Azure management and governance

Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Maarten Van den Broeck

Senior Content Developer at DataCamp

Microsoft Azure

Introduction to Azure course

  • A comprehensive online cloud computing platform
  • Used for e.g. data storage, application development, and web hosting
  • Flexible and scalable, able to integrate with other Microsoft services (e.g. Power BI)

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Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Azure services vs. resources

Service

  • Set of features or functionality
  • Integrated components
  • Examples:
    • Azure Monitor (monitoring)
    • Azure Resource Manager (resource management)
    • Microsoft Cost Management (cost management)

Resource

  • Specific product or object of a service
  • Manageable item
  • Examples:
    • Database
    • Web application
    • Virtual machine
Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Management and governance in Azure

Schematic overview of management and governance in Azure

Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Management and governance use cases

  • Manage resources supporting business applications
  • Pro-actively manage costs to avoid going over budget
  • Ensure data protection standards are implemented and enforced
  • Monitor the performance and availability of your applications and resources

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Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Example use case: dashboard performance

You're hosting a sales data dashboard in Azure with interactive features

Using Azure services, you can:

  • Ensure the dashboard can handle varying traffic dynamically
  • Ensure continuity and disaster recovery with data replication across Azure regions

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Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Example use case: dashboard performance

You're hosting a sales data dashboard in Azure with interactive features

Using Azure services, you can:

  • Collect and analyze performance metrics and usage data
  • Use it to further improve the dashboard and optimize user experience

Image of a dashboard

Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

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Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

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