This document provides an overview of Azure cloud concepts for exam preparation. It begins with an introduction to cloud computing benefits like scalability, reliability and cost effectiveness. It then covers Azure architecture including regions, availability zones and performance service level agreements. The document reviews cloud deployment models and compares infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software as a service. It also discusses how to use the Azure pricing calculator and reduce infrastructure costs. Potential exam questions are provided at the end.
In early 2019, Microsoft created the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification. This is a certification for all individuals, IT or non IT background, who want to further their careers and learn how to navigate the Azure cloud platform.
Learn about AZ-900 exam concepts and how to prepare and pass the exam
This document provides an overview of Azure core services, including compute, storage, and networking options. It discusses Azure management tools like the portal, PowerShell, and CLI. For compute, it covers virtual machines, containers, App Service, and serverless options. For storage, it discusses SQL Database, Cosmos DB, blob, file, queue, and data lake storage. It also discusses networking concepts like load balancing and traffic management. The document ends with potential exam questions related to Azure services.
The document provides information about Azure fundamentals and cloud computing concepts. It includes:
- A summary of an Azure fundamentals learning path on Microsoft Learn.
- Descriptions of cloud computing concepts like cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid cloud), types of cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and compute approaches (containers, serverless computing).
- Details about Azure services across different categories like networking, compute, databases, and more.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows users to build, deploy, and manage applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides a global network that offers faster development times and scalability compared to traditional hosting, while reducing costs. Azure ensures data protection and security with backups, recovery options, and 99.99% uptime. Developers can build apps using any language or tool and deploy them anywhere while extending their existing IT infrastructure into the cloud.
Microsoft Azure - Introduction to microsoft's public cloudAtanas Gergiminov
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's public cloud platform. It discusses Azure's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings, as well as other services like compute, storage, networking, databases, web apps, and identity and access management. Usage statistics show that Azure trails only Amazon Web Services (AWS) in market share of public cloud providers. The document outlines how to sign up for a free Azure trial account and lists additional Microsoft resources for learning about Azure.
This document provides an overview of key concepts and services in Microsoft Azure. It discusses economies of scale, public cloud models, private and hybrid cloud models, and compares cloud service models. It also covers core Azure architectural components, services, solutions, and management tools. Key areas discussed include compute, networking, data services, big data and analytics, artificial intelligence, internet of things, and security. Monitoring and governance methodologies in Azure are also summarized.
The document discusses the skills measured in the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam (AZ-900). It covers understanding cloud concepts, core Azure services, security, privacy, compliance and trust on Azure, and Azure pricing and support. For each section, it lists the specific topics covered at a high level, such as cloud deployment models, Azure identity services, compliance standards, subscription and cost management options, and service level agreements.
This document introduces Microsoft Azure and provides an overview of its cloud computing services. It discusses Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) and how Azure offers these different models. Key Azure services highlighted include Azure App Service for developing and hosting web and mobile apps, Azure infrastructure for scalable computing, and Cortana Analytics Suite and Azure IoT Suite for advanced analytics and internet of things applications. The document encourages readers to try Azure services and get started through the Azure portal.
In early 2019, Microsoft created the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification. This is a certification for all individuals, IT or non IT background, who want to further their careers and learn how to navigate the Azure cloud platform.
Learn about AZ-900 exam concepts and how to prepare and pass the exam
This document provides an overview of Azure core services, including compute, storage, and networking options. It discusses Azure management tools like the portal, PowerShell, and CLI. For compute, it covers virtual machines, containers, App Service, and serverless options. For storage, it discusses SQL Database, Cosmos DB, blob, file, queue, and data lake storage. It also discusses networking concepts like load balancing and traffic management. The document ends with potential exam questions related to Azure services.
The document provides information about Azure fundamentals and cloud computing concepts. It includes:
- A summary of an Azure fundamentals learning path on Microsoft Learn.
- Descriptions of cloud computing concepts like cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid cloud), types of cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and compute approaches (containers, serverless computing).
- Details about Azure services across different categories like networking, compute, databases, and more.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows users to build, deploy, and manage applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides a global network that offers faster development times and scalability compared to traditional hosting, while reducing costs. Azure ensures data protection and security with backups, recovery options, and 99.99% uptime. Developers can build apps using any language or tool and deploy them anywhere while extending their existing IT infrastructure into the cloud.
Microsoft Azure - Introduction to microsoft's public cloudAtanas Gergiminov
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's public cloud platform. It discusses Azure's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings, as well as other services like compute, storage, networking, databases, web apps, and identity and access management. Usage statistics show that Azure trails only Amazon Web Services (AWS) in market share of public cloud providers. The document outlines how to sign up for a free Azure trial account and lists additional Microsoft resources for learning about Azure.
This document provides an overview of key concepts and services in Microsoft Azure. It discusses economies of scale, public cloud models, private and hybrid cloud models, and compares cloud service models. It also covers core Azure architectural components, services, solutions, and management tools. Key areas discussed include compute, networking, data services, big data and analytics, artificial intelligence, internet of things, and security. Monitoring and governance methodologies in Azure are also summarized.
The document discusses the skills measured in the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam (AZ-900). It covers understanding cloud concepts, core Azure services, security, privacy, compliance and trust on Azure, and Azure pricing and support. For each section, it lists the specific topics covered at a high level, such as cloud deployment models, Azure identity services, compliance standards, subscription and cost management options, and service level agreements.
This document introduces Microsoft Azure and provides an overview of its cloud computing services. It discusses Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) and how Azure offers these different models. Key Azure services highlighted include Azure App Service for developing and hosting web and mobile apps, Azure infrastructure for scalable computing, and Cortana Analytics Suite and Azure IoT Suite for advanced analytics and internet of things applications. The document encourages readers to try Azure services and get started through the Azure portal.
David J. Rosenthal gave a presentation about Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. He discussed how Azure can help companies with digital transformation by engaging customers, empowering employees, and optimizing operations. He provided examples of how companies are using Azure services like AI, IoT, analytics and more to modernize applications, gain insights from data, and improve productivity. Rosenthal emphasized that Azure offers a secure, flexible cloud platform that businesses can use to innovate, grow and transform both today and in the future.
Azure Infrastructure Services provides compute, network, and storage services on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The presentation discusses how IT infrastructure supports business objectives, outlines various Azure services including virtual machines, networking, storage and identity/access management, and demonstrates how to migrate applications to Azure through strategies like lift and shift or refactoring for the cloud. It also compares Azure services to analogous offerings on AWS.
This document outlines an agenda for a presentation on Microsoft Azure in the enterprise. The agenda includes discussions of Microsoft's cloud strategy, an overview of Azure IaaS and PaaS offerings, Azure storage basics, Azure portals and APIs, Azure resource manager, Azure networking, security mechanisms, traffic management, cloud adoption methodology, Azure security center, and operational analytics. It also lists appendices on Azure stack, service fabric, DevOps, and how Azure is described by Gartner. The presentation aims to provide both a high-level overview and deeper dives into specific Azure services and capabilities.
