Virtual Machines Comparison: EC2 vs Azure

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What type of cloud computing service does Amazon EC2 provide?

SaaS
IaaS (correct)
All of the mentioned
PaaS

What are the virtual computing environments provided by Amazon EC2 known as?

None of the mentioned
chunks
instances (correct)
messages

Which of the following operating systems is NOT supported by Azure Virtual Machines?

MacOS (correct)
Ubuntu
CentOS
Windows Server

What is the Azure service that allows you to automatically scale the number of Virtual Machine instances based on demand?

Azure Autoscale (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a valid EC2 instance purchasing option?

Dynamic Instances (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cloud service does Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines provide?

IaaS (C) Signup and view all the answers

In the context of Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, what are the virtual computing environments known as?

Instances (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which operating system is supported by both Amazon EC2 and Azure Virtual Machines?

Ubuntu (C) Signup and view all the answers

Azure Traffic Manager is used for:

Azure Load Balancer (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a valid option for purchasing Amazon EC2 instances?

Dynamic Instances (A) Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Virtual Machines (EC2/ Azure Virtual Machines)

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides virtual computing environments.
Amazon EC2 provides virtual computing environments, known as instances.

Operating Systems Supported by Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Virtual Machines support Windows Server, Ubuntu, and CentOS operating systems.
MacOS is NOT supported by Azure Virtual Machines.

Azure Autoscaling

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets is the Azure service that allows you to automatically scale the number of Virtual Machine instances based on demand.
Azure Autoscale is not a valid service for automatic scaling.

EC2 Instance Purchasing Options

On-Demand Instances, Spot Instances, and Reserved Instances are valid EC2 instance purchasing options.
Dynamic Instances is NOT a valid EC2 instance purchasing option.

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Test your knowledge on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Azure Virtual Machines. Learn about the different services provided by Amazon EC2 and the supported operating systems by Azure Virtual Machines. Explore the scalability features offered by Azure for Virtual Machine instances.