(1) Describe cloud service types

Question 1

H/V - VM, compute, Network, Storage is Azure’s responsibility; Data, Application, Runtime, OS is customer’s responsibility.

Answer 1

IaaS Responsibilities

Question 2

You’re standing up cloud resources similar to your on-prem datacenter, and then simply moving the things running on-prem to running on the IaaS infrastructure.

Answer 2

Lift-and-Shift Migration (IaaS Example)

Question 3

You have established configurations for development and test environments that you need to rapidly replicate. You can stand up or shut down the different environments rapidly with an IaaS structure, while maintaining complete control.

Answer 3

Testing and Development (IaaS Example)

Question 4

Runtime, OS, H/V - VM, Compute, Network Storage is Azure’s responsibility. Data and Application is the customer’s responsibility.

Answer 4

PaaS Responsibilities

Question 5

This is a framework that developers can build upon to develop or customize cloud-based applications. Similar to the way you create an Excel macro, this type of service lets developers create applications using built-in software components. Cloud features such as scalability, high availability, and multi-tenant capability are included, reducing the amount of coding developers must do.

Answer 5

Developmental Framework (PaaS Example)

Question 6

Tools provided as a service with this type allow organizations to analyze and mine their data, finding insights and patterns and predicting outcomes to improve forecasting, product design decisions, investment returns, and other business decisions.

Answer 6

Analytics or Business Intelligence (PaaS Example)

Question 7

This type of service delivers the complete business value; customer is responsible for absolutely nothing (example would be Microsoft 365).

Answer 7

SaaS Responsibilities

Question 8

Use Case: I need a messaging solution with e-mail and collaboration; zero desire to install Microsoft Exchange or Sharepoint.

Answer 8

SaaS

Question 9

Use Case: I want to move these DCs or FSs from on-prem to the cloud.

Answer 9

IaaS

Question 10

Use Case: I want to run a single container for my service.

Answer 10

PaaS - ACI (Azure Container Instances)

Question 11

Use Case: I need a richer networking integration solution for my services.

Answer 11

PaaS - AKI (Azure Kubernetes Services)