Describe the core architectural components of Azure
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Which of the following is a benefit of moving multiple subscriptions under a management group in Azure?

  • It increases the limit of the number of management groups that can be supported in a single directory.
  • It allows users to have access to everything they need without scripting Azure RBAC over different subscriptions. (correct)
  • It allows for multiple Azure RBAC assignments on the management group.
  • It enables users to create multiple parent-child relationships between management groups and subscriptions.

    • How many levels of depth can a management group tree support?

  • 6 (correct)
  • 5
  • 7
  • 4

    • How many management groups can be supported in a single directory?

  • 5,000
  • 10,000 (correct)
  • 20,000
  • 15,000

    • What are Azure Regions and Availability Zones used for?

    <p>To achieve resiliency and reliability for business-critical workloads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes a region in Azure?

    <p>A group of datacenters within a single Azure region</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of availability zones in Azure?

    <p>To ensure redundancy and high availability of services and data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Azure services support availability zones?

    <p>VMs, managed disks, load balancers, and SQL databases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of subscription boundary determines how an Azure account is billed for using Azure?

    <p>Billing boundary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of creating additional Azure subscriptions?

    <p>To organize and manage costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of Azure management groups?

    <p>To manage access, policies, and compliance for subscriptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can you use management groups to apply a policy?

    <p>By limiting VM locations to a specific region</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of resource groups in Azure?

    <p>Resource groups can be nested within each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements about Azure subscriptions is correct?

    <p>Azure subscriptions are required for accessing Azure products and services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a one-direction pairing of regions in Azure, what is the relationship between the primary and secondary regions?

    <p>The primary region relies on the secondary region for backup.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of sovereign regions in Azure?

    <p>Sovereign regions are instances of Azure that are isolated from the main instance of Azure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the benefits of using Azure?

    <p>Continuous innovation from Microsoft</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can you do with Azure?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of Azure resource groups?

    <p>They are a logical container for resources deployed in Azure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes Microsoft Azure?

    <p>A set of cloud services that helps you meet current and future business challenges</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the benefits that Azure provides?

    <p>Continuous innovation from Microsoft</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can you do with Azure?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure regions with their secondary regions:

    <p>West India = South India Brazil South = South Central US South India = Central India South Central US = Not Brazil South</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure region pairings with their characteristics:

    <p>West US and East US = Paired in two directions West India and South India = Paired in one direction Brazil South and South Central US = Paired cross-geography South India and Central India = Paired in one direction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure sovereign regions with their descriptions:

    <p>US DoD Central, US Gov Virginia, US Gov Iowa = Network-isolated instances for U.S. government agencies China East, China North = Operated through a partnership between Microsoft and 21Vianet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure management components with their definitions:

    <p>Azure resources = The basic building block of Azure Resource groups = Groupings of resources Azure subscriptions = Unit of management, billing, and scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure RBAC levels with their respective scopes:

    <p>Management Group Level = Inheritance of permissions to all sub-management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources underneath Subscription Level = Scope limited to individual subscription Resource Group Level = Scope limited to individual resource group Resource Level = Scope limited to individual resource</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure components with their respective characteristics:

    <p>Management Group = Can support up to six levels of depth excluding the root and subscription level Azure RBAC = Used for assigning access control at different levels Subscriptions = Can be moved under a management group for easier access control Directory = Can support up to 10,000 management groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure components with their respective limitations:

    <p>Management Group = Can only support one parent Directory = Can support a maximum of 10,000 management groups Management Group Tree = Can support up to six levels of depth excluding the root and subscription level Azure RBAC = Assignment on the management group can enable users to have access to everything they need</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure elements with their descriptions:

    <p>Azure Subscription = Links to an Azure account and can be used to configure different billing models and apply different access-management policies Billing Boundary = A type of subscription boundary that determines how an Azure account is billed for using Azure Access Control Boundary = A type of subscription boundary where Azure applies access-management policies at the subscription level Azure Management Groups = A level of scope above subscriptions, allowing efficient management of access, policies, and compliance for those subscriptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following purposes of creating additional Azure subscriptions:

