Describe Azure management and governance Flashcards
What factors can influence the OpEx costs of using Azure infrastructure? (6)
- Resource type
- Consumption
- Maintenance
- Geography
- Subscription type
- Azure Marketplace
How is the bill calculated for Azure resources?
meters that are created when you provision a resource are used to track the resources’ usage and generate a usage record that is used to calculate your bill
What two calculators help you understand potential Azure expenses?
Pricing calculator & Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator
What is the purpose of the Pricing calculator?
to give you an estimated cost for provisioning resources in Azure
What is the purpose of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator?
to help you compare the costs for running an on-premises infrastructure compared to an Azure Cloud infrastructure
What type of cost alerts may show up when using the cost management tool?
- Budget alerts
- Credit alerts
- Department spending quota alerts
What is Microsoft purview?
a family of data governance, risk, and compliance solutions that helps you get a single, unified view into your data
What key features does Microsoft Purview provide? (3)
- Automated data discovery
- Sensitive data classification
- End-to-end data lineage
What two main solutions comprise Microsoft Purview?
Risk & compliance and unified data governance
What is Azure policy?
a service in Azure that enables you to create, assign, and manage policies that control or audit your resources
What is the purpose of a resource lock?
to prevent resources from being accidentally deleted or changed
What are the two types of resource lock?
Delete and ReadOnly
What is the service trust portal?
a portal that provides access to various content, tools, and other resources about Microsoft security, privacy, and compliance practices
Via what mediums can you manage your Azure resources? (4)
- Azure portal
- Azure Cloud Shell
- Azure PowerShell
- Azure CLI
What is the Azure portal?
a web-based, unified console that provides an alternative to command-line tools
What is the Azure Cloud Shell?
a browser-based shell tool that allows you to create, configure, and manage Azure resources using a shell
What is the Azure PowerShell?
a shell with which developers, DevOps, and IT professionals can run commands called command-lets (cmdlets)
What is the Azure CLI?
a shell which is functionally equivalent to Azure PowerShell, with the primary difference being the syntax of commands
What is a benefit of using the Azure Cloud Shell over the PowerShell or CLI?
It is authenticated to your Azure credentials, so when you log in it inherently knows who you are and what permissions you have.
What is Azure Arc?
a service that extends the capabilities of Azure, allowing you to manage, govern, and secure your infrastructure and applications across multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge environments
What is Azure Resource Manager?
the deployment and management service for Azure
What is Bicep?
a language that uses declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources
What does Azure Advisor do?
evaluates your Azure resources and makes recommendations to help improve reliability, security, and performance, achieve operational excellence, and reduce costs
Azure Advisor presents recommendations under which categories? (5)
- Reliability
- Security
- Performance
- Operational excellence
- Cost
What three services does Azure Service Monitor provide?
- Azure Status
- Service Health
- Resource Health
What is Azure Monitor?
a platform for collecting data on your resources, analysing that data, visualising the information, and even acting on the results
