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Term that describes the delivery of computing services over the Internet
What is Cloud Computing?
Acronym that describes the most basic cloud capability that provides basic computing capacity
What is IaaS (or Infrastructure-as-a-Service)?
Computing environment that uses both public and private clouds in an interconnected environment
What is hybrid cloud?
Type of cloud service that provides a managed database without having to manage a full virtual machine
What is Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)?
Type of cloud service that describes an online subscription to an application or software?
What is Software-as-a-Service or SaaS?
Cloud feature that allows resources to add more compute (CPU or RAM) to live virtual machines
What is vertical scaling?
Funding model that spends for products and/or services over time and is typically based on metered usage
What is OpEx?
Certification recommended to all technologists interested in learning the basic concepts of Microsoft Azure
What is Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)?
Entity responsible for the data and information stored in the cloud
Who is the customer (NOT the provider)?
Azure Powerplatform is an example of this type of cloud computing model
What is Platform-as-a-Service (or PaaS)?
When was cloud computing in its current state born on AWS?
2006
Process that describes moving existing private applications and services to a cloud environment
What is cloud migration?
Cloud concept that refers to the ability to adjust resources to meet demand
What is scalability?
Cloud feature that allows increasing the number of parallel virtual systems or containers when sudden demand increases
What is horizontal scaling?
Number of Azure services offered currently (round to the nearest 100)
What is 600 and counting?
Term used to describe when an application is modified and updated to leverage new methods of development and architectures
What is modernization?
The top three hyperscale cloud providers in 2023
Who are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?
Cloud capability that enables publishing of code directly to a cloud platform
What is published functions OR serverless computing? Azure Functions and AWS Lambda are examples.
Cloud related cost that is typically missed when estimating cloud usage
What is network egress charges? (typically pennies per GB, but this adds up with large data egress)
Term used to describe designing applications and services around cloud features and concepts to take full advantage of cloud functionality