Introduction to Azure
Understanding Microsoft Azure
Kevin James
Technical Lead and Training Architect, prev. The Walt Disney Company
Built in collaboration with Microsoft
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Introducing: Azure
Refresher: Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the internet
Refresher: On-premises
Benefits of cloud services
High Availability
- SLA guarantees around uptime
- 99%, 99.9%, 99.95% and 99.99%
Scalability
- Handling increased/decreased demand
- Add/remove CPUs or RAM on VM
Benefits of cloud services
High Availability
- SLA guarantees around uptime
- 99%, 99.9%, 99.95% and 99.99%
Scalability
- Handling increased/decreased demand
- Scaling resources (manual/automatic)
Benefits of cloud services
Reliability
- Pillar of Azure's Well-Architected framework
- Automatically shift between regions
Predictability
- Auto-scaling / load-balancing
- Total Cost of Ownership / Pricing calculator
Use cases
What to expect in this course
