Azure core solutions and management tools Flashcards
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)
Azure Iot Hub
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
Azure IoT Central
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
Azure Sphere
What is Machine Learning?
Machine Learning is a subcategory of AI where a computer software is “taught” to draw conclusions and make predictions from data
Cloud-based platform for creating, managing and publishing machine learning models
PaaS
Azure Machine Learning
Machine Learning Studio
Web portal for end-2-end development
Machine Learning Workspace
Top level resource
Features of Azure Machine Learning
Notebooks
Automated ML
Designer
Data & Compute
Pipelines
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
Azure Logic Apps
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.)
Azure Functions
What is DevOps?
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.
What services are included in Azure DevOps?
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
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
Azure DevTest Labs
TRUE / FALSE
Azure Advisor allows for investigations
FALSE
Azure Advisor is pro-active
Areas where Azure Advisor provides recommendations
Cost Reliability Performance Security Operational Excellence