Azure Services

Question 1

Azure Portal

Answer 1

web-based, unified console that provides an alternative to command-line tools
manage your Azure subscription by using a graphical user interface
designed for resiliency and continuous availability

You can:

• Build, manage, and monitor everything from simple web apps to complex cloud deployments.
• Create custom dashboards for an organized view of resources.
• Configure accessibility options for an optimal experience.

Question 2

Azure PowerShell

Answer 2

Azure PowerShell is a set of cmdlets for managing Azure resources directly from the PowerShell command line. Azure PowerShell is designed to make it easy to learn and get started with, but provides powerful features for automation.

Question 3

Azure CLI

Answer 3

The Azure command-line interface (Azure CLI) is a set of commands used to create and manage Azure resources. The Azure CLI is available across Azure services and is designed to get you working quickly with Azure, with an emphasis on automation.

Question 4

Cloud Shell

Answer 4

Azure Cloud Shell is an interactive, authenticated, browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources. It provides the flexibility of choosing the shell experience that best suits the way you work, either Bash or PowerShell.

Question 5

Azure Mobile App

Answer 5

Azure Mobile Apps is a set of client and server libraries for adding authenticated data access and offline synchronization to your mobile applications.

Question 6

Region

Answer 6

A region is a set of datacenters deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network. Azure gives you the flexibility to deploy applications where you need to, including across multiple regions to deliver cross-region resiliency

Question 7

Availability Zones

Answer 7

• high-availability offering that protects your applications and data from datacenter failures
• unique physical locations within an Azure region
• made up of one or more datacenters equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking
• there’s a minimum of three separate zones in all enabled regions

Question 8

Region Pair

Answer 8

An Azure Region Pair is a relationship between 2 Azure Regions within the same geographic region for disaster recovery purposes. If one of the regions were to experience a disaster or failure, then the services in that region will automatically failover to that regions secondary region in the pair.

Question 9

Resource Groups

Answer 9

A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution. The resource group can include all the resources for the solution, or only those resources that you want to manage as a group. You decide how you want to allocate resources to resource groups based on what makes the most sense for your organization. Generally, add resources that share the same lifecycle to the same resource group so you can easily deploy, update, and delete them as a group.

Question 10

Azure Marketplace

Answer 10

Azure Marketplace helps connect users with Microsoft partners, independent software vendors, and startups that are offering their solutions and services, which are optimized to run on Azure. Azure Marketplace customers can find, try, purchase, and provision applications and services from hundreds of leading service providers. All solutions and services are certified to run on Azure.