This document provides an overview of Mustafa Kara's background and expertise in datacenter transformation. It discusses his 10 years of experience in roles such as senior consultant, Azure MVP, technical manager, and technical trainer. It then outlines his work as a speaker and writer for Microsoft events, Virtual Academy, universities, and personal websites. The rest of the document discusses strategies for transforming the datacenter, including moving from on-premises physical servers and VMs to a hybrid cloud model using public cloud off-premises and cloud on-premises. It highlights tools like Azure Migrate and database migration services that can help analyze costs and migrate applications, VMs, and data.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure fundamentals, including the different cloud hosting models, the various Azure components across infrastructure, platforms, and software as a service. It describes Azure services for compute, web and mobile, data and storage, networking, hybrid integration, analytics, media, Internet of things, developers, and management. The presenter's contact information is provided for any questions.
What is Microsoft Azure?
Azure App Service
Azure Machine Learning
Microservices in Azure
Azure Cloud Service
Azure Functions
Real life problem solution discuss
This document provides an outline for a Microsoft Azure training module on Azure architecture and services. It describes key concepts that will be covered, including Azure architectural components like regions, availability zones, subscriptions, and resource groups. It also covers various Azure compute and networking services such as virtual machines, virtual machine scale sets, containers, virtual networks, and load balancing. Storage services and options are discussed as well as methods for migrating and transferring files. Identity, access, and security topics include directory services, authentication, and security models.
The document discusses Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. It provides guidance, best practices and tools to help organizations align their business and technology strategies for cloud migration. The framework takes a phased approach including defining strategy, planning, preparing infrastructure with landing zones, adopting workloads, managing and governing resources. It warns against common pitfalls like trying to mirror on-premises environments, not involving stakeholders, and missing critical planning steps.
What is Microsoft Azure?
What is Azure used for?
Why do businesses want to use someone else's hardware?
What are the advantages of virtualization?
Is Azure secure?
How does Azure stack up against the competition?
To help you make an informed decision about whether Azure is right for your business.
Azure Arc offers simplified management, faster app development, and consistent Azure services. Easily organize, govern, and secure Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Kubernetes clusters across data centers, the edge, and multicloud environments right from Azure. Architect, design, and build cloud-native apps anywhere without sacrificing central visibility and control. Get Azure innovation and cloud benefits by deploying consistent Azure data, application, and machine learning services on any infrastructure.
Gain central visibility, operations, and compliance
Centrally manage a wide range of resources including Windows and Linux servers, SQL server, Kubernetes clusters, and Azure services.
Establish central visibility in the Azure portal and enable multi-environment search with Azure Resource Graph.
Meet governance and compliance standards for apps, infrastructure, and data with Azure Policy.
Delegate access and manage security policies for resources using role-based access control (RBAC) and Azure Lighthouse.
Organize and inventory assets through a variety of Azure scopes, such as management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and tags.
Learn more about hybrid and multicloud management in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
Azure Training | Microsoft Azure Tutorial | Microsoft Azure Certification | E...Edureka!
This tutorial on Azure Training will give you a kick start in the Azure Cloud Environment, we will be creating a real life use case from scratch in this Azure Training Tutorial. Stay Tuned! In this Microsoft Azure Training you will understand:
1) What is Cloud?
2) Why Microsoft Azure?
3) What is Microsoft Azure?
4) Launching Services in Azure
5) Demo
6) Azure Pricing
What is Microsoft Azure used for?-Microsoft azure Zabeel Institute
Microsoft Azure, commonly described as Azure, is a cloud computing solution created by Microsoft for building, screening, deploying, and taking care of applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
Introduction of Windows azure and overviewVishal Tandel
This document discusses Microsoft's cloud computing services, including Windows Azure. Windows Azure is described as an operating system for the cloud that provides automatic provisioning and management of resources. Key services on Windows Azure include SQL Azure for scalable database services, storage options, and an application development platform called AppFabric. The document also outlines how .NET, PHP, Java, and Tomcat applications can be deployed on Windows Azure and run on virtual machines. It concludes by discussing how researchers can get started with cloud computing using options like Windows Azure virtual machines and cloud services.
AWS Landing Zone Deep Dive (ENT350-R2) - AWS re:Invent 2018Amazon Web Services
In this session, we discuss how to deploy a scalable environment that considers the AWS account structure, security services, network architecture, and user access. We present an overview of the AWS Landing Zone solution, an automated solution for setting up a robust and flexible AWS environment designed from the collective experience of AWS and our customers. The AWS Landing Zone helps automate the setup of a flexible account structure, security baseline, network structure, and user access based on best practices. Future growth is facilitated by an account vending machine component that simplifies the creation of additional accounts. Learn how the AWS Landing Zone can ensure that you start your AWS journey with the right foundation. We encourage you to attend the full AWS Landing Zone track, including SEC303. Search for #awslandingzone in the session catalog.
- Azure provides a unified platform for modern business with compute, data, storage, networking and application services across global Azure regions and a consistent hybrid cloud.
- Azure focuses on security and privacy with an emphasis on detection, response, and protection across infrastructure, platforms and applications.
- Security is a shared responsibility between Microsoft and customers, with Microsoft providing security controls and capabilities to help protect customer data and applications.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure including what Azure is, the platform services it offers, licensing and purchasing options, estimating costs, and resources for getting started with Azure. Azure is an on-demand cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure and platform services. It offers computing, networking, databases, analytics, mobile, IoT and enterprise application services. Customers can purchase Azure services through pay-as-you-go, commitment plans, or open licensing programs. The document recommends starting points for learning Azure and provides additional resources.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure training content including Azure Fundamentals, Storage, Webapps, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Media Services, and Active Directory. It describes key cloud computing concepts like IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS and compares traditional computing to cloud computing. It also summarizes several Azure services like Webapps, Storage, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Media Services, Azure Search, and Active Directory.
Cloud computing refers to delivering computing services over the internet. It allows users to access resources and services on-demand without needing to manage physical infrastructure. There are three main cloud service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides virtual computing resources, PaaS offers platforms for developing applications, and SaaS delivers software through web browsers. Cloud deployment models include public, private, hybrid, community, and multi-cloud options.
David J. Rosenthal gave a presentation about Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. He discussed how Azure can help companies with digital transformation by engaging customers, empowering employees, and optimizing operations. He provided examples of how companies are using Azure services like AI, IoT, analytics and more to modernize applications, gain insights from data, and improve productivity. Rosenthal emphasized that Azure offers a secure, flexible cloud platform that businesses can use to innovate, grow and transform both today and in the future.
Azure Infrastructure Services provides compute, network, and storage services on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The presentation discusses how IT infrastructure supports business objectives, outlines various Azure services including virtual machines, networking, storage and identity/access management, and demonstrates how to migrate applications to Azure through strategies like lift and shift or refactoring for the cloud. It also compares Azure services to analogous offerings on AWS.
