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The Web portal provides a point-and-click GUI that offers quick and easy access. Note that other resource management methods (whether used alone or in combination with Web portal use) can provide better reproducibility, flexibility, and higher efficiency, particularly for complex and larger-scale deployments.
2) Command Line
There are several ways to engage Azure via the command line. Documentation for access, installation and use is available here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/
Note that you can install and run the Azure command line tool on a local machine or access it in a Web browser via Azure Cloud Shell:
https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-shell/
Cloud Shell also offers additional, complementary features; see documentation link immediately above.
3) API
Web portal vs. CLI vs. API
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