Introduction to
Azure
INTRODUCTION TO AZURE
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Technical Lead and Training Architect,
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Introducing: Azure
Leading cloud computing provider
Over 200 products and cloud services
Trusted by 95% of Fortune 500 companies
Supports businesses to:
Build
Deploy
Manage
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Refresher: Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the internet
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Refresher: On-premises
Server is located on the premise of the
organization
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Benefits of cloud services
High Availability Scalability
SLA guarantees around uptime Handling increased/decreased demand
99%, 99.9%, 99.95% and 99.99% Add/remove CPUs or RAM on VM
INTRODUCTION TO AZURE
Benefits of cloud services
High Availability Scalability
SLA guarantees around uptime Handling increased/decreased demand
99%, 99.9%, 99.95% and 99.99% Scaling resources (manual/automatic)
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Benefits of cloud services
Reliability Predictability
Pillar of Azure's Well-Architected framework Auto-scaling / load-balancing
Automatically shift between regions Total Cost of Ownership / Pricing calculator
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Use cases
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What to expect in this course
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Let's practice!
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Azure's core
components
INTRODUCTION TO AZURE
Kevin James
Technical Lead and Training Architect,
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Resources
Resource represents a purchased service
Web hosting
Virtual machine
Database
Generic JSON template
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Resources
Resource represents purchased service
Web hosting
Virtual machine
Database
Generic JSON template
Text-based file presenting structured
data in JavaScript
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Resource groups
Resource requires a Resource Group
Logical groupings to hold related resources
Life-cycle
Permissions
Policies
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Resource groups
Resource requires a Resource Group
Logical groupings to hold related resources
Life-cycle
Permissions
Policies
Manage, monitor and maintain resources
within group
Different grouping options:
Service type
Deparment
...
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Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Centralized management layer for
resources and resource groups
Checks privileges against ActiveDirectory
for resource:
Creation
Management
Deletion
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Core offering
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Compute
Provision and manage cloud resources to run application without managing physical hardware
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Storage
Managed service responsible for providing readily available cloud storage solutions
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Networking
Digital highway connecting different resources whether on-premises or on Azure platform
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Databases
Store structured and semi-structured data in a central repository
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Let's practice!
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Azure services
overview
INTRODUCTION TO AZURE
Kevin James
Technical Lead and Training Architect,
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Cloud service types
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Most flexible category, provides the user maximum control
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Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Middle-ground between Infrastructure and Software as a Service
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Software as a Service (SaaS)
Complete solution - subscription fee to connect to applications
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Services by cloud service type
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Availability of services
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Ecosystem
Versatile ecosystem: from modernizing urban infrastructure to powering business solutions
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Big data and analytics
Azure Data Lake HDInsight
Synapse Stream Analytics
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AI & Machine Learning
Machine Learning Cognitive Services
Databricks and more...
Language comprehension
Speech recognition
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Let's practice!
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