A client wants to deploy their web application and associated data to the cloud with minimal configuration. Which cloud service type is suitable for this and why?
PaaS cloud service type as being suitable as it provides minimal configuration for deploying and publishing code.
What important cloud attribute allows businesses and organizations to quickly grow their virtual machine infrastructure as their workloads increase, and how is it achieved?
Should include a statement on scalability and how it can be achieved through the use of
virtual machine scale sets.
What are the main differences between public and private clouds?
A private cloud enables the owner to have full control over everything including hardware, while a public cloud is owned by the cloud vendor.
A developer wants to deploy their application code to the cloud and needs access to the operating system to install custom software. Which is the best cloud service type to use in this case and why?
IaaS is the most suitable as it provides access to
an underlying operating system to install custom software.
What are the main differences between OpEx and CapEx? Give an example of each.
OpEx has no upfront costs and can scale to meet unpredictable demand. A simple OpEx example could be a web service running on PaaS instead of on-premises server hardware. Additionally, CapEx should be briefly defined as an upfront cost an organization may invoke to purchase physical assets such as on-premises server hardware. An example of which could be a large Storage Area Network (SAN).
What can a company do to help ensure data redundancy when using Azure Blob storage?
Should include a statement that describes Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) and Zone
Redundant Storage options and the pros/cons of each
Describe what a resource group is on Azure and give an example of best practice when using one
A resource group as a container of related
resources for an Azure solution. It is best practice to add resources to the group that share the same life cycle, such as a web application with data storage)
