Module 02 Flashcards
What is an Azure Region?
One or more datacenters in close proximity
What are Region Pairs?
Microsoft’s Disaster Recovery plan for Azure which pairs 2 Azure Regions that are at least 300 miles apart.
What are Availability Zones?
Physically separate locations within the same Azure Region that are tolerant to local Failure
What is an Azure Resource Group?
TODO
What does ARM stand for?
Azure Resource Manager
What are the 4 hierarchy levels of Azure?
Management Group
Subscription
Resource Group
Resource
What are the 5 main Azure Compute services
Virtual Machines App Services Container Instances Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Azure Virtual Desktop
What are the 3 main Azure Networking services?
Azure Virtual Network (VNet)
Virtual Private Network Gateway (VPR)
Azure Express Route
What are the 3 main Azure Storage services?
Container storage (blob)
Disk storage
Azure Files
What are the 4 Storage redundancy options?
Locally-redundant storage (LRS)
Geo-redundant storage (GRS)
Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)
Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS)
What are the 3 storage access tiers?
Hot - frequently accessed
Cool - only accessed once every 30+ days
Archive - only accessed once every 180+ days
What are the 4 main Azure Database services?
Azure Cosmos Database
Azure SQL Database
Azure Database for MySQL
Azure Database for PostgreSQL