AZ-900 Flashcards
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What is Azure Arc
Azure Arc is a set of technologies to manage your cloud environment
what are the main 2 types of expenses to consider when comparing IT infrastructure models
CapEx, capital expenditure and OpEx, operational expenditure
is cloud computing CapEx or OpEx
cloud computing is OpEx
what does SLA stand for
Service level agreement
what is vertical scaling
vertical scaling is focused on increasing or decreasing the capabilities and resources , eg you could add more cpus or RAM to the VM or remove CPUs and RAM
what is Horizontal scaling
Horizontal scaling is the adding or subtracting of the number of resources eg. if you suddenly experienced a steep jump in demand for your deployed resource you could be be scaled our by adding an additional VM or container
What are 2 crucial cloud benefits
Reliability and Predictability
why is security and governance important in the cloud
things like set templates help meet corporate and governmental standards and cloud based auditing helps flag any resource that is out of compliance based on your corporate standards, depending on the model you can push patches and updates automatically
What is Iaas
Iaas is infrastructure as a service, it is the most flexible category of cloud services as it provides maximum contol for your cloud resources, in an Iaas model the cloud provider is responsible for maintaining the hardware ,internet connectivity and physical security, you are responsible for everything else such as OS install, config, maintenance, network config, database storage and config and so on. essentially renting hardware in a datacentre and doing what you would with it
What is Paas
Platform as a service is the middle ground between renting a space in a datacentre (IAAS) and paying for a complete deployed solution (SaaS) in a PaaS environment the cloud provider maintains the physical infrastructure, security, internet connection as well ass the OS, Middleware, dev tools and business intelligence which makes up a cloud solution, in a PaaS you do not need to worry about patching or licensing OS systems and databases
scenario uses would be Development framework, PaaS provides a framework that delepors can build on or customise cloud based applications similiar to an exel macro
Analytics or business intelligence, tools provided as a service in PaaS allow organisations to analyze and mine thier data fingin insights and patterns
what is SaaS
SaaS is software as a service, essentially you are renting and entire application, email, financial software, etc while it is the least flexible option it is the easiest to get up and running and requires the least amount of technical knowledge to deploy
what is azure marketplace
azure marketplace is a place that lets you purchase azure-based solutions from third party vendors, such as a server already fully configured or a managed firewall, connectors or backup services
what does TCO stand for
Total cost of ownership
what is the term given to markers added to characteristics of your system such as Appname, nodeusage etc in regards to TCO
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What is microsoft Purview
microsoft purview is the family of data governance, risk and compliance solutions that help you get a single unified view into your data
what can MS Purview do
Automated data discovery
Sensitive data classification
End-to-end data lineage
the main to solution areas comprise of Risk and Compliance
can Azure policies be set at specific group, subscription or resource levels
Yes, policies can be created as both group and individual policies and you can enforce specific level on each resource or other factors
azure policies are inherited
