Microsoft Training - Mod 1

Question 1

What is cloud computing

Answer 1

It is the delivery of computing services over the internet.

Computing services include common IT infrastructure such as virtual machines, storage, databases, and networking

Question 2

Compute Power

Answer 2

How much processing power you need. In cloud you can add or remove as needed.

Question 3

Storage

Answer 3

Volume of data you can store on your computer. In cloud, you can request more storage as you need it.

Question 4

Describe the shared responsibility model

Answer 4

Physical security, power, cooling, and network connectivity are the responsibility of the cloud provider.

The consumer is responsible for the data and information stored in the cloud and access security, meaning you only give access to those who need it.

Question 5

IaaS

Answer 5

Infrastructure as a Service

Question 6

SaaS

Answer 6

Software as a Service

Question 7

PaaS

Answer 7

Platform as a Service

Question 8

What’s included with IaaS?

Answer 8

Places the MOST responsibility on the CONSUMER, with the cloud provider being responsible for the basics of physical security, power, and connectivity.

Question 9

What’s included with SaaS?

Answer 9

Places MOST of the responsibility with the cloud PROVIDER

Question 10

PaaS

Answer 10

Being a middle ground between IaaS and SaaS, rests somewhere in the middle and evenly distributes responsibility between the cloud provider and the consumer.

Question 11

You’ll always be responsible for?

Answer 11

• The information and data stored in the cloud
• Devices that are allowed to connect to your cloud (cell phones, computers, and so on)
• The accounts and identities of the people, services, and devices within your organization

Question 12

The cloud provider is always responsible for

Answer 12

• The physical datacenter
• The physical network
• The physical hosts

Question 13

Your service model will determine responsibility for things like?

Answer 13

• Operating systems
• Network controls
• Applications
• Identity and infrastructure

Question 14

Private cloud

Answer 14

Cloud (delivering IT services over the internet) that’s used by a single entity

Question 15

Private cloud details

Answer 15

Much greater control for the company and it’s IT department.
Much greater cost and fewer benefits of a public cloud deployment.
Could be hosted from an on site datacenter, dedicated datacenter offsite or a third party dedicated their datacenter to your company.

Question 16

Public cloud

Answer 16

Built, controlled, and maintained by a third-party cloud provider.
Anyone that wants to purchase cloud services can access and use resources. The general public availability is a key difference between public and private clouds.

Question 17

Hybrid cloud

Answer 17

Computing environment that uses both public and private clouds in an inter-connected environment
- users can flexibly choose which services to keep in public cloud and which to deploy to their private cloud infrastructure.

Question 18

Multi-cloud

Answer 18

Use multiple public cloud providers
- you deal with two (or more) public cloud providers and manage resources and security in both environments

Question 19

Azure Arc

Answer 19

Set of technologies that helps manage your cloud environment
- it can be a public cloud solely on Azure, a private cloud in your datacenter, a hybrid configuration, or even a multi-cloud environment running on multiple cloud providers at once.

Question 20

Azure VMware Solution

Answer 20

Lets you run your VMware workloads in Azure with seamless integration and scalability.
- example: you are already established with VMware in a private cloud environment but want to migrate to a public of hybrid cloud

Question 21

Capital Expenditure

Answer 21

CapEx is typically a one-time, up-front expenditure to purchase or secure tangible resources.

Question 22

Examples of CapEx

Answer 22

A new building, repaving the parking lot, building a datacenter, or buying a company vehicle are examples of CapEx.

Question 23

Operational Expenditure

Answer 23

OpEx is spending money on services or products over time

Question 24

Examples of OpEx

Answer 24

Renting a convention center, leasing a company vehicle, or signing up for cloud services are all examples of OpEx.

Question 25

Consumption-based model

Answer 25

pay for the IT resources you use

Question 26

Benefits to the consumption based model

Answer 26

1. No upfront costs 2. No need to purchase and manage costly infrastructure that users might not use to its fullest potential 3. The ability to pay for more resources when they're needed The ability to stop paying for resources that are no longer needed

Question 27

Benefits of the pay-as-you-go

Answer 27

1. Plan and manage your operating costs. 2. Run your infrastructure more efficiently. 3. Scale as your business needs change.

Question 28

Physical datacenter is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 28

Cloud provider - all

Question 29

Physical hosts and physical network is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 29

Cloud provider - all

Question 30

Accounts and identifies is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 30

Customer - All

Question 31

Operating system is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 31

SaaS/PaaS - Provider IaaS - Customer

Question 32

Network controls is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 32

SaaS - Provider PaaS - Customer/Provider IaaS - Customer

Question 33

Applications is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 33

SaaS - Provider PaaS - Customer/Provider IaaS - Customer

Question 34

Identity and directory infrastructure is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 34

SaaS - Customer/Provider PaaS - Customer/Provider IaaS - Customer

Question 35

Information and data is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 35

Customer - All

Question 36

Devices is who's responsibility? (per plan)

Answer 36

Customer - All

Question 37

Public Cloud Comparison Details

Answer 37

- No capital expenditures to scale up - Applications can be quickly provisioned and deprovisioned - Organizations pay only for what they use - Organizations don’t have complete control over resources and security

Question 38

Private Cloud Comparison Details

Answer 38

- Organizations have complete control over resources and security - Data is not collocated with other organizations’ data - Hardware must be purchased for startup and maintenance - Organizations are responsible for hardware maintenance and updates

Question 39

Hybrid Cloud Comparison Details

Answer 39

- Provides the most flexibility - Organizations determine where to run their applications - Organizations control security, compliance, or legal requirements

Question 40

Consumption-based model benfits

Answer 40

- No upfront costs. - No need to purchase and manage costly infrastructure that users might not use to its fullest potential. - The ability to pay for more resources when they're needed. - The ability to stop paying for resources that are no longer needed.

Question 41

Reliability

Answer 41

Continuous user experience with no apparent downtime even when things go wrong.

Question 42

Elasticity

Answer 42

Cloud based applications can be configured to always have the resources they need. Can take advantage of autoscaling, so your apps always have the resources they need.

Question 43

Agility

Answer 43

Cloud based resources can be deployed and configured quickly as your application requirements change.

Question 44

Scalability

Answer 44

Vertically - computing can be increased by adding RAM and CPUs to a virtual machine. Horizontally - computing capacity can be increased by adding instances of a resource such as adding more VMs to your configuration.