Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Cloud Service Types Flashcards
You’ll learn how each cloud service type determines the flexibility you’ll have with managing and configuring resources. You'll understand how the shared responsibility model applies to each cloud service type, and about various use cases for each cloud service type.
1
Q
Which cloud service type is the most flexible, providing maximum control for cloud resources?
A
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
2
Q
What are two scenarios where IaaS might make the most sense?
A
- Lift-and-shift migration: You’re standing up cloud resources similar to your on-prem datacenter, and then simply moving the things running on-prem to running on the IaaS infrastructure.
- Testing and development: You have established configurations for development and test environments that you need to rapidly replicate. You can stand up or shut down the different environments rapidly with an IaaS structure, while maintaining complete control.
3
Q
What cloud service type maintains operating systems, middleware, dev tools, and business intelligence services? (Other bits may be shared)
A
PaaS
4
Q
What are two scenarios where PaaS make the most sense?
A
** Development framework: ** PaaS provides a framework that developers can build upon to develop or customize cloud-based applications.
- Analytics or business intelligence: Tools provided as a service with PaaS allow organizations to analyze and mine their data, finding insights and patterns and predicting outcomes to improve forecasting, product design decisions, investment returns, and other business decisions.
5
Q
What is the most complete cloud service model?
A
Software as a Service (SaaS)
6
Q
Which cloud model places the most responsibility with the cloud provider?
A
SaaS
7
Q
What are 3 common scenarios for SaaS?
A
- Email and messaging.
- Business productivity applications.
- Finance and expense tracking.
