This is the first chapter of the book Architecting Azure Solutions. This book will cover all the objectives for the 70-535 exam. When relevant, we will provide you with extra information and further guidance on how to design and architect robust, future-proof, and effective solutions on the Azure platform.
This chapter introduces the Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine (VM) objective. We will cover information about series and sizes. We will also cover how to design VM deployments using Availability Sets, fault domains, and update domains. In addition, we will show you how to create an Availability Set from the Azure Portal, as well as from Azure PowerShell. Finally, we will cover how to design and manage VM Scale Sets from the Azure Portal.
In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:
- Designing solutions for virtual machines
- Virtual machine series and sizes
- Availability Sets
- Fault domains and update domains
- Managed Disks
- Creating highly available VMs
- VM Scale Sets
- Disaster recovery