This document outlines an agenda for a presentation on Microsoft Azure in the enterprise. The agenda includes discussions of Microsoft's cloud strategy, an overview of Azure IaaS and PaaS offerings, Azure storage basics, Azure portals and APIs, Azure resource manager, Azure networking, security mechanisms, traffic management, cloud adoption methodology, Azure security center, and operational analytics. It also lists appendices on Azure stack, service fabric, DevOps, and how Azure is described by Gartner. The presentation aims to provide both a high-level overview and deeper dives into specific Azure services and capabilities.
This document provides an overview of Mustafa Kara's background and expertise in datacenter transformation. It discusses his 10 years of experience in roles such as senior consultant, Azure MVP, technical manager, and technical trainer. It then outlines his work as a speaker and writer for Microsoft events, Virtual Academy, universities, and personal websites. The rest of the document discusses strategies for transforming the datacenter, including moving from on-premises physical servers and VMs to a hybrid cloud model using public cloud off-premises and cloud on-premises. It highlights tools like Azure Migrate and database migration services that can help analyze costs and migrate applications, VMs, and data.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure fundamentals, including the different cloud hosting models, the various Azure components across infrastructure, platforms, and software as a service. It describes Azure services for compute, web and mobile, data and storage, networking, hybrid integration, analytics, media, Internet of things, developers, and management. The presenter's contact information is provided for any questions.
What is Microsoft Azure?
Azure App Service
Azure Machine Learning
Microservices in Azure
Azure Cloud Service
Azure Functions
Real life problem solution discuss
This document provides an outline for a Microsoft Azure training module on Azure architecture and services. It describes key concepts that will be covered, including Azure architectural components like regions, availability zones, subscriptions, and resource groups. It also covers various Azure compute and networking services such as virtual machines, virtual machine scale sets, containers, virtual networks, and load balancing. Storage services and options are discussed as well as methods for migrating and transferring files. Identity, access, and security topics include directory services, authentication, and security models.
The document discusses Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. It provides guidance, best practices and tools to help organizations align their business and technology strategies for cloud migration. The framework takes a phased approach including defining strategy, planning, preparing infrastructure with landing zones, adopting workloads, managing and governing resources. It warns against common pitfalls like trying to mirror on-premises environments, not involving stakeholders, and missing critical planning steps.
What is Microsoft Azure?
What is Azure used for?
Why do businesses want to use someone else's hardware?
What are the advantages of virtualization?
Is Azure secure?
How does Azure stack up against the competition?
To help you make an informed decision about whether Azure is right for your business.
Azure Arc offers simplified management, faster app development, and consistent Azure services. Easily organize, govern, and secure Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Kubernetes clusters across data centers, the edge, and multicloud environments right from Azure. Architect, design, and build cloud-native apps anywhere without sacrificing central visibility and control. Get Azure innovation and cloud benefits by deploying consistent Azure data, application, and machine learning services on any infrastructure.
Gain central visibility, operations, and compliance
Centrally manage a wide range of resources including Windows and Linux servers, SQL server, Kubernetes clusters, and Azure services.
Establish central visibility in the Azure portal and enable multi-environment search with Azure Resource Graph.
Meet governance and compliance standards for apps, infrastructure, and data with Azure Policy.
Delegate access and manage security policies for resources using role-based access control (RBAC) and Azure Lighthouse.
Organize and inventory assets through a variety of Azure scopes, such as management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and tags.
Learn more about hybrid and multicloud management in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
Azure Training | Microsoft Azure Tutorial | Microsoft Azure Certification | E...Edureka!
This tutorial on Azure Training will give you a kick start in the Azure Cloud Environment, we will be creating a real life use case from scratch in this Azure Training Tutorial. Stay Tuned! In this Microsoft Azure Training you will understand:
1) What is Cloud?
2) Why Microsoft Azure?
3) What is Microsoft Azure?
4) Launching Services in Azure
5) Demo
6) Azure Pricing
What is Microsoft Azure used for?-Microsoft azure Zabeel Institute
Microsoft Azure, commonly described as Azure, is a cloud computing solution created by Microsoft for building, screening, deploying, and taking care of applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
Introduction of Windows azure and overviewVishal Tandel
This document discusses Microsoft's cloud computing services, including Windows Azure. Windows Azure is described as an operating system for the cloud that provides automatic provisioning and management of resources. Key services on Windows Azure include SQL Azure for scalable database services, storage options, and an application development platform called AppFabric. The document also outlines how .NET, PHP, Java, and Tomcat applications can be deployed on Windows Azure and run on virtual machines. It concludes by discussing how researchers can get started with cloud computing using options like Windows Azure virtual machines and cloud services.
AWS Landing Zone Deep Dive (ENT350-R2) - AWS re:Invent 2018Amazon Web Services
In this session, we discuss how to deploy a scalable environment that considers the AWS account structure, security services, network architecture, and user access. We present an overview of the AWS Landing Zone solution, an automated solution for setting up a robust and flexible AWS environment designed from the collective experience of AWS and our customers. The AWS Landing Zone helps automate the setup of a flexible account structure, security baseline, network structure, and user access based on best practices. Future growth is facilitated by an account vending machine component that simplifies the creation of additional accounts. Learn how the AWS Landing Zone can ensure that you start your AWS journey with the right foundation. We encourage you to attend the full AWS Landing Zone track, including SEC303. Search for #awslandingzone in the session catalog.
- Azure provides a unified platform for modern business with compute, data, storage, networking and application services across global Azure regions and a consistent hybrid cloud.
- Azure focuses on security and privacy with an emphasis on detection, response, and protection across infrastructure, platforms and applications.
- Security is a shared responsibility between Microsoft and customers, with Microsoft providing security controls and capabilities to help protect customer data and applications.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure including what Azure is, the platform services it offers, licensing and purchasing options, estimating costs, and resources for getting started with Azure. Azure is an on-demand cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure and platform services. It offers computing, networking, databases, analytics, mobile, IoT and enterprise application services. Customers can purchase Azure services through pay-as-you-go, commitment plans, or open licensing programs. The document recommends starting points for learning Azure and provides additional resources.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure training content including Azure Fundamentals, Storage, Webapps, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Media Services, and Active Directory. It describes key cloud computing concepts like IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS and compares traditional computing to cloud computing. It also summarizes several Azure services like Webapps, Storage, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Media Services, Azure Search, and Active Directory.
Cloud computing refers to delivering computing services over the internet. It allows users to access resources and services on-demand without needing to manage physical infrastructure. There are three main cloud service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides virtual computing resources, PaaS offers platforms for developing applications, and SaaS delivers software through web browsers. Cloud deployment models include public, private, hybrid, community, and multi-cloud options.
Adelaide Global Azure Bootcamp 2018 - Azure 101Balabiju
The document provides an overview of a Global Azure Bootcamp event in Adelaide that included a Microsoft Azure 101 session. The session was presented by Balasubramanian Murugesan, a Microsoft Cloud Architect with over 15 years of experience across technologies and sectors, including 7+ years experience with Azure and Office 365. The presentation covered topics such as cloud computing, the benefits of Azure, Azure services and platforms, Azure management portals, Azure compute, storage, identity, backup and recovery solutions, and web app services. It included demonstrations of the Azure management portal and a racing game built on Azure.
