The Azure portal is a web application and the most straightforward way to view and manage most Azure resources. The Azure portal can also be used for identity management, to view billing information, and to create custom dashboards for often used resources to get a quick overview of some deployments.

Although it's easy to start with using and deploying services and resources, it's highly recommended to use some Azure automation technologies for larger and production environments. The Azure portal is located at https://portal.azure.com.