Module 2

Fundamental of Azure, Azure Subscription

Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure: is Microsoft's Public cloud offering that enable individuals and

organisations to create, deploy and operate cloud based applications and

infrastructure services. Azure offers IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Azure is a Hybrid

Cloud

• All Azure Services : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/

Microsoft Azure-Contd….

• Other Azure Resources

• Azure Market Place: Is an online Application and Services marketplace that currently offers VM
Images, VM extensions, APIs Applications, Machine Learning Services and data services.
• VM Depot: is a community based catalog of open source VM images
• GitHub: is a web based GIT resository hosting services that is free to use for public and open source
projects.
• Azure Trust Center: Information and Guidance around security, privacy and compliance
 Azure Regions

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/regions
Important Links

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/regions/

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/marketplace/faq/

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Understanding Azure datacenters

• Global distribution
• Management by Microsoft
• Modular architecture:
• Clusters of thousands of servers in pluggable units
• Full power redundancy and contingency
• High-speed, redundant intra-datacenter networks
• High-speed inter-datacenter and Internet connectivity
• Triple-redundant data storage and geo-replication

• High power and water efficiency

• Servers that run Windows Server
• Azure Service Fabric
• Demo-Azure Free Trial Subscription
Azure management tools

• Azure portals
• Windows PowerShell
• Azure Automation
• Azure CLI
• Visual Studio
Using the Azure classic portal
Using the Azure portal
Azure pricing Model

Reserved VM Azure Hybrid

instances Benefit

Dev Test pricing Spot instances/Low

Priority VMs
Service Level Agreements-Azure

• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) describes Microsoft’s

commitments for uptime and connectivity. The SLA for
individual Azure services are listed below.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/support/legal/sla
IaaS Networking Options
IaaS Networking Options-Public Networking
IaaS Networking Options- Private Networking
Storage in the Cloud

• Understanding IaaS Storage

• Cloud File Storage

• Object Storage
Understanding IaaS Storage
Cloud File Storage- Example
Object Storage
Data Protection in the Cloud- This is for Data
Data Protection in the Cloud- For On-Prem VM
IaaS Security

• Cloud Security Concerns

• Encryption

• Compliance

• Vulnerabilities and Mitigation

Cloud Security Concerns

• Is My data safe

• Who can see my data

• Can my data be modified

• Who is responsible for Securing the data

Data Security is shared responsibility

Encryption
 Compliance

• Laws

• Requirements

• Policies

• Rules

• Standards

• Governance and regulations

 Azure Security Center

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/security-center/
Vulnerabilities and Mitigation

• Who keeps my OS and applications Up-to date?

• Who perform backups of the data?

• Who Perform my Security scans

Microsoft Azure Subscription and Account

• It also control how resource usage is report and how Cloud services are

accessed. It usage is billed and paid for. All cloud services belongs to a
subscription. Every subscription will have a subscription ID .

• Azure Account: It’s a mapping between your MS Account to access MS Azure

resources. This is created at azure account center. Its also use to see how azure
usage is reported. It also help in determining how usage is reported.

• Following is the link for Azure Account centre

• https://account.windowsazure.com (This is for Personal Live/Outlook
accounts)
• https://account.windowsazure.com/Organization (This is for Organisational
accounts)
Account Types in Azure

• Account Administrator

• Service Administrator

• Co-Administrator