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AZ-900 Flashcards
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- Cloud computing
- On-demand IT resources delivered over the internet, pay-as-you-go.
- IaaS
- Infrastructure as a Service - you manage OS and apps.
- PaaS
- Platform as a Service - the platform is managed for you.
- SaaS
- Software as a Service - fully managed software you just use.
- Public cloud
- Resources owned and run by a cloud provider.
- Private cloud
- Cloud resources used by a single organisation.
- Hybrid cloud
- A mix of public and private.
- Shared responsibility
- The split of security duties between provider and customer.
- Region
- A geographic area with Azure data centres.
- Availability zone
- A physically separate location within a region.
- Resource group
- A logical container for related resources.
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure's identity service.
- RBAC
- Role-Based Access Control at a scope.
- Azure Policy
- Rules that enforce configuration and compliance.
- Resource lock
- Prevents accidental change or deletion.
- SLA
- Service Level Agreement - the provider's uptime commitment.
- Scalability
- Adding capacity to meet demand.
- Elasticity
- Scaling up and down automatically.
- TCO
- Total Cost of Ownership - full cost of running workloads.
- Tag
- A label used to organise and track resources and cost.