Summary

In this chapter, we had a recap of some generic facts and benefits of cloud computing, including the most common deployment and service models. Then, we went into some Azure-specifics, starting with high-level information about Azure, subscriptions, Azure Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID, and Azure resources. From there, we touched on regions and availability groups before looking at ARM—what it is, how it works at a high level, resource groups, and tags.

We looked further at ARM by covering resource providers and resource types. We then brought some of these topics together using the Az PowerShell module and the Azure CLI to get information from Azure. If you are taking the AZ-204 exam, it’s likely you were already familiar with many (if not all) of the topics we just covered. If not, then this fundamental starting point should serve you well throughout the rest of this book.

In the next chapter, we’ll dive into Azure App Service web apps....