Deployment Models - ANSWER Where cloud services are located and managed
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- Hybrid Cloud
Key Cloud Concepts and Features - ANSWER Elasticity: Automatically adjusts
resources based on demand, optimizing performance and cost
High Availability: Ensures that applications and services remain accessible even during
failures by replicating resources across regions or zones
Disaster Recovery: Strategies and services to quickly recover data and systems in case
of an outage or disaster
Security:Cloud providers offer advanced security features, including encryption, identity
management, and compliance tools
Billing and Pricing Models - ANSWER Pay-As-You-Go: Users pay only for what they
use, ideal for variable workloads
, Reserved Instances: Customers commit to using resources for a longer term for a lower
rate
Consumption-Based: Charges are based on actual usage rather than a flat rate, helps
organizations control costs
Describe Azure architecture and services - ANSWER provide a flexible, scalable, and
secure cloud computing environment
- regions and availability zones
- resource groups
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Regions and Availability Zones - ANSWER Azure is organized into regions and
availability zones to provide redundancy, high availability, and disaster recovery
- regions: geographic locations with multiple data centers
- availability zones: physically separate locations within a region
Resource Groups - ANSWER Logical containers for grouping related resources (ex,
virtual machines, databases) that simplify management and organization
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) - ANSWER The management layer that handles
provisioning, configuring, and managing Azure resources consistently, providing a
unified API for deployment
Describe Azure management and governance - ANSWER help organizations manage,
control, and secure their resources on the Azure platform
- resource organization to compliance
- cost management
- access control
allows businesses to enforce standards and maintain oversight over their Azure
environments
Resource Organization and Management - ANSWER Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
- the foundational management layer for Azure resources, allows users to deploy,
manage, and organize resources in a unified way. ARM enables the use of templates
(ARM templates) to define the infrastructure as code for consistent deployments
Resource Groups
- logical containers for managing and organizing Azure resources, this simplifies
tracking, permissions, and cost control.
- grouping related resources within resource groups makes it easier to manage as a unit
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