Azure Core Architectural Components

In Chapter 2, Benefits of Using Cloud Services, you gained the skills to outline the benefits and value of cloud computing and its positioning as a digital transformation enabler, the audience of cloud platforms, and the cloud mindset that should be adopted compared to the traditional computing mindset.

This chapter will outline the core architectural components from a physical and logical perspective. From the “physical component” perspective, you will look at the data centers that host the cloud computing resources, the global networks connecting them and connecting users to their resources, the global regions that provide the cloud platform resources, and the availability of these resources.

From the “logical component” perspective, you will look at all aspects of resource management. You will also cover management groups that act as a mechanism for managing governance. You will learn about Azure subscriptions...