Introduction to the course

Welcome to the Multicloud Foundations course, where you'll learn how to deploy foundational infrastructure in both Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Microsoft Azure using Terraform and OpenTofu.

This introductory lesson gives you a clear picture of what this course is all about. You’ll meet your instructor, Martin Linxfeld from FoggyKitchen.com, and discover how the course blends theory with real-world hands-on cloud engineering.

We’ll walk through the key learning objectives—from comparing cloud architectures to deploying networks, VMs, storage, and databases across both platforms.

You'll also learn why Terraform and its open-source fork OpenTofu are essential for building reusable, declarative infrastructure that works across cloud providers.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll know what multicloud means, why it matters, and what you’ll accomplish step-by-step in this course.

Let’s get started!