The New Azure Preview Portal.

The user experience for the new azure preview portal (portal.azure.com) is quite different than the current management portal (manage.azure.com). I am no UX expert by any stretch but I wanted to introduce the vocabulary for the new Azure preview portal. So, let’s jump straight in-

Startboard: The first layout you are presented with when you login to azure.portal.com. You can pin various entities you feel you need one click access to Startboard.

azure startboard

Blade: Vertical container that acts as a starting point for a journey.  Can contain multiple parts.
Part:    Components that provide reusable units of functionality.
Lens:    Container for parts.

azure portal- blade, lens and part

Journey: Series of steps that a user follows (represented by sequential blades) 

azure portal- journey

Jump Bar: As the name says it, it’s a jump bar.

azure jump bar

Browse Hub: Hubs are the central location for global services that all extensions leverage.

browse hub

I will keep adding to the list as I come across new ones. Hope you learnt something new!

Cheers,
-Phani