" Microsoft Azure : Cloud Computing "

• cloud computing service 

• created by Microsoft 

• building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services 

• through Microsoft-managed data centers

• It provides a range of cloud services, including compute, analytics, storage and networking. 

• Users can pick and choose from these services to develop and scale new applications, or run existing applications in the public cloud.

• It provides,
•  Software as a service (SaaS)
•  Platform as a service (PaaS) and 
•  Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)                                                                                                            

• Azure uses large-scale virtualization at Microsoft data centers worldwide.
•  It offers more than 600 services.
• There are few main Services in Azure cloud computing.

• Computer services
• Identity
• Mobile services
• Storage services
• Communication services
• Data management
• Messaging
• Media services
• CDN
• Developer
• Management
• Azure AI
• Azure Blockchain Workbench
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Azure Orbital

 

 AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

1.   Describe Cloud Concepts

·         Identify the benefits of cloud computing, such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, and Disaster Recovery

·         Identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx)

·          describe the consumption-based model

·         describe the shared responsibility model

·         describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),

·         describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

·         describe serverless computing

·         describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

·         Identify a service type based on a use case

·         define cloud computing

·         describe Public cloud · describe Private cloud · describe Hybrid cloud · compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing

 

2.   Describe Core Azure Services

·         describe the benefits and usage of Regions and Region Pairs

·         describe the benefits and usage of Availability Zones

·         describe the benefits and usage of Resource Groups

·         describe the benefits and usage of Subscriptions

·         describe the benefits and usage of Management Groups

·         describe the benefits and usage of Azure Resource Manager

·         explain Azure resources

·         describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Virtual Desktop

·         describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual Network peering, and ExpressRoute

·         describe the benefits and usage of Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and storage tiers

·         describe the benefits and usage of Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and SQL Managed Instance

·         describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace

 

3.   Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure

·         describe the benefits and usage of Internet of Things (IoT) Hub, IoT Central, and Azure Sphere

·         describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure Databricks

·         describe the benefits and usage of Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service

·         describe the benefits and usage of serverless computing solutions that include Azure Functions and Logic Apps

·         describe the benefits and usage of Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevTest Lab

·         describe the functionality and usage of the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, Cloud Shell, and Azure Mobile App

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Monitor

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Service Health

 

4.   Describe general security and network security features

·         describe basic features of Azure Security Center, including policy compliance, security alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene

·         describe the functionality and usage of Key Vault

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Sentinel

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts

·         describe the concept of defense in depth

·         describe the functionality and usage of Network Security Groups (NSG)

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Firewall

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure DDoS protection

5.        Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features

·         explain the difference between authentication and authorization

·         define Azure Active Directory

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Active Directory

·         describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Single Sign-On (SSO)

·         describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

·         describe the functionality and usage of resource locks

·         describe the functionality and usage of tags

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints

·         describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

·         describe the Microsoft core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance

·         describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Online Services Terms (OST) and Data Protection Amendment (DPA)

·         describe the purpose of the Trust Center

·         describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation

·         describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services)

 

6.      Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements

·         identify factors that can affect costs (resource types, services, locations, ingress and egress traffic)

·         identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use benefit, spot pricing)

·         describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator

·         describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management

·         describe the purpose of an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA)

·         identify actions that can impact an SLA (i.e. Availability Zones)

·         describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability

✍️ -Prabath Bandara-