What do I need?

The oral exam

One question under the spotlight, six at worst, and a reasoned recommendation: Azure, Proxmox, out of scope, or no lab at all. No jury, no grade, and you can resit as many times as you like.

Vecteezy

One question is often enough: four of the five possible answers require no lab at all, and the assistant then sends you straight to the right place. Otherwise, five more questions lead to Azure Lab, Proxmox Lab or outside the Lab scope. Nothing is sent to anyone, and you can start over.

Question 1 / 6

What do you actually need?

Four of these five answers need no lab at all. Answer with what you want to get, not with how you plan to get it.

An identity (user, group, app registration)A place to share (site, list, library)Try KubernetesTry an AI modelResources: VMs, databases, networking

The four shortcuts, if you’d rather go straight there

These are the first four answers to question 1, and the assistant stops there: an identity in Entra ID, a shared space in SharePoint, a Kubernetes cluster already up and running in the Kubernetes lab, an AI model to try in the AI lab. No lab, no e-mail, available right away — only the last one has a meter running, as usage is billed per token.

Decide for yourself

The Azure / Proxmox comparison covers the same criteria in a table, with the use cases for each platform. Short version: Azure when in doubt, Proxmox when the need is genuinely on-premise.

Platform chosen: create an Azure lab or request a Proxmox lab.