    <p>Environments = To set up separate environments for development and testing, security, or to isolate data for compliance reasons Organizational Structures = To reflect different organizational structures, allowing management and control access to the resources that users provision within each subscription Billing = To manage and track costs based on needs, as costs are first aggregated at the subscription level</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following levels of Azure resource organization with their descriptions:

    <p>Resources = Gathered into resource groups Resource Groups = Gathered into subscriptions Subscriptions = Organized into containers called management groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following uses of Azure management groups:

    <p>Hierarchy that applies a policy = Limiting VM locations to the US West Region in a group called Production Governance conditions = Applied to the management groups, inherited by all subscriptions within the group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure concepts with their definitions:

    <p>Region = A geographical area on the planet that contains at least one, but potentially multiple datacenters that are networked together with a low-latency network Availability Zones = Physically separate datacenters within an Azure region, each equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking Region Pairs = Most Azure regions are paired with another region within the same geography at least 300 miles away to allow for the replication of resources Zonal services = Services where you pin the resource to a specific zone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure services with their availability type:

    <p>VMs, managed disks, IP addresses = Zonal services Zone-redundant storage, SQL Database = Zone-redundant services Azure Active Directory, Azure Traffic Manager, and Azure DNS = Non-regional services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure features with their descriptions:

    <p>Availability Zones = Made up of one or more datacenters equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking Region Pairs = Most Azure regions are paired with another region within the same geography at least 300 miles away Zonal services = You pin the resource to a specific zone Non-regional services = Services are always available from Azure geographies and are resilient to zone-wide outages as well as region-wide outages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure services according to their categorization:

    <p>VMs, managed disks, IP addresses = Zonal services Zone-redundant storage, SQL Database = Zone-redundant services Azure Active Directory, Azure Traffic Manager, and Azure DNS = Non-regional services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure benefits with their descriptions:

    <p>Be ready for the future = Continuous innovation from Microsoft supports your development today and your product visions for tomorrow Build on your terms = With a commitment to open source, and support for all languages and frameworks, you can build how you want and deploy where you want Operate hybrid seamlessly = On-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge, we'll meet you where you are. Integrate and manage your environments with tools and services designed for a hybrid cloud solution Trust your cloud = Get security from the ground up, backed by a team of experts, and proactive compliance trusted by enterprises, governments, and startups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure services with their functionalities:

    <p>Cloud services = Help you meet current and future business challenges Global network = Allows you to build, manage, and deploy applications Open source support = Enables you to build how you want and deploy where you want Hybrid cloud solution = Integrates and manages your environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure capabilities with their descriptions:

    <p>Running existing applications = Can be done on virtual machines Exploring new software paradigms = Such as intelligent bots and mixed reality Moving existing applications = To virtual machines (VMs) that run in Azure More than 100 services = Enable you to do everything from running your existing applications on virtual machines to exploring new software paradigms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure offerings with their descriptions:

    <p>Azure free account = Includes free access to popular Azure products for 12 months and a credit for the first 30 days Azure free student account = Includes free access to certain Azure services for 12 months, a credit for the first 12 months, and free access to certain developer tools Azure physical infrastructure = Starts with datacenters and includes Azure Regions or Azure Availability Zones designed for resiliency and reliability Microsoft Learn sandbox = A technology that creates a temporary subscription allowing you to create and test Azure resources at no cost</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure account types with their features:

    <p>Azure free account = Requires a phone number, a credit card, and a Microsoft or GitHub account for identity verification Azure free student account = Gives $100 credit, free developer tools and doesn't require a credit card Azure paid subscription = Enables you to start paying for Azure services beyond the limits of a free account Microsoft Learn sandbox = Creates a temporary subscription that's added to your Azure account for Learn exercises</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Azure components with their descriptions:

    <p>Azure Regions = Groupings of datacenters designed to help achieve resiliency and reliability for business-critical workloads Azure Availability Zones = Designed to help achieve resiliency and reliability for business-critical workloads Azure Subscriptions = Created when you create an Azure account and used to start creating Azure resources Azure Resources = Created within each subscription and can be Azure services or solutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following Azure services with their primary usage:

