Specific Azure Services Flashcards
Azure Virtual Machines
Virtual Windows or Linux Server with ability to use “Lift and Shift” migration
Azure App Service
Host web and mobile apps without using a VM
Azure Container Instance
Host applications and it dependencies without a VM, but it does run from a VM
Azure Kubernetes Service
A container of multiple Azure Container Instances
Azure Functions
Executes an apps function, which only cost when the function is ran.
Azure Blog Storage
Object storage with no hierarchical structure, it has a flat structure, its typically used for unstructured data like images, videos and log files
Azure File Storage
Hierarchical structure, a typical file server
Azure Data Lake Storage
Hierarchical structure, Hadoop-compatible storage for use with data analytics apps
Azure SQL Database
Standard SQL database
Azure DB for Open Source
SQL such as MySQL
Azure Synapse Analytics
A database warehouse
Azure Cosmos DB
Microsofts main NoSQL Database offering, which can scale rapidly.
Azure Cache for Redis
Used to speed up apps by caching frequently used data
VNet
A virtual network, just like you may have a network on-prem. To host a VM, its required to be in a VNet
Subnets
Just like a physical network, you can split a VNet up into Subnets.