AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Flashcards

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Azure’s cloud-based identity and access management service that provides authentication and authorization for users, groups, and applications.

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Azure Active Directory

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A dedicated instance of Azure AD that represents an organization or a single directory.

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Azure AD Tenants

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Custom domains that can be added to Azure AD to allow users to sign in using their organization’s domain name.

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Azure Custom Domains

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User accounts created in Azure AD for authentication and access control.

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Azure AD Users

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Groups created in Azure AD to manage and organize users for easier administration and access control.

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Azure AD Groups

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Subscriptions or licenses assigned to Azure AD users to grant access to specific features and services.

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Azure AD Licenses

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A logical grouping mechanism in Azure AD that allows for more granular administrative control over resources.

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Azure Administrative Units

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A feature in Azure AD that enables users to reset their passwords without the need for assistance from IT administrators.

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Azure Self-Service Password Reset

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A security model in Azure that assigns permissions to users based on their roles and responsibilities.

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Role-based access control (RBAC)

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Predefined roles in Azure that grant specific administrative permissions to users or groups.

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Azure Administrative Roles

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Custom-defined roles in Azure that allow for more fine-grained control over permissions by specifying specific actions and resources.

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Custom RBAC Roles

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The scope at which resource groups are defined and used to organize and manage Azure resources.

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Resource Group Scope

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Containers used to organize and manage Azure resources based on a common lifecycle or application.

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Resource Groups

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The main interface in the Azure portal where users can view and manage their Azure subscriptions and resources.

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Subscription Dashboard

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A service in Azure that helps users monitor and control their Azure spending and optimize resource usage.

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Cost Management

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A feature in Azure that allows users to lock resources to prevent accidental deletion or modification.

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Resource Locks

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A service in Azure that enables users to define and enforce rules and policies for resource compliance and governance.

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Azure Policy

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A secure and scalable Azure service that provides storage for various types of data.

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Storage Account

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The networking configuration of a storage account that allows public access to the storage resources.

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Storage Account: Public Networking

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The networking configuration of a storage account that restricts access to the storage resources within a virtual network.

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Storage Account: Private Networking

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Advanced Options: Additional configuration settings for a storage account, such as data lake storage, hierarchical namespace, etc.

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Storage Account: Advanced Options

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Mechanisms and features provided by Azure for ensuring the integrity and durability of data stored in a storage account.

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Storage Account: Data Protection

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The process of encrypting data stored in a storage account to protect it from unauthorized access.

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Storage Account: Encryption

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The completion and activation of a storage account after all the necessary settings and configurations have been defined.

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Storage Account: Final Creation

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Binary Large Objects (Blobs) are a type of storage object in Azure used for storing unstructured data.

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Storage Account: Blobs

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Azure Files is a storage service that provides fully managed file shares in the cloud.

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Storage Account: Files

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Azure Queue storage is a messaging service that enables reliable and asynchronous communication between components of distributed applications.

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Storage Account: Queues

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Azure Table storage is a NoSQL key-value store that provides schema-less storage of structured data.

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Storage Account: Tables

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Authentication keys associated with a storage account that can be used to access and manage the storage resources.

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Access Keys

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A secure way to provide limited access to storage resources in a storage account without sharing the account keys.

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SAS (Shared Access Signature)

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A feature in Azure storage that allows users to define fine-grained access permissions for shared access signatures.

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Stored Access Policies

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Storage redundancy options in Azure that provide data replication and fault tolerance for high availability and durability.

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Redundant Storage

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Different storage performance and cost options available in Azure, such as hot, cool, and archive tiers.

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Access Tiers

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A service in Azure that collects and analyzes log and performance data from various resources for monitoring and troubleshooting.

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Log Analytics

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Azure AD integration with Azure storage that enables granular access control based on user identities and groups.

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Azure AD Access Control for Storage

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A feature in Azure storage that automates the movement and deletion of data based on specified rules and policies.

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Lifecycle Management

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A virtual hard disk attached to an Azure virtual machine for storing data.

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Azure Data Disk

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A command-line utility used for copying data to and from Azure storage.

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AzCopy

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A web-based tool in the Azure portal for managing and interacting with storage accounts and their contents.

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Storage Browser

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A feature in Azure storage that enables automatic replication of data between storage accounts in different regions for redundancy.

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Object Replication

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A fully managed file share in Azure that can be accessed and shared across multiple virtual machines.

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Azure file share

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A service that enables synchronization of on-premises file servers with Azure file shares for seamless access and backup.

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Azure File Sync

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A high-performance storage offering in Azure for storing and accessing large amounts of unstructured data.

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Premium Storage: Blobs

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A high-performance storage offering in Azure for hosting file shares with low latency and high throughput.

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Premium Storage: Files

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A virtualized computing instance in Azure that runs an operating system and applications.

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Virtual Machine

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Different disk options available for Azure virtual machines, such as managed disks, unmanaged disks, and premium disks.

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Azure VM Disk Options

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Networking configurations and options available for Azure virtual machines, such as virtual networks, subnets, and network security groups.

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Azure VM Networking Options

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The process of provisioning, configuring, monitoring, and maintaining Azure virtual machines.

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Azure VM Management

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The level of availability and resilience provided by Azure for virtual machines through features like availability sets and availability zones.

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VM Availability

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Additional storage disks attached to an Azure virtual machine for data storage.

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VM Additional Disks

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A fully managed service in Azure that provides secure and seamless RDP and SSH access to virtual machines.

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Azure Bastion Service

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A feature in Azure that allows for the deployment and management of a set of identical virtual machines.

