Intro Flashcards
Can we have single resource in multiple resources groups?
No
What is Resources group?
It contains different resources that are related to each other into same group
What is subscription?
It is a container of multiple resources group it is mostly linked with billing
Can we have multiple subscription in a account?
Yes
What is the hierarchy of resources
Management group -> subscription-> Resource group -> Resource
What are the different compute services available in azure?
Virtual Machines
Virtual machine scale set
App services
Azure containers service
Azure kubernetes services
Windows virtual desktop
What is virtual Machines?
It’s is a compute instance which runs on azure cloud it is similar to EC2 in AWS
What is VM Scale set?
It is similar to EC2 auto scaling where two or more instance runs same code to handle the request load
What is App services ?
It can run web apps , backend api etc
What are azure container services
It allows you to run container based apps in cloud
What is azure Kubernetes services
It allow you to run Kubernetes services in cloud
What is windows virtual desktop?
it allow you to provision virtual desktop on cloud
What is virtual network in azure?
It is similar to VPC in AWS.
What is express route in azure?
It is similar to direct connect in AWS which establishes private connection between azure and on premise
What is azure front door service?
It has load balancer, CDN, firewall
What is peering in virtual network?
It’s a connection established between two or more virtual networks
Which service allow you to run code in a serverless way ?
App Service and Web apps
What are the list of azure storage services
Container/ BLOB storage
Disk storage
File storage
Storage tier
What is Azure storage account?
Azure storage account support many storage types like blob, table,queue & files
Blob storage support data lake ?
Yes
Which service in AWS is similar to azure storage account?
S3
What are the access tire available for azure storage account?
Hot, cold, Archive
What are the performance tier available in azure storage account?
Standard & premium
Can we set specific location of data storage in azure storage account?
Yes
Can we set Failover option in azure storage account?
Yes
Can we set data replication in azure storage account?
Yes
What are disk storage in azure storage?
Disk storage is related to hard disk attached to virtual machines
Can we have queue storage in azure storage account?
Yes
What is life cycle management in azure a storage account?
Based on certain rules we can move data from hot to cold and to archives
How to copy data between blob container in storage account ?
AZ COPY transfer data between blob container in storage account with out downloading it
What is AZCOPY?
It’s a command line tool which can be downloaded and install or we can use in cloud shell which can copy files from one container to another container in same storage account or different storage account
What is azure file sync?
It allows you to have on premise file server and also a cloud based storage.
Azure file share use which protocol?
SMB protocol
File share use which encryption?
AES 128
What is azure migrate?
Migrate on premise or other cloud services to azure cloud
What is azure data box?
It’s like snow ball or snow mobile in AWS
Azure Active Directory is same as Active Directory?
No
What is Azure AD?
It’s a identity as a service provided by azure
What is conditional access in azure ad ?
Multi factor authentication can be set based on certain conditions
What is Role based access control (RBAC)
Roles are used to control user access
What is Microsoft defender for cloud?
It enhance security for prod environment in azure
Which Azure service provide security recommendations?
Microsoft defender for cloud
VM charge is based on what?
Seconds based billing
Inbound data is free?
Yes
Outbound dada is free?
No
What is Total cost of ownership?
Cost of running workload on premise
What is azure pricing calculator?
It compute cost of hardware which runs on azure cloud
What is Azure cost management ?
It’s a tool to analyze azure resources cost
What is resource tag?
We can tag the resources for future reference
What are the tools used for azure compliance and governance?
Azure blue print
Azure Policy
Resource lock
Service trust portal
What is Azure blueprint?
It has Azure templates with pre defined roles and policies
What is azure policy?
It allows you to create rules across all of azure resources
What is Resource Locks?
Mark resources as read only and we can’t change the settings
What is service trust portal?
Centralized location for all data protection compliance certificates from Microsoft for regulatory reporting
What is cloud shell in azure?
It’s CLI which interact with azure
Azure command start with ?
AZ
If you delete resources group does it delete all of it resource within it?
Yes
What is Azure Arc?
You can see and manage all of your on premise infrastructure or other cloud which is not part of azure
What is ARM template?
Azure resource manager template is similar to cloud formation template in AWS
What is Azure Advisor?”
Azure Advisor help you to manage your azure account.
It analyze your Azure resources and provide recommendations.
It also provides security recommendations
What is azure service health?
It’s about how azure itself is running
What is azure monitor?
It monitor all Azure resources
Can you set alerts using azure monitor?
Yes
Where I can generate report on azure resources?
