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AZ-104 - Azure Services Flashcards
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 Flashcards
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| Azure AD Connect | Syncs on-premises Active Directory with Azure AD for hybrid identity. |
| Azure AD Domain Services | Provides managed domain services like domain join, group policy, and LDAP without deploying domain controllers. |
| Azure Advisor | Provides personalized recommendations for best practices in high availability, security, performance, and cost. |
| Azure App Service | Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to host web apps, REST APIs, and mobile backends. |
| Azure Application Gateway | Application-level (Layer 7) load balancer; supports SSL termination and Web Application Firewall (WAF). |
| Azure Arc | Extends Azure management and services to on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. |
| Azure Automation | Automates recurring tasks and processes using runbooks and desired state configuration (DSC). |
| Azure Availability Sets | Ensures VMs are distributed across physical hardware to increase availability during maintenance or failure. |
| Azure Availability Zones | Physically separate datacenters within a region to protect applications from datacenter-level failures. |
| Azure Backup | Provides simple and secure backup of Azure VMs and other data. |
| Azure Bastion | Provides secure RDP/SSH access to VMs without exposing public IP addresses. |
| Azure Blueprints | Enables creation of repeatable, governed environments that include policies, role assignments, and templates. |
| Azure CLI | Cross-platform command-line tool for managing Azure resources programmatically. |
| Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) | Delivers content to users with high speed and low latency from distributed global locations. |
| Azure Defender (Microsoft Defender for Cloud) | Provides threat protection, security recommendations, and compliance tracking for Azure resources. |
| Azure Disk Encryption | Uses BitLocker or DM-Crypt to encrypt Azure VM disks for data-at-rest protection. |
| Azure DNS | Provides name resolution using Microsoft’s global DNS servers. |
| Azure Entra Id (Formerly Azure Active Directory) | Cloud-based identity and access management service; provides SSO, MFA, and user management. |
| Azure ExpressRoute | Provides a private, dedicated connection from on-premises networks to Azure. |
| Azure Files | Provides fully managed file shares in the cloud accessible via SMB and NFS protocols. |
| Azure Firewall | Managed, cloud-based network security service that protects Azure Virtual Network resources. |
| Azure Front Door | Delivers high availability and global load balancing with application acceleration. |
| Azure Import/Export | Allows data transfer to/from Azure using physical hard drives for large datasets. |
| Azure Key Vault | Securely stores and manages secrets, keys, and certificates; used for credential and key management. |
| Azure Lighthouse | Allows service providers to manage customer tenants and resources at scale using delegated resource management. |
| Azure Load Balancer | Distributes incoming network traffic across multiple VMs; use for high availability and redundancy. |
| Azure Log Analytics | Queries and analyzes log data collected by Azure Monitor across resources. |
| Azure Managed Disks | Provides persistent block-level storage for Azure VMs; managed by Azure for reliability and scalability. |
| Azure Migrate | Assesses and migrates on-premises servers, applications, and databases to Azure. |
| Azure Monitor | Collects metrics and logs from Azure resources; used for performance monitoring and alerting. |
| Azure Policy | Defines and enforces rules to ensure compliance with corporate standards. |
| Azure PowerShell | PowerShell module used to manage Azure resources with cmdlets. |
| Azure Private Link | Provides private access to Azure services over a private endpoint in your VNet. |
| Azure Queue Storage | Enables message queuing between application components for decoupling and load leveling. |
| Azure Resource Graph | Allows you to query and explore your Azure resources at scale using Kusto Query Language (KQL). |
| Azure Resource Locks | Prevents accidental deletion or modification of resources by setting ReadOnly or Delete locks. |
| Azure Resource Manager (ARM) | Deployment and management service for Azure resources using templates and infrastructure as code. |
| Azure Service Health | Provides personalized alerts and guidance when Azure service issues affect your resources. |
| Azure Shared Image Gallery | Manages and replicates custom VM images for scaling and distribution across regions. |
| Azure Site Recovery | Disaster recovery solution for replicating workloads (VMs, physical servers) across regions. |
| Azure Storage Account | Provides scalable storage solutions (blob, file, queue, table); foundational service for many Azure workloads. |
| Azure Table Storage | NoSQL key-value storage for large amounts of structured, non-relational data. |
| Azure Traffic Manager | Uses DNS-based load balancing to direct users to the most appropriate endpoint. |
| Azure Update Management | Manages OS updates for Windows and Linux systems in Azure and on-premises. |
| Azure Virtual Desktop | Provides virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) as a managed service. |
| Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets | Automatically scales VM instances up/down based on demand. |
| Azure Virtual Network (VNet) | Provides private network connectivity for Azure resources; use to segment and isolate environments. |
| Network Security Group (NSG) | Controls inbound and outbound traffic to Azure resources using rules. |
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