Welcome to Lab 1! Now that we have our network foundation, it’s time to get hands-on with the cloud side of the equation. This video introduces the Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm—a powerful, fully configured Marketplace template designed for large-scale AI and HPC workloads. In this tutorial, we guide you through the complete deployment workflow to get your environment up and running quickly. In this video, you will learn how to: Deploy the Workspace: Bring up the CycleCloud Workspace instance directly from the Azure Marketplace. Launch Your Cluster: Create and start your initial Azure-only Slurm cluster. Master the CLI: Familiarize yourself with the CycleCloud CLI for advanced cluster management and automation—skills that are essential for the hybrid control we will build later. Validate Performance: Test baseline job submission and autoscaling behavior to ensure stability. Mastering these cloud-native fundamentals is the required next step before we integrate the on-premise components! 🔗 Resources: Previous Step (Lab 0): [ #Azure #HPC #Slurm #CycleCloud #CloudComputing