The document discusses cloud computing delivery and deployment models. It defines cloud computing according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a model for enabling network access to configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort. There are five essential cloud characteristics: on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service. The four deployment models are public cloud, private cloud, community cloud, and hybrid cloud. The three main service models are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Ask The Architect: RightScale & AWS Dive Deep into Hybrid ITRightScale
With the increased use of cloud services, organizations are faced with finding the most efficient way to use existing IT infrastructure alongside cloud-based compute, storage and networking resources. This has resulted in the rise of hybrid IT whereby companies leverage both on-premises and cloud resources to drive increased agility, stability and accessibility.
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This presentation discusses migrating workloads and applications to the cloud with Microsoft Azure. It covers the core benefits of cloud migration including scalability, availability, and financial benefits. It then discusses the different cloud service models of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The presentation provides steps for migrating to the cloud and different migration approaches. It highlights the benefits of migrating to Azure such as reducing costs, optimizing resources, improved security and compliance, and increased agility.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing. It begins with defining cloud computing and outlining its key characteristics: broad network access, resource pooling, elasticity, measured service, and self-service. It then discusses the benefits of cloud computing for organizations, including reducing costs, improving scalability and agility. It also covers the main cloud service models of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. The document concludes with an overview of common cloud products and services, deployment models of public, private and hybrid clouds, and a quick recap of the key topics.
The document discusses optimizing quality of service and security issues in cloud computing. It begins with an introduction to cloud computing and its benefits. It then covers cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), deployment models (public, private, hybrid), characteristics, architectures, transparency, energy management, security and privacy issues. It discusses solutions to security issues like access control, encryption and regional data restrictions. It also addresses application security concerns and potential solutions.
This document defines key cloud computing and cloud storage terms and concepts. It distinguishes between cloud storage, which saves and shares data, and cloud computing, which allows remote work on data. Key differences are that cloud computing requires more processing power while cloud storage needs more storage space. The document also outlines public, private, and hybrid cloud models and major cloud vendors. It introduces cloud mapping as a service that maintains updated resource locations.
The cloud platform is getting more and more attractive to the computing world. Azure is a new cloud system from Microsoft that allows applications to run from a remote connected system, hosted in a Microsoft data center, and store data in the cloud. The platform consists of three main parts – Development runtime, Azure runtime and Applications like SQL Azure. In this business focused session you will see the main business overview of this cloud platform.
The migration of legacy applications and databases to the cloud is always a challenging activity. However, with the right strategy and meticulous execution, workload migration can be made seamless.
At CCS Technologies, we manage all technical, service, and commercial aspects of migrating your legacy systems to the cloud. Our team of experts offers guidance on suitable migration strategies for moving data and applications from on-premise to the cloud, or for moving from one cloud service provider to another. We take care of every aspect of migration and leave you with a hassle-free optimized setup on the cloud with zero downtime.
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Cloud computing allows users to access data and programs over the internet rather than on a local hard drive. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a major provider of cloud computing infrastructure and services. A case study describes how Netflix uses AWS to host its video streaming platform, taking advantage of AWS's scalable and cost-effective resources. The document discusses concepts of cloud computing and outlines some of AWS's core services like EC2, S3, and advantages they provide to users.
Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform hosted in Microsoft data centers around the world. It provides a simple, reliable, and powerful platform for building web applications and services with no upfront costs. The document discusses key aspects of the Windows Azure platform including its automated management of scalable IT resources, support for popular development tools, and pay-as-you-go pricing model. It also provides examples of organizations like Kia Motors America that have developed applications on Windows Azure to quickly scale up for events and reduce costs compared to on-premise infrastructure.
Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform hosted in Microsoft data centers around the world. It provides a simple and reliable platform for building web applications and services. The document discusses how Windows Azure automates management of IT resources, provides a scalable architecture with no upfront costs, and a familiar development experience using Microsoft technologies. It also covers pricing models, support offerings, and provides examples of how companies have successfully used Windows Azure to reduce costs and improve scalability.
Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform hosted in Microsoft data centers around the world. It provides a simple and reliable platform for building web applications and services. The document discusses how Windows Azure automates management of IT resources, provides a scalable architecture with no upfront costs, and a familiar development experience using Microsoft technologies. It also covers support offerings, pricing models, service level agreements, and provides examples of how companies have used Windows Azure to reduce costs and improve scalability.
The document discusses the cloud ecosystem, including concepts of cloud computing, technologies like virtualization and service-oriented architecture, security considerations, challenges around data protection and management capabilities, and benefits such as reduced costs and increased flexibility. Cloud computing provides on-demand access to shared computing resources over a network in various service models like SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. While cloud offers benefits, challenges remain around data security, availability and regulatory compliance.
Redefining business delivery with cloudxchange.io Cloudxchange.io
This document discusses how traditional IT is transitioning to cloud IT and introduces Cloudxchange.io as a platform to help with this transition. It outlines the challenges of moving to the cloud, such as determining which applications and clouds are best suited. Cloudxchange.io provides services like cloud consulting, analytics, unified monitoring and billing, backup and disaster recovery to help customers address these challenges and gain control over their cloud environment. The platform aims to help customers reduce costs and risks while improving time to market through application automation and a single point of support across multiple clouds.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing, including definitions, architecture, services, deployment models, features, and advantages/disadvantages. Cloud computing is defined as on-demand access to shared configurable computing resources like networks, servers, storage, and services that can be provisioned with minimal management effort. The main types of cloud services are SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Deployment models include public, private, hybrid, and community clouds. Key features are self-service, elasticity, metering/billing, and customization. Advantages are reduced costs and increased flexibility.
Introduction to Machine Learning with Azure & DatabricksCCG
Join CCG and Microsoft for a hands-on demonstration of Azure’s machine learning capabilities. During the workshop, we will:
- Hold a Machine Learning 101 session to explain what machine learning is and how it fits in the analytics landscape
- Demonstrate Azure Databricks’ capabilities for building custom machine learning models
- Take a tour of the Azure Machine Learning’s capabilities for MLOps, Automated Machine Learning, and code-free Machine Learning
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have the tools you need to begin your own journey to AI.
Analytics in a Day Ft. Synapse Virtual WorkshopCCG
Say goodbye to data silos! Analytics in a Day will simplify and accelerate your journey towards the modern data warehouse. Join CCG and Microsoft for a half-day virtual workshop, hosted by James McAuliffe.
The document outlines several upcoming workshops hosted by CCG, an analytics consulting firm, including:
- An Analytics in a Day workshop focusing on Synapse on March 16th and April 20th.
- An Introduction to Machine Learning workshop on March 23rd.
- A Data Modernization workshop on March 30th.
- A Data Governance workshop with CCG and Profisee on May 4th focusing on leveraging MDM within data governance.
More details and registration information can be found on ccganalytics.com/events. The document encourages following CCG on LinkedIn for event updates.
