AZ-104 Stormwind Studio Certification Course Notes

Day 3.2 - Azure Object Hierarchy - Logical & Administrative

Purpose: They allow you to organize and manage resources within your Azure Environment. They allow for organized application of policies, permissions, and administrative actions across multiple subscriptions
Hierarchy: Each Azure Tenancy starts with root management group at the top. Sub-management groups can be nested under the root group, forming a tree-like structure
Use Cases: Enforcement of consistent:
- Policies
- Access controls
- Compliance
- Across related subscriptions For example, you can group subscriptions by department, or environment (e.g., development, QA, production)

Purpose: Subscriptions are the billing units in Azure. They represent a logical container for resources and services
Scope: Each subscription is isolated and has its own set of resources, policies, and access controls

Purpose: Resource groups are used to organize and manage resources within a subscription
Scope: Resource groups exist within a subscription
Use Cases: You can group all resources related to a specific application into a single resource group

Purpose: Resources represent individual that you deploy in Azure
Examples: Examples of resources include a virtual machine instance, a database server, or a storage container
Ownership: Resources are owned by a subscription and reside within a resource group

Purpose: Budgets allow you to manage costs and monitor how spending progresses over time
Functionality:
- You can create budgets based on actual costs or forecasted costs
- Configure alerts to notify you when budget thresholds are exceeded
- Use budgets to compare and track spending as you analyze costs
Evaluation Frequency: Budgets are evaluated against cost and usage data every 24 hours

Purpose: Cost analysis provides detailed insights into your spending patterns
Functionality:
- View cost breakdowns by resource, service, region, or tag
- Analyze historical trends and identify cost-saving opportunities
- Understand which service contribute most to your overall spending
Access: Available in the Azure portal under Cost Management + Billing > Cost analysis