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.
VNet Peering
VNet Peering allows you to connect two or more VNets together which allows them to communicate with each other.
Azure VPN
Send encrypted data over the public internet
Azure ExpressRoute
A dedicated high speed connection between your site and Azure datacenter.
Azure Migrate
Discovers your on-prem servers, assesses them, and tell you if its ready fro migration, how big the VM will be, how much it will cost, and any dependencies that will need to be migrated.
Azure Active Directory
Like on-prem AD for identity management.
Azure Pipelines
Lets you create automated workflows to continuously build, test and deploy code.
Azure DevTest Labs
Makes it easy to spin up none production environment.,
Azure CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Speeds up applications, caches your most frequently used content and caches it around the world
Azure IoT Central
Lets you create IoT applications without writing any code.
Azure IoT Hub
More customizable of IoT central
Azure IoT Sphere
Offers security for your IoT devices.
Azure HDInsight
Supports open-source big data frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive and Storm
Azure Databricks
More user friendly than HDInsight and runs Spark
Azure Synapes Analytics
Combines Data Warehouse functionality with support for Spark.
Azure Cognitive Services
A collection of pre-built AI tools, allows you to add AI even if you dont know anything about machine learning.
Azure Bot Service
A tool to allow you to create a chat bot
Azure Machine Learning Studio
Allows you to build and deploy machine learning models without knowing the code, using drag and drop interface.
Azure Machine Learning Service
Used when you need to build your own machine learning model from scratch with code.
Azure Logic Apps
A tool that can monitor when things have changed, for example, when a customer uploads a document to blob storage.
Azure Event Grid
A tool that allows you to build a notification system when events happen, like an event in Logic Apps.
