Course 1 – Introduction to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

INTRODUCTION – Microsoft Azure Fundamental Concepts & Architectural Components

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

1. A cloud environment has several advantages over a physical environment and these benefits become available to companies once they have migrated to the cloud. One of these benefits is referred to as agility.

What does agility provide?

2. One of the advantages of cloud computing is scalability. Applications can be scaled vertically and horizontally. Do you think that the following statement is true or false?

Horizontal scalability is when computing capacity can be increased by adding additional RAM or CPUs to a virtual machine.

3. Cloud service providers operate on a consumption-based model. Which of the following are characteristics of a consumption-based model?

Select all that apply.

4. In cloud computing, there are two different types of expenses that should be considered, capital expenditure (CapEx) and operational expenditure (OpEx).

Which of these provides for the upfront spending of money on physical infrastructure, and then deducting that upfront expense overtime?

5. Cloud service models define the different levels of shared responsibility between a cloud provider and cloud tenant.

In which cloud service model is the cloud provider responsible for managing the virtual machines and networking resources that the cloud tenant deploys their applications into?

6. Cloud service models define the different levels of shared responsibility that a cloud provider and cloud tenant are responsible for. 

In which model does the cloud provider keep the hardware up to date but operating system maintenance and network configuration are left to the cloud tenant?

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

1. True or False?

An Azure account can only have a single subscription.

2. Which of the following is not a feature of Management groups?

3. True or False?

If you delete a resource group, all resources contained within that group are also deleted.

4. In Azure the ability to deploy, manage, and monitor all the resources for your solution as a group, rather than handling these resources individually is a feature of which of the following?

5. What are different geographical locations around the globe containing Azure datacenters are referred to as?

6. True or False?

All Azure Regions support Availability Zones.

TEST PREP

1. A cloud environment has several advantages over a physical environment and these benefits become available to companies once they have migrated to the cloud. One of these benefits is referred to as High Availability.

What does High Availability provide?

2. In Cloud computing, there are two different types of expenses that should be considered, Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx).

Which of these provides for the no upfront spending of money and a pay-as-you-go service?

3. The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is the most flexible category of cloud services. It aims to give you complete control over the hardware that runs your application. Instead of buying hardware, with IaaS, you rent it.

Which of the following are features of IaaS?

Select all options that apply.

4. Which of the following are features of Management groups?

Select all options that apply.

5. Azure provides a feature that allows an organization to deploy, manage, and monitor all their resources as a group, rather than individually managing them. What is this feature referred to as?

6. Is the following statement true or false?

An Azure account can have multiple subscriptions.

7. Which of the following do you think are benefits for the end-user of a pay-as-you-go pricing model? 

Select all the options that apply.

CONCLUSION – Microsoft Azure Fundamental Concepts & Architectural Components