How to Monetize Your Data Assets and Gain a Competitive AdvantageCCG
Join us for this session where Doug Laney will share insights from his best-selling book, Infonomics, about how organizations can actually treat information as an enterprise asset.
Analytics in a Day Ft. Synapse Virtual WorkshopCCG
Say goodbye to data silos! Analytics in a Day will simplify and accelerate your journey towards the modern data warehouse. Join CCG and Microsoft for a half-day virtual workshop, hosted by James McAuliffe.
Analytics in a Day Ft. Synapse Virtual WorkshopCCG
Say goodbye to data silos! Analytics in a Day will simplify and accelerate your journey towards the modern data warehouse. Join CCG and Microsoft for a half-day virtual workshop, hosted by James McAuliffe.
You had a strategy. You were executing it. You were then side-swiped by COVID, spending countless cycles blocking and tackling. It is now time to step back onto your path.
CCG is holding a workshop to help you update your roadmap and get your team back on track and review how Microsoft Azure Solutions can be leveraged to build a strong foundation for governed data insights.
Analytics in a Day Ft. Synapse Virtual WorkshopCCG
Say goodbye to data silos! Analytics in a Day will simplify and accelerate your journey towards the modern data warehouse. Join CCG and Microsoft for a half-day virtual workshop, hosted by James McAuliffe.
Power BI Advanced Data Modeling Virtual WorkshopCCG
Join CCG and Microsoft for a virtual workshop, hosted by Solution Architect, Doug McClurg, to learn how to create professional, frustration-free data models that engage your customers.
Machine Learning with Azure and Databricks Virtual WorkshopCCG
Join CCG and Microsoft for a hands-on demonstration of Azure’s machine learning capabilities. During the workshop, we will:
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5. AZ-900 EXAM LAYOUT
1. Understand cloud concepts (15-20%)
2. Understand core Azure services (30-35%)
3. Understand security, privacy, compliance, and trust (25-30%)
4. Understand Azure pricing and support (20-25%)
6. EXAM PREP - STUDY MATERIALS
Microsoft Learn
Platform
Whizlabs
7. CLOUD STATISTICS
• Cloud data centers will process 94% of workloads in 2021 (Source: Cisco)
• Main reason for cloud adoption (Source: Sysgroup)
o Access to data anytime (42%)
o Disaster recovery (38%)
o Flexibility (37%)
• The US is the most significant public cloud market with spending of $124.6 billion in 2019 (Source: IDC)
1. United States – $124.6 billion
2. China – $10.5 billion
3. UK – $10 billion
4. Germany – $9.5 billion
5. Japan – $7.4 billion
12. CAPEX COMPUTING COSTS AND BENEFITS
Benefits:
With capital expenditures, you plan your expenses at the start of a project or budget period.
Your costs are fixed, meaning you know exactly how much is being spent. This is appealing
when you need to predict the expenses before a project starts due to a limited budget.
Costs:
• Server costs
• Network costs
• Backup and archive costs
• Organization continuity and disaster recovery costs
• Datacenter infrastructure costs
• Technical personnel - Not a capital expenditure, but…
13. OPEX CLOUD COMPUTING COSTS AND BENEFITS
Benefits:
• Simplicity - Predictable monthly or annual fee
• Enhanced Security with maximum uptime
• Rapid deployment = ROI Savings
• Ability to scale with no limitation on resources
• IT team members are proactive revenue
generators
• Increased service and support
• Tax Savings
• Agility: react quickly to changing business needs
Costs:
Costs associated with an on-premises
datacenter are shifted to the service
provider.
Operational expenses:
• Leasing software and customized
features
• Scaling charges based on
usage/demand instead of fixed
hardware or capacity
• Billing at the user or organization level
15. PUBLIC CLOUD
Pros:
• Services are owned and operated by a third party
provider
• Reduced management costs
o Heating/cooling, Patching, Hardware maintenance
• Pay-as-you-go model
• Easy access to data
• Flexibility to add and reduce capacity
• Continuous operation time
• 24/7 upkeep
• Scalability
Cons:
• Lesser security as the platform is shared
• Lesser flexibility & control over the cloud environment
16. PRIVATE CLOUD
Pros
• Individual development
• Dedicated to a single organization
• Storage and network components are
customizable
• Greater flexibility to control the cloud
environment
• High control over the corporate information
• High security, privacy and reliabilityCons
• Cost intensiveness - considerable expenses
on hardware, software and staff training
• Purchase and maintenance has to be bared
by the organization
17. HYBRID
Pros:
• Improved security and privacy
• Enhanced scalability and flexibility
• Reasonable price / balances costs
Cons:
• Only makes sense if companies can split their
data into mission-critical and non-sensitive.
• Combines both public and private cloud
• Greater flexibility and more deployment
options
18. WHICH ONE DO I CHOOSE?
Depends on…
• Data security
• Regulations or compliance
• Ease of use
• Length of Project
19. COMPARING CLOUD SERVICES
IaaS:
Move VM On-Premise to Cloud offering.
No need to manage heating, cooling and
hardware.
PaaS:
Remove VM and other responsibilities of
VM
and focus on Service only. User only needs
to manage actual database. Great for
digital transformations.
SaaS:
Everything is managed by Microsoft.
Example: Microsoft 365.
User ONLY leverages email and files. Needs
to be secure and integrate with existing
services.
25. AVAILABILITY ZONES
What is an Availability Zone?
Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters
within an Azure region.
Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more
datacenters equipped with independent power, cooling,
and networking.
Isolation boundary - if one zone goes down, the other
continues working.
26. REGION PAIRS
Each Azure region is always paired with another region within the same geography (such as US, Europe, or Asia)
at least 300 miles away.
• Examples of region pairs in Azure are West US paired with East US, and SouthEast Asia paired with East
Asia.
27. AZURE BACKUP
Backs up and restores your data to and from Azure
• Secure and reliable
• Protects File and folder, Application workload
backup, and Azure virtual machines
• Off-site backup solution
• If you need to restore data from Azure back to
your on-premise, you will not incur a charge for
that
Advantages
• Encrypted
• Compressed
• Automated
• Storage auto-scaling
28. AZURE SITE RECOVERY
Azure Site Recovery
• On-premises virtual machine
replication
• Easy failover and recovery
• Simple and automated
• Can be used as migration strategy to
move VM to Azure
Advantages
• Replication frequency
• Application consistent snapshot
Flexible Recovery Plans
• Manual actions
• Scripting
29. PERFORMANCE: SERVICE-LEVEL AGREEMENTS
Formal documents capture the specific terms that define the performance standards that
apply to Azure.
• SLAs describe Microsoft's commitment to providing Azure customers with specific
performance standards for products and services.
• SLAs specify what happens if a service or product fails to perform to a governing SLA's
specification.
Measures to plan for redundancy and determine customer SLAs:
• MTTR: Mean time to recover is the average time it takes to restore a component
after a failure.
• MTBF: Mean time between failures is how long a component can reasonably expect
to last between outages.
