Describe Azure management and governance Flashcards
For commands on both Azure CLI and Powershell will the:
-Commands work the same on Mac, Linux and windows ?
-Command execution be supported in Azure Cloud shell?
-Command have the option to be executed in an interactive environment ?
-Support GUI ?
- Yes both
- Yes both
- Yes both
- Neither
Name two destinations from which Azure monitor can collect platform logs and metrics
Azure Log analytics work space and An Azure Storage account
Tags are X/Y pairs ? Define X and Y
name/value
How can you ensure all required resources are tagged appropriately ?
Apply tags manually or create an Azure Policy
Where will Azure Policy apply tags ?
Resource groups or to the subscription to the resources
What does Application Insights do ?
Enable developers to improve app performance and usability.
What does Resource Health do ?
Displays a list of health issues that are related to particular resource.
What is an initiative ?
A collection of Azure Policy definitions
Can an initiative contain policies located in multiple subscriptions ?
No
What does the Azure pricing calculator do ?
Estimates monthly costs associated with using specific Azure resources
What does Azure Policy do ?
Enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale.
What does Role based Access control do ?
Manage resources via built in or custom roles.
What scope is RBAC applied to ?
Management groups, subscriptions, resource groups and resources.
What does Azure Advisor do ?
Analyzes your resource and makes reccomendations.
Name some improvements that Azure Advisor can provide
Cost
Performance
High Availability
Security
What does Azure monitor do ?
Collects, analyzes and acts upon data from the cloud or on premise environments.
What do policies allow ?
To specify what type of resources can be used
What do Resource Groups allow ?
To group resources together
What is the Azure Hybrid benefit setting ?
Allows you to use existing Windows Server licenses to reduce the cost of Azure VMs
What does the TCO calculator do ?
Compare the price difference between on-prem infrastructure and predicted cloud infrastructure
What does the Azure Portal do ?
Provides a GUI for deploying, managing and monitoring Azure resources.
Can you use the Azure portal inside the cloud shell ?
No. Portal is GUI
How long does health history keep track of inactive events ?
90 days
What informs you of planned Azure Maintenance ?
Health Alerts in Service health
Which tool should you use to
- Improve the continuity of Critical apps
- Improve app performance
- Detect threats and vulnerabilities
- Reduce overall Azure costs
Azure Advisor, the personal cloud consultant.
Give some properties of Azure Advisor
Proactive
Actionable
Personalized best practices
What is Azure Service Health ?
Service Health dashboard helps you track active events.
What is Azure Status page ?
Provides info about the global availability and health of Azure services.
What service can auto scale resources hence minimizing costs and ensuring peak performance levels?
Azure Monitor
What does Defender for Cloud do ?
SPS
Strengthens security posture
Protects against threats
Secures computing environment
Will locks take precedence over RBAC ?
Yes
Do locks apply to newly added resources ?
Yes
Are locks applied to all users and roles ?
Yes
What factors does the TCO take into account ?
Compute, storage, bandwidth and management costs
What should you always do with RBAC ?
Keep additional permissions to a minimum
Which resource is required to use Azure Cloud Shell
Storage account
What is a billing zone ?
A geographical grouping of Azure regions used to determine billing based upon data transfers
What role grants persmissions to assign access and policies only
Access admin role
What roles allows someone to create, update, move, delete and read management groups ?
Owner
What should you use to review security recomendations ?
Azure Advisor
Which type of data collection requires you to enable diagnostics ?
Event logs
Can you run Azure Powershell on iOS and Android
Yes via Azure mobile app