    <p>AI and ML services = Communicate naturally with users through vision, hearing, and speech Storage solutions = Dynamically grow to accommodate massive amounts of data Azure accounts = Needed to create and use Azure services Microsoft Learn sandbox = Used to create a temporary subscription for Learn exercises</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Azure offers more than 100 services to enable various software paradigms.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Azure allows you to build, manage, and deploy applications using only Microsoft tools and frameworks.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Migrating existing applications to virtual machines (VMs) is the only way to explore the cloud through Azure.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Azure provides storage solutions that dynamically grow to accommodate massive amounts of data.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Azure free account includes free access to popular Azure products for 12 months.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Azure free student account offer includes a credit to use in the first 12 months.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Microsoft Learn sandbox allows you to create and test Azure resources at no cost to you.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Azure resources and resource groups are the same thing.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: A resource group can contain multiple resources, but a resource can only be in one resource group at a time.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: When you delete a resource group, all the resources within that group will also be deleted.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Azure subscriptions are used for authentication and authorization to access Azure products and services.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Azure regions are geographical areas that contain multiple datacenters networked together with a high-latency network.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Availability zones are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region that are not connected to each other.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Availability zones are primarily used for VMs, managed disks, load balancers, and SQL databases in Azure.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Region pairs in Azure are directly connected and located at least 300 miles away from each other.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: By moving multiple subscriptions under a management group, you can create one Azure RBAC assignment on the management group.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Each management group and subscription can support multiple parents.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: A management group tree can support up to six levels of depth, including the root level and the subscription level.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: An Azure account can have multiple subscriptions, but it is only required to have one.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: In a multi-subscription account, you can use the subscriptions to configure different billing models and apply different access-management policies.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Azure subscriptions can be used to define boundaries around Azure products, services, and resources.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Azure management groups provide a level of scope above subscriptions and allow for improved governance.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Azure Benefits and Capabilities

    • Azure offers more than 100 services to enable various software paradigms.
    • One of the benefits of using Azure is that it allows you to build, manage, and deploy applications using various tools and frameworks.
    • Azure provides storage solutions that dynamically grow to accommodate massive amounts of data.
    • Azure provides various benefits, including the ability to create and test Azure resources at no cost to you.

    Azure Accounts and Subscriptions

    • An Azure account can have multiple subscriptions, but it is only required to have one.
    • Azure subscriptions can be used to define boundaries around Azure products, services, and resources.
    • In a multi-subscription account, you can use the subscriptions to configure different billing models and apply different access-management policies.
    • The purpose of creating additional Azure subscriptions is to configure different billing models and apply different access-management policies.
    • Azure subscriptions are used for billing and not for authentication and authorization to access Azure products and services.

    Azure Resource Organization

    • Azure resources and resource groups are not the same thing.
    • A resource group can contain multiple resources, but a resource can only be in one resource group at a time.
    • When you delete a resource group, all the resources within that group will also be deleted.
    • Resource groups are used to organize and manage Azure resources.
    • A characteristic of Azure resource groups is that they can contain multiple resources.

    Azure Management Components

    • Azure management groups provide a level of scope above subscriptions and allow for improved governance.
    • The purpose of Azure management groups is to apply a policy and improve governance.
    • You can use management groups to apply a policy by creating one Azure RBAC assignment on the management group.
    • By moving multiple subscriptions under a management group, you can create one Azure RBAC assignment on the management group.
    • A management group tree can support up to six levels of depth, including the root level and the subscription level.
    • Each management group and subscription can support multiple parents.

    Azure Regions and Availability Zones

    • Azure regions are geographical areas that contain multiple datacenters networked together with a low-latency network.
    • Availability zones are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region that are connected to each other using a high-latency network.
    • The purpose of availability zones in Azure is to provide high availability and redundancy for applications.
    • Azure services that support availability zones include VMs, managed disks, load balancers, and SQL databases.
    • Region pairs in Azure are directly connected and located at least 300 miles away from each other.

    Azure Sovereign Regions

    • The purpose of sovereign regions in Azure is to provide a trusted and secure environment for sensitive data and applications.

    Azure Free Account and Student Account

    • The Azure free account includes free access to popular Azure products for 12 months.
    • The Azure free student account offer includes a credit to use in the first 12 months.
    • The Microsoft Learn sandbox allows you to create and test Azure resources at no cost to you.

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