30. UPTIME AND CONNECTIVITY GUARANTEES
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31. SERVICE CREDITS
Customer has a discount applied to their Azure bill, as compensation for an under-performing
Azure product or service.
33. PURCHASING AZURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Products and services in Azure are arranged by category, which has various resources that you
can provision.
34. FACTORS AFFECTING COST
There are several elements that will affect your monthly costs when using Azure services.
• Services
• Location
• Resource Type
• Azure Billing Zones
35. RESOURCE TYPES : USAGE METERS
When you provision an Azure resource, Azure creates one or more meter instances for that
resource that tracks the resources' usage, and generate a usage record that is used to calculate
your bill.
A single virtual machine that you provision in Azure might have the following meters tracking its
usage:
36. AZURE BILLING ZONES
A Zone is a geographical grouping of Azure Regions for billing purposes.
Most of the time inbound data transfers (data going into Azure datacenters) are free. For outbound
data transfers (data going out of Azure datacenters), the data transfer pricing is based on Billing
Zones.
The following zones exist and include the listed countries (regions) listed.
37. AZURE PRICING CALCULATOR
Free web-based tool that allows you to input Azure services and modify properties and options of the
services.
40. REDUCE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
Use Azure Credits
Use Spending Limits
Use Reserved Instances
Choose Low Cost Locations and Regions
Research available cost-saving offers
Right size underutilized virtual machines
Deallocate virtual machines in off hours
Delete unused virtual machines
Migrate to PaaS or SaaS services
46. IN THE NEXT WEBINAR: EXPLORE AZURE SERVICES
Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform that provides over 100 services
Contact Information:
Phillip Scanlon
pscanlon@ccganalytics.com
Editor's Notes
Hello and welcome to Fundamentals of Azure. My name is Phillip Scanlon and I will be walking you through Part 1: Azure Cloud Concepts of our three part series.
We have a lot to cover and may not get to live questions at the end. Please send your questions to Sami and I will get back to you after the webinar. Provided is my contact information and reach out any time. I do provide half day and full day workshops for this course. The workshops are more hands on and we do more live demos within the product. Something to note if interested.
These topics are specific to the exam and I will not be covering topics that are outside the scope of the exam.
If you are attending this webinar, you likely have a goal to pass the AZ-900 exam. We will spend a few slides discussing why this certification is important and how you can prepare. This exam is a great spring board for obtaining future certifications. It really gives you the confidence to pursue the more technical Azure certifications if that is your goal. Earning this certification demonstrates foundational-level knowledge of cloud services and those services within Microsoft Azure.
You do not need a technical background for this exam, but it is beneficial. Those involved in selling or purchasing cloud based solutions and services benefit greatly. Those with a technical background can validate their foundational-level knowledge around cloud services.
I have been with CCG for over three years. When I graduated with my M.S in Business Intelligence, I was uncertain what path within BI or analytics I wanted to pursue. It took me some time, but I landed on cloud. The arrival of gamification and certifications has really helped individuals like myself better understand what is required of me when pursuing certain job roles within the industry. Many employers are starting to use this type of chart or path as justification whether you are ready for a specific job role or not.
This is the new role-based Microsoft Certification Path available through Microsoft. Microsoft has certification paths for many technical job roles. Each of these certifications consists of passing a series of exams to earn certification. Microsoft certifications are organized into three levels: Fundamental, Associate, and Expert. These paths help you keep pace with today's technical roles and requirements or skill up, prove your expertise to employers get the recognition and opportunities you've earned. Not sure what path is best for you? That is fine, studying for my Az-900 exam helped me decide what path I wanted to pursue. Maybe it will be the same for you. But, here is what some of these role involve:
Microsoft developers design, build, test, and maintain cloud solutions.
Microsoft administrators implement, monitor, and maintain Microsoft solutions.
Microsoft solutions architects have expertise in compute, network, storage, security.
Here is the exam layout. There will be 40–60 questions, I had 45 on mine, and there is approximately 85 minutes to complete the exam.
There are different formats of questions like a case study, short answer, repeated answer choices, build list, multiple choice, drag and drop etc. in your exam.
You need a passing score of 700.
In part one of this three part series, we will focus on understanding cloud concepts which is 15-20% of the exam and we will also cover pricing and support slides as well (20-25%).
Part II will be covered next Tuesday May 19 from 12-1 and Part III will be covered on Tuesday 5/26 (May 26) from 12-1.
I used 2 resources and spent around $16 combined for those resources. The exam itself is $99.
This is the same study plan I used for the AZ-900 exam:
Two weeks learning from Microsoft Learn Platform (about 10 hours total). I highly recommend because although there is more reading involved than videos like Whizlabs provides, you can access a sandbox environment and get some hands on experience.
Two weeks of exam preparation using Whizlabs. 7 sections tests (5 questions each), 5 practice tests (55 questions each), and a free practice test of 15 questions. They also have an online video course if you want to watch videos instead of reading through the Learn Platform course.
One additional week of review prior to the exam.
I determined I was ready for the exam when I consistently received 85% and up on the practice tests.
Before we continue to cloud concepts, here are some cloud statistics that prove your interest is worth pursuing.
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Introduction to Cloud Computing and Concepts
Cloud computing is renting resources, like storage space or CPU cycles, on another company's computers.
You only pay for what you use. The company providing these services is referred to as a cloud provider. Example providers are Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
The cloud provider is responsible for the physical hardware required to execute your work and for keeping it up-to-date.
Inside look at an Azure data center. Also, I captured a google maps satellite image of the East US 2 Azure datacenter and look at the scale.
The term compute refers to the hosting model for the computing resources that your application runs on, Of the many services available in Azure platform, compute services are those services which dictate and determine the execution of an application. Understanding this concept is vital for Azure proficiency. Lets break down that term application a little bit further.
A cloud application is an Internet-based program where some, or all, of the processing logic and data storage is processed in the cloud. The user interacts with the application via a web browser or a mobile application, and the data processing is managed by a combination of the local device and a cloud computing solution. From the user’s perspective, the cloud application behaves like a standard website, but the computing and data processing are handled by the cloud via an API (application program interface) or a hybrid of both.
Typical computing services include:
Networking is securing connections between the cloud provider and your company, whereas Analytics is visualizing collection of data and performance data.
The two most common are compute power and storage. So lets explore further.
Storage - files and databases
Most devices and applications read and/or write data.
Here are some examples:
Buying a movie ticket online
Looking up the price of an online item
Taking a picture
Sending an email
Leaving a voicemail
For example, if you wanted to store text or a movie clip, you could use a file on disk. If you had a set of relationships such as an address book, you could take a more structured approach like using a database.
The advantage to using cloud-based data storage is you can scale to meet your needs. If you find that you need more space to store your movie clips, you can pay a little more and add to your available space. In some cases, the storage can even expand and contract automatically - so you pay for exactly what you need at any given point in time.
Compute power - For example, say that two processors have the same power. Then if a particular algorithm can be implemented on one processor then that algorithm can be implemented on the other processor, and both processors will produce the same result.
