Azure core solutions and management tools

Question 1

Managed service for bi-directional communication
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Highly secure, scalable and reliable
Integrates with a lot of Azure Services
Programmable SDKs for popular languages (C, C#, Java, Python, Node.js)
Multiple protocols (HTTPS, AMQP, MQTT)

Answer 1

Azure Iot Hub

Question 2

IoT App Platform - Software as a Service (SaaS)
Industry specific app templates
No deep technical knowledge required
Service for connecting, management and monitoring IoT devices
Highly secure, scalable and reliable
Built on top of the IoT Hub service and 30+ other services

Answer 2

Azure IoT Central

Question 3

Secure end-2-end IoT Solutions
Azure Sphere certified chips (microcontroller units - MCUs)
Azure Sphere OS based on Linux
Azure Security Service trusted device-to-cloud communication

Answer 3

Azure Sphere

Question 4

What is Machine Learning?

Answer 4

Machine Learning is a subcategory of AI where a computer software is “taught” to draw conclusions and make predictions from data

Question 5

Cloud-based platform for creating, managing and publishing machine learning models
PaaS

Answer 5

Azure Machine Learning

Question 6

Machine Learning Studio

Answer 6

Web portal for end-2-end development

Question 7

Machine Learning Workspace

Answer 7

Top level resource

Question 8

Features of Azure Machine Learning

Answer 8

Notebooks

Automated ML

Designer

Data & Compute

Pipelines

Question 9

Serverless enterprise integration service (PaaS)
200+ connectors for popular services
Designed for orchestration of
business processes,
integration workflows for applications, data, systems and services
No-code solution

Answer 9

Azure Logic Apps

Question 10

Serverless coding platform (Functions as a Service, FaaS)
Designed for nano-service architectures and event-based applications
Scales up and down very quickly
Highly scalable
Supports popular languages and frameworks (.NET & .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PowerShell, etc.)

Answer 10

Azure Functions

Question 11

What is DevOps?

Answer 11

DevOps is a set of practices that combine both development (Dev) and operations (Ops).

DevOps aims to shorten the development life cycle by providing continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) capabilities while ensuring high quality of deliverables.

Question 12

What services are included in Azure DevOps?

Answer 12

Boards – tracking work
Pipelines – building CI/CD workflows (build, test and deploy apps)
Repos – code collaboration and versioning with Git
Test Plans – manual and exploratory testing
Artifacts – manage project deliverables

Question 13

Service for creation of sandbox environments for developers/testers (PaaS)
Quick setup of self-managed virtual machines
Preconfigured templates for VMs
Plenty of additional artifacts (tools, apps, custom actions)
Lab policies (quotas, sizes, auto-shutdowns)
Share and automate labs via custom images
Premade plugins/API/tools for CI/CD pipeline automation

Answer 13

Azure DevTest Labs

Question 14

TRUE / FALSE

Azure Advisor allows for investigations

Answer 14

FALSE

Azure Advisor is pro-active

Question 15

Areas where Azure Advisor provides recommendations

Answer 15

Cost
Reliability
Performance
Security
Operational Excellence