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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond

You're reading from   Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond Simplified cloud concepts and core Azure fundamentals for absolute beginners to pass the AZ-900 exam

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801073301
Length 424 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Cloud Concepts
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Benefits of Cloud Computing 4. Section 2: Core Azure Services
5. Chapter 3: Core Azure Architectural Components 6. Chapter 4: Core Azure Resources 7. Section 3: Core Solutions and Management Tools
8. Chapter 5: Core Azure Solutions 9. Chapter 6: Azure Management Tools 10. Section 4: Security
11. Chapter 7: Azure Security 12. Section 5: Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance
13. Chapter 8: Azure Identity Services 14. Chapter 9: Azure Governance 15. Chapter 10: Azure Privacy and Compliance 16. Section 6: Cost Management and Service-Level Agreements
17. Chapter 11: Azure Cost Planning and Management 18. Chapter 12: Azure Service-Level Agreements 19. Chapter 13: Exam Preparation Practice Tests 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is somewhat of a misnomer; it's a marketing term for a technology model that an organization may adopt to consume computing resources. It can benefit many audiences, addressing a need to access on-demand computing resources that are self-service, automated, and elastic to cater to demand.

Its value to a business is as an enabler for digital transformation and innovation, quicker time to market and value, economies of scale, a flexible cost model, and an agile operating model; this ability gives a choice in how computing resources can be provided and consumed by a business to suit their operating model in the most appropriate way.

Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are some of the public cloud computing platform providers. These providers own hardware on their facilities, from which they create computing resources that are made available to all tenants on the platform, which use their portion of the resources and get billed only for what they use. The users of these computing resources benefit through what is described as economies of scale.

The objectives for this chapter cover the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals exam skills area Describe Cloud Concepts.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned the skills to be able to do the following:

  • Define cloud computing.
  • Describe public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud.
  • Compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing.
  • Describe Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Serverless | Functions as a Service (FaaS).
  • Identify a service type based on a use case.

In addition, this chapter's goal is also to take your knowledge beyond the exam content so you are prepared for a real-world, day-to-day Azure-focused role.

It is important to note that in November 21 some Microsoft Security Services have been renamed. These are renamed as follows:

  • Azure Security Center and Azure Defender are now called Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Azure Defender plans to Microsoft Defender plans
  • Azure Sentinel is now called Microsoft Sentinel
  • Azure Defender for IoT is now called Microsoft Defender for IoT
  • Azure Defender for SQL is now called Microsoft Defender for SQL
  • Microsoft Cloud App Security is now called Microsoft Defender for Cloud App
  • Microsoft Defender for Business is introduced as a new Service SKU

You can learn more about the update of Microsoft security services at this url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-introduction

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