Azure Fundamentals Flashcards
What is Cloud Computing?
The delivery of computing services over the internet.
What does Cloud Computing include?
VMs, storage, databases, and networking.
Cloud services expand on traditional IT offerings. What does this include?
Cloud services expand traditional IT offerings to include things like…
Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Do you need your own physical infrastructure to engage in Cloud Computing?
No.
What is IaaS?
Infrastructure as a Service
IaaS places the most responsibility on the consumer, with the cloud provider being responsible for the basics of physical security, power, and connectivity.
What is PaaS?
Platform as a Service
PaaS rests somewhere in the middle and evenly distributes responsibility between the cloud provider and the consumer.
What is SaaS?
Software as a Service
In the Shared Responsibility Model, what is the cloud provider always responsible for?
- The physical data center.
- The physical network.
- The physical hosts.
In the Shared Responsibility Model, what are you always responsible for?
- The information and data stored in the cloud.
- Devices that are allowed to connect to your cloud.
- The accounts and identities of the people, services, and devices within your organisation.
What are the shared responsibilities that your service model will determine?
- Operating systems.
- Network controls.
- Applications.
- Identity and infrastructure.
The following information describes which cloud model?
* No capital expenditures to scale up.
* Applications can be quickly provisioned and deprovisioned.
* Organisations pay only for what they use.
* Organisations don’t have complete control over resources and security.
Public cloud.
The following information describes which cloud model?
* Organisations have complete control over resources and security.
* Data is not collocated with other organisations’ data.
* Hardware must be purchased for startup and maintenance.
* Organisations are responsible for hardware maintenance and updates.
Private cloud.
The following information describes which cloud model?
* Provides the most flexibility.
* Organisations determine where to run their applications.
* Organisations control security, compliance, or legal requirements.
Hybrid cloud.
What is a likely cloud scenario that is different to the 3 primary cloud model types?
Multi-cloud scenario.
What are the two types of expenses to consider in IT infrastructure?
- Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
- Operational Expenditure (OpEx)