Example are Linux servers and web applications (Google Apps and Office 365).
When you build solutions using cloud computing, you can choose how you want work to be done based on your resources and needs. For example, if you want to have more control and responsibility over maintenance, you could create a virtual machine (VM). The difference is that you don't have to buy any of the hardware or install the OS. The cloud provider runs your virtual machine on a physical server in one of their datacenters - often sharing that server with other VMs (isolated and secure). With the cloud, you can have a VM ready to go in minutes at less cost than a physical computer.
VMs aren't the only computing choice - there are two other popular options: containers and serverless computing which we will discuss in further detail later. But, Containers provide a consistent, isolated environment for applications. They're similar to VMs except they don't require a guest operating system. Serverless computing lets you run application code without creating, configuring, or maintaining a server, ideal for automated tasks.
So what are considered the primary benefits of cloud computing.
Cost-effective
Cloud computing provides a pay-as-you-go or consumption-based pricing model. Benefits include:
No upfront infrastructure costs
The ability to pay for additional resources only when they are needed
Better cost prediction
Scalable
Vertical scaling ("scaling up“)
Adding more CPUs
Adding more memory
Horizontal scaling ("scaling out“)
Adding more than one server processing incoming requests.
Secure
Cloud providers offer a broad set of policies, technologies, controls, and expert technical skills that can provide better security than most organizations can achieve.
Global
Cloud providers have fully redundant datacenters located in various regions all over the globe.
Replicate your services into multiple regions for redundancy and locality, or select a specific region to ensure you meet data-residency and compliance laws for your customers.
Reliable
Cloud computing offers data backup, disaster recovery, and data replication services to make sure your data is always safe.
Redundancy is often built into cloud services architecture so if one component fails, a backup component takes its place (fault tolerance).
Current
Cloud usage automatically eliminates the burdens of maintaining software patches, hardware setup, upgrades, and other IT management tasks.
Elastic
Compensate for workload changes by automatically adding or removing resources.
Use case: Your website is featured in a news article, leading to a spike in traffic overnight. Since the cloud is elastic, it automatically allocates more computing resources to handle the increased traffic. When the traffic begins to normalize, the cloud automatically de-allocates the additional resources to minimize cost.
In the past, companies needed to acquire physical premises and infrastructure to start their business. There was a substantial up-front cost in hardware and infrastructure to start or grow a business. Cloud computing provides services to customers without significant upfront costs or equipment setup time.
Costs:
Exam - Whole systems and servers, printers and scanners, or air conditioners and generators. Maintenance of such items is also considered CapEx, as it extends their lifetime and usefulness.
Server costs - all hardware components and the cost of supporting them.
Network costs - all on-premises hardware components, including cabling, switches, access points, and routers.
Backup and archive costs - Cost to back up, copy, or archive data.
Organization continuity and disaster recovery costs - how to recover from a disaster and continue operating
Datacenter infrastructure costs - costs for electricity, floor space, cooling, and building maintenance.
Technical personnel - Not a capital expenditure, but the personnel required to work on your infrastructure are specific to on-premises datacenter.
This includes printer cartridges and paper, electricity, and even yearly services like website hosting or domain registrations.
When I say Cloud deployment I am referring to the enablement of SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service) or IaaS (infrastructure as a service) solutions that may be accessed on demand by end users or consumers. What are the most popular cloud deployment models? There are four types of them: public, private, hybrid and community clouds. Additionally, there are also distributed clouds, multiclouds, poly clouds and other models, but they are not so widespread. The focus of the exam will be on only three, public, private, and hybrid.
This is the most common deployment model.
A common use case scenario is deploying a web application or a blog site on hardware and resources that are owned by a cloud provider.
Not a fit:
There may be government policies, industry standards, or legal requirements which public clouds cannot meet
You don't own the hardware or services and cannot manage them as you may want to
Unique business requirements, such as having to maintain a legacy application might be hard to meet
In a private cloud, you create a cloud environment in your own datacenter and provide self-service access to compute resources to users in your organization.
You remain completely responsible for the purchase and maintenance of the hardware and software services you provide.
A use case scenario for a private cloud would be when an organization has data that cannot be put in the public cloud, perhaps for legal reasons.
A hybrid cloud combines public and private clouds, allowing you to run your applications in the most appropriate location.
For example, you could host a website in the public cloud and link it to a highly secure database hosted in your private cloud (or on-premises datacenter).
You can take advantage of economies of scale from public cloud providers for services and resources where it's cheaper, and then supplement with your own equipment when it's not
You can use your own equipment to meet security, compliance, or legacy scenarios where you need to completely control the environment
Use Cases:
This is helpful when you have some things that cannot be put in the cloud, maybe for legal reasons. For example, you may have some specific pieces of data that cannot be exposed publicly (such as medical data) which needs to be held in your private datacenter.
Lets discuss cloud services and lets compare them.
IaaS – Most flexible. Typical usage is Migrating workloads, test and development, storage, backup, recovery
PaaS - building, testing, and deploying software applications. Typical is development framework and analytics and BI.
SaaS - software that is centrally hosted and managed for the end customer. Examples Office 365, Skype, and Dynamics CRM Online
Azure uses a technology called virtualization, and virtualization separates the tight coupling between a computers hardware and its operating system, using an abstraction layer called a hypervisor. Tight coupling can be defined as a type of coupling that describes a system in which hardware and software are not only linked together, but are also dependent upon each other. The hypervisor emulates all the functions of a real computer and its CPU in a Virtual Machine. It can run multiple VMs at the same time, optimize the capacity of the obstructed hardware, and each VM can run any compatible operating system such as windows or linux. This technology is repeated on a much larger scale at Microsoft data centers throughout the world.
Each data center has mini racks filled with servers, and each server includes a hypervisor to run multiple VMs. A network switch provides connectivity to all of those servers. One server in each rack runs software called a Fabric Controller. Each fabric controller is connected to another piece of software known as an orchestrator. This is responsible for managing everything that happens in Azure, including responding to user requests. Users make requests using the Orchestrators Web API. The web api can be called by many tools, including the user interface of the Azure portal. So when a user makes a request to create a VM, the orchestrator packages everything that’s needed, picks the best server rack, and then sends the package and request to the fabric controller. Once the fabric controller has created the VM, the user can connect to it.
Regions (Microsoft has 55 total):
Microsoft Azure is made up of datacenters located around the globe.
A region is a geographical area on the planet containing at least one, but potentially multiple datacenters that are nearby and networked together with a low-latency network.
Azure intelligently assigns and controls the resources within each region to ensure workloads are appropriately balanced.
Geographies:
Geographies are broken up into the following areas:
Americas
Europe
Asia Pacific
Middle East and Africa
Azure divides the world into geographies that are defined by geopolitical boundaries or country borders.
Geographies allow customers with specific data residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close.
Geographies ensure that data residency, sovereignty, compliance, and resiliency requirements are honored within geographical boundaries.
Data residency refers to the physical or geographic location of an organization's data or information. It defines the legal or regulatory requirements imposed on data based on the country or region in which it resides.