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Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)

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The process of manually adjusting the number of virtual machines in a virtual machine scale set based on workload requirements.

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VMSS Manual Scaling

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A repository of pre-built virtual machine images and templates available in Azure for easy deployment.

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Azure Compute Gallery

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Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates are JSON files used to define and deploy Azure resources and configurations.

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ARM Template

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A domain-specific language (DSL) for defining Azure resources that provides a cleaner and more concise syntax compared to ARM templates.

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Azure Bicep

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An open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that can be used to define and provision infrastructure resources in Azure.

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Terraform

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A feature in Azure that allows running custom scripts on virtual machines during deployment or after provisioning.

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ARM Custom Script Extensions

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A file format used for representing virtual machine disks in Azure.

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VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)

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Encryption of virtual machine disks at the server level for enhanced security.

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VM Server-Side Encryption (SSE)

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A feature in Azure that enables encryption of virtual machine disks at the OS level.

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Azure Disk Encryption (ADE)

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Scheduled or manual processes in Azure for backing up virtual machines and their data.

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VM Backup Jobs

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The process of recovering and restoring a virtual machine from a backup to its previous state.

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VM Restores

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A service in Azure that allows for hosting and managing web applications.

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Web App

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A fully managed platform in Azure for building, deploying, and scaling web, mobile, and API applications.

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App Service

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An integration between Azure and GitHub that allows for automating workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

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GitHub Actions

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A managed container orchestration service in Azure that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of Kubernetes clusters.

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Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)

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Lightweight, isolated units of software packaging that encapsulate applications and their dependencies.

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Containers

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A Kubernetes cluster managed by Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

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AKS Cluster

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A command-line tool used to interact with and manage Kubernetes clusters.

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Kubectl

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Different storage options available for persistent data storage in AKS, such as Azure Disks, Azure Files, and Azure Blob storage.

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AKS Storage Options

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A tool that allows for running and managing Docker containers on a local machine for development and testing.

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Docker Desktop

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A serverless container offering in Azure that allows for running containers without managing underlying infrastructure.

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ACI (Azure Container Instances)

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A collection of containers managed and deployed together as a group in Azure Container Instances.

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ACI Container Groups

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A service in Azure that simplifies the deployment and management of containerized applications using Azure Container Registry and Azure Container Instances.

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Azure Container Apps

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A logically isolated network in Azure that allows for secure communication between Azure resources.

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VNet (Virtual Network)

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A smaller address space within a virtual network where resources can be deployed.

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Virtual Network Subnet

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A virtual or physical network interface attached to a virtual machine or other Azure resources for network connectivity.

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Network Interface Card

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Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a protocol used to access and control Windows-based virtual machines.

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RDP Access

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Secure connections established over the internet that allow users to access private networks remotely.

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VPNs (Virtual Private Networks)

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A dedicated and private network connection between on-premises infrastructure and Azure data centers for secure and reliable communication.

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ExpressRoute

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The process of connecting two virtual networks in Azure to enable resources in one virtual network to communicate with resources in another.

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VNet Peering

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A feature in Azure that allows virtual networks in different Azure regions to be connected for global-scale deployments.

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Global Peering

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A service in Azure that enables secure and encrypted communication between virtual networks in Azure.

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Azure-to-Azure Virtual Network Gateway

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A connection established between an on-premises network and an Azure virtual network using a VPN or ExpressRoute.

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Network Gateway Connection

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Services in Azure that provide domain name system (DNS) management for translating domain names to IP addresses.

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Azure DNS Services

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A DNS zone in Azure that resolves names to private IP addresses within a virtual network.

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Private DNS Zone

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A DNS zone in Azure that resolves names to public IP addresses accessible over the internet.

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Public DNS Zone

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Security groups in Azure that act as a virtual firewall for controlling inbound and outbound traffic to Azure resources.

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NSGs (Network Security Groups)

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Rules defined within a network security group that allow or deny specific types of network traffic.

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NSG Rules

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The process of distributing incoming network traffic across multiple resources or servers for improved performance and availability.

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Load Balancing

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A load balancer service in Azure that provides application-level load balancing and other advanced traffic management capabilities.

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Application Gateway

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A monitoring and diagnostic service in Azure that provides insights into network traffic and helps troubleshoot network issues.

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Network Watcher

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A feature in Azure Network Watcher that enables monitoring and troubleshooting of network connectivity between resources.

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Connection Monitor

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A feature in Azure Network Watcher that helps verify network traffic flow between resources.

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IP Flow Verify

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Logs generated by Network Security Groups (NSGs) that capture information about inbound and outbound network traffic.

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NSG Flow Logs

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Logs generated by Azure resources that provide diagnostic information about network-related activities.

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Network Diagnostic Logs

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A network architecture in Azure where a central “hub” virtual network is connected to multiple “spoke” virtual networks.

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Hub and Spoke Network Design

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A service in Azure that provides monitoring and analytics capabilities for applications, infrastructure, and networks.

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Azure Monitor

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Diagnostic information collected from the guest operating system of virtual machines for troubleshooting purposes.

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Guest OS Host Diagnostics

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Queries written in the Kusto Query Language (KQL) used to analyze and retrieve data from Azure Monitor logs.

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Kusto Queries on Logs

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A disaster recovery solution in Azure that provides replication and recovery services for on-premises and Azure virtual machines.

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Azure Site Recovery

103
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Site-to-Site replication using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to replicate data between on-premises sites for disaster recovery.

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ASR to Site-to-Site Replication

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A feature in Azure Site Recovery that allows for testing the failover process without impacting production environments.

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ASR Test Failover