Azure's core components

Understanding Microsoft Azure

Kevin James

Technical Lead and Training Architect, prev. The Walt Disney Company

Resources

Resource represents a purchased service
- Web hosting
- Virtual machine
- Database
Generic JSON template

Azure Resource Icon

Resources

Resource represents purchased service
- Web hosting
- Virtual machine
- Database
Generic JSON template
- Text-based file presenting structured data in JavaScript

Example JSON format with four properties

Resource groups

Resource requires a Resource Group
Logical groupings to hold related resources
- Life-cycle
- Permissions
- Policies

Azure Resource Group Icon

Resource groups

Resource requires a Resource Group
Logical groupings to hold related resources
- Life-cycle
- Permissions
- Policies
Manage, monitor and maintain resources within group
Different grouping options:
- Service type
- Department
- ...

Azure Resource Group Example

Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

Centralized management layer for resources and resource groups
Checks privileges against ActiveDirectory for resource:
- Creation
- Management
- Deletion

Azure Resource Manger

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Core offering

Core offerings

Compute

Provision and manage cloud resources to run application without managing physical hardware

Example Azure Compute Services

Storage

Managed service responsible for providing readily available cloud storage solutions

Example Azure Storage Services

Networking

Digital highway connecting different resources whether on-premises or on Azure platform

Example Azure Networking Services

Databases

Store structured and semi-structured data in a central repository

Example Azure Database Services

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