1.1.2 Finance + Operations on-premises and cloud-based finance and operations apps

Question 1

Cloud architecture?

Answer 1

Allows customers to stay current in a consistent, predictable, and seamless manner
Allows continuous updates of the app
Aims to lower upgrade costs
Improve performance
Fully managed by MS
Simple to scale up or down
Data centers managed by microsoft

Question 2

Benefits of Cloud architecture?

Answer 2

Significantly shorter implementation
Fewer required customizations
Significantly reduced cost for IT infrastructure

Question 3

Main components of Cloud Architecture?

Answer 3

Subscription
Licenses
Azure AD
Tenant
MS 365 Admin help center
LCS
Azure DevOps

Question 4

Subscription?

Answer 4

A subscription gives to F&O gives you an online cloud environment

Question 5

Licenses?

Answer 5

Customers must purchase Subscription licenses (SLs) for their org. or for their affiliates, employees and on-site agents.

Question 6

How are F&O apps licensed?

Answer 6

Volume Licensing and the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program

Question 7

Azure Active Directory (AD)?

Answer 7

Multi-tenant, cloud-based directory and identity management service from MS that combines core directory services, application access management, and identity protection in a single solution.

Question 8

Tenant?

Answer 8

In Azure AD, a tenant represents an org.
A dedicated instance of the Azure AD service that an org. receives and owns when it created a relationship with MS.

Question 9

MS 365 Admin help center?

Answer 9

Subscription management portal that MS 365 provides for admins.
Provides management functions through Azure AD as well as subscriptions

Question 10

Lifecycle Services (LCS)?

Answer 10

Collaboration portal that provides an environment and a set of regularly updated services that can help you manage app lifecycle of F&O implementations

Question 11

Azure DevOps?

Answer 11

Code version control
Deploy a build environment
Used during code upgrades

Question 12

On-premise architecture?

Answer 12

Application is deployed locally within the customer’s data center, and the data center is managed by the customer

Question 13

What needs to be considered when using on-premise?

Answer 13

Difference in;
System requirements
Hardware sizing
Functionality of the application

Question 14

What happens when on-prem. deployment is selected?

Answer 14

Application servers and MSQL db are run in the customer’s data center.

Question 15

What is used on-prem. to build and manage an enterprise-class, high-scale application?

Answer 15

MS Azure Server Serice standalone clusters

Question 16

2 types of clusters?

Answer 16

Sandboxes
Production environments

Question 17

What roles are deployed on-prem. on sandbox and production environments?

Answer 17

Application Object Servers
Financial Reports Designer
SQL Server Reporting Services

Question 18

How to decide which type of deployment to use? (Cloud vs on-prem)

Answer 18

Overall approach of the implementation and management
Organizational preferences for meeting needs of business
Cloud is managed by MS
On-prem by client - costs more