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Microsoft Azure Basic Flashcards

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  1. What does elasticity mean in the context of cloud computing?

    Answer: The ability to automatically scale resources up or down based on demand

    Elasticity in cloud computing refers to the ability to dynamically scale resources up during peak demand and back down when demand decreases, often automatically.

  2. Which Azure service provides a managed Kubernetes environment for deploying and managing containerized applications?

    Answer: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a managed Kubernetes container orchestration service that simplifies deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetes.

  3. What is the primary benefit of Azure paired regions?

    Answer: Ensuring data replication and disaster recovery by pairing each region with another region within the same geography

    Azure paired regions ensure that if a regional disaster occurs, the paired region can be used for failover. Microsoft also staggers updates and prioritizes recovery of one region in each pair during outages.

  4. Which Azure tool provides personalized recommendations to help you optimize your Azure resources for cost, security, reliability, and performance?

    Answer: Azure Advisor

    Azure Advisor analyzes your Azure resource configurations and usage patterns to provide personalized, actionable recommendations across five categories: Cost, Security, Reliability, Operational Excellence, and Performance.

  5. What is Capital Expenditure (CapEx) in the context of comparing cloud computing to traditional IT?

    Answer: Upfront spending on physical infrastructure like servers and datacenters that is depreciated over time

    CapEx refers to the large upfront investments in physical IT infrastructure (hardware, datacenters, networking) that organizations must make in traditional on-premises environments, depreciated over the asset's useful life.

  6. Which Azure service enables you to create a private, isolated network in Azure with control over IP addresses, subnets, and routing?

    Answer: Azure Virtual Network (VNet)

    Azure Virtual Network (VNet) is the fundamental building block for private networking in Azure. It allows you to define your own IP address space, create subnets, configure routing tables, and control network access.