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Azure Fundamentals Terms

Core Microsoft Azure service names and cloud concepts tested on the Azure Fundamentals exam.

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What is Microsoft Azure?
A cloud computing platform offering services for compute, storage, networking, databases, and more.
What does IaaS stand for?
Infrastructure as a Service
What does PaaS stand for?
Platform as a Service
What does SaaS stand for?
Software as a Service
What is a Resource Group in Azure?
A logical container that holds related Azure resources for an application or solution.
What is Azure Virtual Machines?
On-demand computing resources providing scalable processing with Windows or Linux operating systems.
What is Azure App Service?
A fully managed platform for building and hosting web apps, mobile app backends, and RESTful APIs.
What is Azure SQL Database?
A managed relational database service with built-in security, backups, and high availability.
What is Azure Storage?
Massively scalable cloud storage service for data objects with security and redundancy.
What is Azure Cosmos DB?
A globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database service for any scale.
What is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?
A managed Kubernetes container orchestration service for deploying and managing containerized applications.
What is Azure Container Instances?
A service for running Docker containers on demand without managing virtual machines.
What is Azure Virtual Network?
An isolated network environment in Azure that enables resources to communicate securely.
What is Azure Load Balancer?
A service that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple resources to improve availability.
What is Azure Application Gateway?
A web traffic load balancer that manages traffic to web applications with URL routing and SSL termination.

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