Training CNN on Azure with Keras

1. Creating Azure free trial: use personal outlook.com account to sign up for Azure free trial. After login fill all mandatory fields. During Azure free trial sign up credit card is required for verification.

Note: You will not be charged for creating any resource in Azure free trial. Azure account will be deactivated automatically after $200 are consumed. Azure free trial FAQ

2. Login to Azure portal with email ID (Azure user credential) used in the previous step.

3. In the upper-left corner of Azure portal, select + Create a resource.

• Use the search bar to find Machine Learning.
• Select Machine Learning.
• In the Machine Learning pane, select Create to begin.

Provide the following information to configure your new workspace:

• Workspace name: Enter a unique name
• Subscription: Select the Azure subscription that you want to use
• Resource group: Use an existing resource group in your subscription or enter a name to create a new resource group
• Location: “East US” or “Southeast Asia”
• Workspace edition: Select Enterprise
• After you are finished configuring the workspace, select Review + Create.

4. Go to Azure Notebooks & sign in with Azure user credentials.

• Create a new project
• Then download “CNN_Keras_Azure.ipynb” from here & upload in your project
• Ensure “Running on Free Compute” is enabled

5. Select Download config.json from the Overview section of the workspace in Azure portal.

• Upload config.json in your project folder
• Also, click on the launch option in Azure ML workspace

6. Click on CNN_Keras_Azure.ipynb in your project to open & execute step by step :)

Reading links & Credits/Reference:

https://keras.io/examples/mnist_cnn/

https://victorzhou.com/blog/keras-cnn-tutorial/