Azure Monitor
How to run VMware solutions in azure
Azure VMWare
Cloud computing is CapEx / OpEx?
OpEx
Lift and shift apply to IaaS/ Paas/sass?
Iaas
What is azure subscription?
It is a sub division of azure account. An azure account can have multiple subscription and each subscription can have multiple resources group and each resource group can have multiple resources
What is Azure Sandbox account?
It’s a test environment to practice your azure cloud skills and you will not be charged for the actions you perform on sandbox accounts
What are the multiple ways to interact with Azure?
Azure portal
Azure CLI
Power shell
What is Region Pair?
Most azure region are paired with another region for failover by default.
Not all service will auto failover user have to enable it for some services
What is Sovereign Region?
These are isolated regions which are not connected with other regions example china and gov cloud
What is the main advantage of azure subscription?
Logically Group Resource Group for billing purposes
Can you group azure subscription and apply governance policy?
Yes using azure Management group you can group azure subscription and apply governance policy
What is Manx no of management group in azure account?
10,000
What is VM available set?
It helps you to build more resilient and highly available environments by grouping VM which have independent power and networks
What is Nginx?
It’s a popular web server
Which service we can use to host web apps.
Azure App Service
What are the different types of App services available in Azure?
Web apps,
API apps
Web jobs
Mobile apps
What is point to site virtual private network
Client use corporate vpn to connect azure virtual network
What is site to site virtual network?
Link on premise network to azure using vpn gateway
What is express route
Private link between on premise and Azure network
What is Route table?
Route table allow you to define rule on how traffic is routed
What is border gateway protocol?
It would with VPN gateway, Route server @ express route to forward on premise BGP routes to azure virtual network
Which service help you to filter network traffic?
Network security group & network virtual appliance help you to filter network traffic
Which service allow you to send data from one network to another in encrypted form?
VPN
What is VPN gateway?
It a type of virtual network gateway which allows you to connect on premise to azure, individual devices to azure & azure virtual network to another azure virtual network
What are the types of vpn available in azure?
Police based VPN & Route based VPN
Which VPN allows you on multi site connection?
Route based. VPN
Which VPN allows you to coexist with Azure express route gateway?
Route based vpn
Which VPN type provide point to site connections?
Route based VPN
Which VPN type allow connection between virtual network?
Route based VPN
What are different highly available VPN scenarios?
Active/standby
Active/Active
Express route Failover
Zone redundant gateway
What is BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)?
BGP is responsible for looking at all available path that data could travel and pick the best route.
What is Azure DNS?
It a hosting service for DNS domain that provides name resolutions using Microsoft Azure infrastructure
Which data redundancy is lowest cost?
LRS Local Redundant Storage
Which is least durable redundant storage
LRS
What does Zone redundant storage does?
Replicate data across AZ in same region
What is GRS?
Data is replicated in secondary region
What is Geo Zone redundant storage?
Data is replicated multiple AZ and in Multiple regions
Which storage service support data lake?
Azure blob storage
Which storage is used for VM
Azure disk storage
Which storage is used for messages queues?
Azure Queues
Which storage is used for file share?
Azure files
What is use of azure migrate?
It helps you to migrate from on premise to azure cloud
What is Azure data box?
Transfer petabytes of data from on premise to azure cloud it’s like snow ball
What is AZCOPY?
It’s. a command line tool which allows to to upload, download and copy files in azure
Azure storage explorer use which tool at backend
AZCOPY
Which tool will keep the files in sync between on premise and azure?
Azure file sync
Where we use Active Directory?
On premise environment
Where we use Azure AD?
Cloud environments
Does Active Directory monitor sign in attempt?
No
Does Azure AD monitor sign in attempt?
Yes
Which service does Azure AD provide?
Authentication
SSO
Application Mgt
Device Mgt
How to connect Active Directory with Azure AD?
Azure AD Connect
which tool helps to estimated cost of Azure resources
Pricing calculator
which tool helps to estimated cost of running an on-premises infrastructure
TCO calculator
what is azure Cost Management
ability to check Azure resource costs, create alerts based on resource spend, and create budgets
ARM template format
JSON
PowerShell and CLI commands are compatible to each other?
No
Which DB service provide sub 5 milliseconds response times?
CosmosDB
Where we store cryptographic keys
Azure key vault
Where can we find Microsoft compliance
Azure Trust center
Can we limit azure spending?
Yes Azure spending limit
Azure AI services comes under?
Cognitive services