Azure Compute Resources
Compute resources are one of the core resources you will look at in this chapter. The term compute can be described simply as a “platform to execute code on”; it runs your software and processes your data.
The next sections will review the following compute resources outlined in the AZ-900 exam’s Skills Measured section:
- Virtual Machines (VMs) and Scale Sets
- Containers
- App Service
- Functions
- Azure Virtual Desktop
Virtual Machines
This section will introduce Virtual Machines (VMs), as outlined in the AZ-900 exam’s Skills Measured section: Describe Azure compute and networking services.
Note
You can find a detailed Certification Skills Measured section in the Appendix, Assessing AZ-900 Exam Skills of this book.
VMs are Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) “compute service resources,” the common “building blocks” of any Azure solution. VMs are the virtualization of...
