstation, such as Azurite for storage, Cosmos DB emulator, Service Bus emulator, Event Hubs emulator, Azure Functions Core Tools, and API Management self-hosted gateway. It also mentions LocalStack for Azure as an option for testing infrastructure code locally, though it requires a token. The article is useful for developers and IT professionals seeking cost-effective ways to practice and test Azure services in a CI/CD pipeline or learning environment.