AZ-900 Certification Notes

Chapter 2.6 - Summary

Cloud Concepts Summary

  • Language of Cloud Computing
    • High availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, scalability, elasticity and agility. Describes stable and dependable cloud computing, the ability to adapt to changes in resource demand, user base and application usage.
  • Language of Cloud Economics
    • CapEx and OpEx describe costs for computing. OpEx is cloud computing with a pay-as-you-go model.
  • Cloud Service Models
    • IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS are cloud service models that pretty much all Azure products and services fall under.
    • The shared responsibility model dictates whether you or Microsoft is responsible for a cloud service.
  • Azure Marketplace
    • An extra layer of functionality for your cloud applications, by letting users use and integrate third-party products and services.
  • Cloud Architecture Models
    • Private, public, and hybrid approaches to using cloud computing for your business.