Availability Zone
You want to ensure your services and data are redundant so you can protect your information in case of failure.
Each Azure region has a minimum of three availability zones, allowing you to run two isolated copies of your applications.
Allows for the replication of resources (VM storage) across a geography that helps reduce the likelihood of interruptions due to unexpected/unfortunate events.
If a region in a pair was affected by a natural disaster, for instance, services would automatically fail over to other region in its region pair.
Lets discuss Disaster Recovery – hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, etc – the solutions available for this include Azure Backup or Azure Site Recovery
What is it?
Disaster recovery as a service
Protects Hyper-V VMs, VMware VMs, physical servers
So lets recamp, Azure Backup allows for granular backups and restores specific data. Azure Site Recovery allows for the protection of an entire production site with automation and orchestration to make the failover and failback processes seamless.
There are three key characteristics of SLAs for Azure products and services:
Performance Targets
Uptime and Connectivity Guarantees
Service credits
Everything else being equal, higher availability is better. But as you strive for more nines, the cost and complexity grow. An uptime of 99.99% translates to about five minutes of total downtime per month. Is it worth the additional complexity and cost to reach five nines? The answer depends on the business requirements.
Column one shows monthly uptime percentage SLA targets for a single instance Azure Virtual Machine.
Column two shows the corresponding service credit amount you receive if the actual uptime is less than the specified SLA target for that month.
Composite SLAs – App Service Web Apps =99.5% and SQL Database = 99.9% so 99.5x99.9=99.4%
When planning a solution in the cloud, there's always the challenge of balancing cost against performance. The goal is to eliminate surprises on the next bill.
You need to be able to confidently answer several questions:
What will this solution cost this fiscal year?
Is there an alternate configuration you could use to save money?
Can you estimate how a change would impact your cost and performance without putting it into a production system?
You select the Azure products and services that fit your requirements, and your account is billed according to Azure's pay-for-what-you-use model. This is a helpful slide for definitions. You will likely see all of these on the exam.
Services:
Azure usage rates and billing periods can differ between Enterprise, Web Direct, and Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers.
The Azure team develops and offers first-party products and services, while products and services from third-party vendors are available in the Azure Marketplace . The Microsoft Azure Marketplace is an online store that offers applications and services either built on or designed to integrate with Microsoft's Azure public cloud.
Different billing structures apply to each of these categories.
Location:
Azure has datacenters all over the world. Test question, usage costs vary between locations that offer particular Azure products, services, and resources based on popularity, demand, and local infrastructure costs.
Next Slide for Resource Type and Billing Zones…
Resource Type:
Costs are resource-specific, so the usage that a meter tracks and the number of meters associated with a resource depend on the resource type.
Each meter tracks a particular kind of usage. For example, a meter might track bandwidth usage (ingress or egress network traffic in bits-per-second), the number of operations, size (storage capacity in bytes), or similar items.
At the end of each monthly billing cycle, the usage values will be charged to your payment method and the meters are reset. You can check the billing page in the Azure portal at any time to get a quick summary of your current usage and see any invoices from past billing cycles.
The key takeaway is that resources are always charged based on usage.
For those wondering about IO there in the bullets or have seen it before: In computing, input/output or I/O is the communication between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world, possibly a human or another information processing system. Inputs are the signals or data received by the system and outputs are the signals or data sent from it.
In most zones, the first outbound 5 GB per month is free. After that, you are billed a fixed price per GB.
Note: Billing zones are not the same as an Availability Zone. In Azure, the term zone is for billing purposes only, and the full term Availability Zone refers to the failure protection that Azure provides for datacenters.
The Azure pricing calculator outputs the costs per service and total cost for the full estimate.
The options that you can configure in the pricing calculator vary between products, but basic configuration options are shown here:
Free offering that analyzes organizational Azure usage and provides recommendations on how the org can save money, improve performance, be more secure, and improve reliability of the solutions you already have running in Azure.
Advisor makes cost recommendations in the following areas:
Reduce costs by eliminating unprovisioned Azure ExpressRoute circuits. Azure ExpressRoute is used to create private connections between Azure datacenters and infrastructure on your premises
Advisor recommends deleting the circuit if you aren't planning to provision the circuit with your connectivity provider.
Buy reserved instances to save money over pay-as-you-go.
Advisor will review your virtual machine usage over the last 30 days and determine if you could save money in the future by purchasing reserved instances.
Right-size or shutdown underutilized virtual machines.
Virtual machines whose average CPU utilization is 5 percent or less and network usage is 7 MB or less for four or more days are considered underutilized virtual machines. By identifying these virtual machines, you can decide to resize them to a smaller instance type, reducing your costs. You have heard me say CPU a few times, if you are not familiar, a CPU (pronounced as separate letters) is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called a processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place.
Azure Cost Management is another free, built-in Azure tool that can be used to gain greater insights into where your cloud money is going.
See historical breakdowns of what services you are spending your money on and how it is tracking against budgets that you have set. Set budgets, schedule reports, and analyze your cost areas. You can even set up alerts. Budget alerts notify you when spending, based on usage or cost, reaches or exceeds the amount defined in the alert condition of the budget. Credit alerts notify you when your Azure credit monetary commitments are consumed. Department spending quota alerts notify you when department spending reaches a fixed threshold of the quota.
Save money for your company.
Reserved Instances:
If you have virtual machine workloads that are static and predictable, using reserved instances is a fantastic way to potentially save up to 70 to 80 percent off the pay-as-you-go cost.
Right size underutilized VMs:
Over-sized virtual machines are a common unnecessary expense on Azure, and one that can be easily fixed. You can change the size of a VM through the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, or the Azure CLI.
Deallocate VMs in off hours:
Azure now has an automation solution fully available for you to leverage in your environment.
You can also use the auto-shutdown feature on a virtual machine to schedule automated shutdowns.
Migrate to Paas or Saas:
Important to note, as you move workloads to the cloud, a natural evolution is to start with infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services and then move them to platform-as-a-service (PaaS) services, as appropriate, in an iterative process.
Here are some questions from Whizlabs.
A and B. There are other aspects affecting cost as well such as region, operating system, the type (like OS only), tier (ex Standard), and instance size (CPU, Ram, Gb temporary storage, etc).
B. Covers only the compute part of your VM usage. The reservation instance is applied automatically to the number of running virtual machines that match the reservation scope and attributes.
B. You can completely remove the need to buy any sort of physical infrastructure. So no Capital Expense when moving to the cloud.
B. Provides a cost breakdown by resource.
C. See cost savings you can achieve by moving workloads to Azure.
If you understand this slide, you can do pretty well on this exam. There will be many questions like is a virtual machine IaaS or PaaS or does DNS fall under PaaS or IaaS. Can you go through this slide and explain what each service does and into what category it falls? Just something to note. We will explore these in the next webinar. I hope this webinar has been helpful and has encouraged you to continue pursuing this certification. Feel free to email me anytime with questions and I will be happy to respond. Have a wonderful day everyone! Over to Sami to discuss next steps.