Module 4- Sign Up for Azure

Question 1

LO1) Learn about Azure sign-up options including Azure free account. What are the three different Azure purchasing options?

Answer 1

There are 3 sign-up options/ purchasing options:

1. ) Azure.com
2. ) Microsoft Representative
3. ) Microsoft Partners

Question 2

LO1) Learn about Azure sign-up options including Azure free account. How do you use Azure.com and who would benefit from it or use it?

Answer 2

With Azure.com, you buy directly from the azure website and you can test/deploy your applications while managing your bills that come directly to you.

Question 3

LO1) Learn about Azure sign-up options including Azure free account. How would you sign up with microsoft representatives and who would use it/ benefit from it?

Answer 3

A microsoft representative is used for large organizations where you need large access to multiple departments. You get a monthly bill & you can deploy/test applications within the organization.

Question 4

LO1) Learn about Azure sign-up options including Azure free account. How would you sign up with microsoft partners and what would be the benefit to sign up with a microsoft partner?

Answer 4

A microsoft partner is used as a third party partner that will help you manage invoices & provide support for your applications. You still get the ability to manage azure deployments/testing.

Question 5

LO2) Creating a free Azure free account. How would you do this and what are the steps?

Answer 5

Just go to: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

There are benefits & free services like:

1. ) test & deployment enterprise applications
2. ) create custom mobile experiences
3. ) gain insight from your data (make better decisions w/ machine learning, azure databases)

Question 6

LO2) Creating a free Azure account. What are the inclusions in the free azure account?

Answer 6

Azure account inclusions include:

1. ) 12 month of free product (only free for 1st 30 days)
2. ) $200 in-store credit
3. ) 25+ always-free products (serverless computing, containers, artificial intelligence)
4. ) no automatic charges

Question 7

LO3) Understanding how billing works in Azure. What is an Azure subscription and what does it mean?

Answer 7

An Azure subscription is a container with resources labeled specifically for you. Your invoices are based on your subscription. You get monthly invoices based on the data storage/usage of the containers of the subscription you have.

Question 8

LO3) Understanding how billing works in Azure. What is the relationship of a subscription to an environment?

Answer 8

A subscription is referred to a container with your resources. From here you create an environment which allows for the testing/deployment of different applications.

Question 9

LO3) Understanding how billing works in Azure. What is the relationship of a subscription to organizational structures for clients?

Answer 9

You can create different containers for different environments for your organizational structure. This means that if you have an organization with multiple departments that need access to Azure, you can create different subscriptions that give different environments with limited or broadened capabilities for them to deploy/test applications.

EX: IT department vs finance department (they have different functions so they need different environments/ subscriptions)

***Development & Testing Workloads vs. Production Workloads

Question 10

LO3) Understanding how billing works in Azure. What is the relationship of a subscription and billing subscriptions?

Answer 10

You can have billing subscriptions in one total invoice or you can have them divided into smaller categories of invoices to figure out cost- management.

Question 11

LO4) Learn about different Azure support options. What is included in the free Azure support resources?

Answer 11

With your FREE Azure support option, you get:
1.) 24/7 access to online documentation, community support, & Azure capability videos:

   i.) azure quickstart center- which is a guided 
      experience through azure portal.

   ii.) azure advisor app- advise on how to optimize cost 
       & performance.

IF YOU PAY FOR SUBSCRIPTION YOU ALSO GET AZURE COMMUNITY SUPPORT (INCLUDED IN PLANS):

• Azure knowledge center (FAQ for technical issues)
• Microsoft developer forum (FAQ FOR DEVELOPERS)
• Stack Overflow- (FAQ for development community also)
• Server Fault- (FAQ for system administrators)
• Azure Feedback Forum- (read ideas on how to improve cost management and productivity from clients)
• Twitter- (tweet @ Azuresupport for questions!)

Question 12

LO4) Learn about different Azure support options. What are the 3 advanced azure support plans?

Answer 12

The 3 different azure support plans include (you have to pay for these):

1. ) Developer Support
2. ) Standard Support
3. ) Professional Direct

Question 13

LO4) Learn about different Azure support options. What is included in the paid- developer support plan?

Answer 13

Paid- develop support plan (cheapest support plan):

non- critical workloads, 1-day expert responses, no proactive support (immediate)

Question 14

LO4) Learn about different Azure support options. What is included in the paid- standard support?

Answer 14

Paid- standard support (middle expensive plan):

production workloads, 1 hour response, no proactive/immediate support

Question 15

LO4) Learn about different Azure support options. What is included in the paid- professional direct support?

Answer 15

Paid- professional direct support (most expensive support plan):

business critical workloads, 1 hr- response, proactive pool of technical expert support (ALWAYS)