Cloud Basic Concepts
Benefits & Consideration of using cloud service
• High availability
• Scalability, elasticity, and agility
• Fault tolerance and disaster recovery
• Economic benefits of the cloud
Cloud Services - IaaS , PaaS , SaaS
• Shared responsibility model
• Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
• Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
• Comparing service types
Shared Responsibility & Cloud Models
• Cloud computing
• The public cloud
• The private cloud
• The hybrid cloud
Core Azure Services
Core Azure Architectural Components
• Azure regions
• Availability zones
• Resource groups
• Azure subscriptions
• Management groups
• Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Core Workload products available in auzre
• Azure virtual machines
• Azure App Service
• Azure Container Instances (ACI)
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Windows Virtual Desktop
• Virtual networks
• ExpressRoute
• Container (Blob) Storage
• Disk Storage
• Azure Files
• Storage tiers
• Cosmos DB
• Azure SQL Database
• Azure Database for MySQL
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• The Azure Marketplace and its usage scenarios
Core Solutions & Management Tools in Azure
Core Solution Available on Azure
• Azure IoT Hub
• IoT Central
• Azure Sphere
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• HDInsight
• Azure Databricks
• Azure Machine Learning
• Cognitive Services
• Azure Bot Service
• Serverless computing
• Azure Functions
• Logic Apps
• Event Grid
• Azure DevOps
• Azure DevTest Labs
Azure Management Tools
• Azure portal
• Azure PowerShell
• Azure CLI
• Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure Mobile app
• Azure Advisor
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Service Health
General Security & Network Security Features
Azure Security Features
• Azure Security Center
• Key Vault
• Azure Sentinel
Azure Network Security
• Defense in depth
• Network Security Groups (NSGs)
• Azure Firewall
• Azure DDoS Protection
Identity, Governance, Privacy & Compliance Features
Core Azure Identity Services
• Authentication and authorization
• Azure Active Directory
• Conditional Access and multifactor authentication (MFA)
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
Azure Governance Features
• Azure Policy
• Resource locks
• Tags
• Azure Blueprints
Privacy & Compliance Resources
• Microsoft privacy statement
• Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Trust Center
• Service Trust Portal
• Azure sovereign regions
Azure Pricing, SLAs & Lifecycle
Methods for planning & management of costs
• Factors affecting costs
• The pricing calculator
• The total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator
• Azure Cost Management
SLAs & Life Cycle
• Azure service level agreement (SLA)
• Interpret the terms of an SLA
• Service lifecycle in Azure