Azure Cheat Sheets

Azure DNS

2023-07-03T06:52:23+00:00

Bookmarks Private DNS Security Pricing Validate Your Knowledge Azure DNS Cheat Sheet Enables you to host your DNS zone and manage your DNS records. DNS zone allows you to configure a private and public DNS zone. Alias recordsets: A - maps the host to IPv4. AAAA - maps the host to IPv6. CNAME - create a record to point to another domain. A limit of 20 alias record sets per resource. Uses Anycast networking to route users to the closest name servers. You can monitor your DNS zone metrics using Azure Monitor. QueryVolume [...]

Azure DNS2023-07-03T06:52:23+00:00

Azure Cosmos DB

2023-08-14T03:20:32+00:00

Bookmarks Features Consistency Levels Security Pricing Azure SQL Database vs Cosmos DB Validate Your Knowledge Azure Cosmos DB Cheat Sheet Globally distributed database that supports NoSQL. A fully-managed database service with turnkey global distribution and transparent multi-master replication. Features Cosmos DB offers encryption at rest. It replicates every partition across all the regions. CosmosDB offers single-digit millisecond reads and writes in all regions. Supports automatic failover during a regional outage. Consistency Levels: Strong, Bounded Staleness, Session, Consistent Prefix, and Eventual You can set either standard (manual) or autoscale provisioned throughput on your databases and [...]

Azure Cosmos DB2023-08-14T03:20:32+00:00

Azure Pricing

2023-07-03T05:35:24+00:00

Azure Pricing Cheat Sheet Azure offers pay-as-you-go and reserved instances for pricing. Azure Pricing Factors: Resource size and resource type. Different Azure locations have different prices for services. The bandwidth of your services. Any data transfer between two different billing zones is charged. Ingress (data in) = free Egress (data out) = charged based on data going out of Azure datacenters Factors that can reduce costs: By purchasing a reserved instance (one-year or three-year terms), you can significantly reduce costs up to 72 percent compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. A reserved capacity is a commitment for a period of one or [...]

Azure Pricing2023-07-03T05:35:24+00:00

Azure DevOps

2023-03-20T02:40:41+00:00

Azure DevOps Cheat Sheet A service that offers a set of tools for planning, building, and deploying applications. Features Azure Boards It allows you to track features, user stories, tasks, and bugs associated with your project. You can also customize your dashboards and track progress easily during your project lifecycle. Azure Pipelines A CI/CD service that helps you build and test your code automatically. Enables you to deploy your codes to multiple targets at the same time. Azure Repos Store and manage your codes using a set of version control tools. It supports a version control system to track every [...]

Azure DevOps2023-03-20T02:40:41+00:00

Azure Serverless

2023-03-20T03:34:33+00:00

Azure Serverless Cheat Sheet Enables you to build applications without managing infrastructure. Azure Functions Enables you to run a small piece of code to do a task. A single task is performed for each invocation. Supported languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell You can run your code based on the HTTP requests or schedule when your function runs. You are only charged for the time you run your code. Azure Logic Apps Allows you to automate your workflows without writing a single line of code. Build your workflow using a logic app designer. Components: Workflow helps you create a [...]

Azure Serverless2023-03-20T03:34:33+00:00

Azure Machine Learning

2023-03-20T03:22:05+00:00

Azure Machine Learning Cheat Sheet A service to train, deploy, automate, manage, and track machine learning models. Azure ML offers Basic and Enterprise editions. You can use Azure ML SDK for Python, Azure ML Studio, and ML CLI to manage your deployed models. You can automate and accelerate the ML lifecycle using MLOps. Azure ML designer allows you to visually connect (drag-and-drop) datasets and modules without writing any code. ML pipelines provide a complete logical workflow and an ordered sequence of steps. AutoML uses the target metric you specify to train and tune a model. Azure Cognitive Services enables developers [...]

Azure Machine Learning2023-03-20T03:22:05+00:00

Azure Big Data

2023-06-03T04:35:38+00:00

Azure Big Data Cheat Sheet A service to store and process large amounts of data sets. Use Azure Data Lake Analytics to write queries that help you transform your data and extract valuable insights. Offers dynamic scaling and data parallelism. You can integrate Data Lake Analytics with Active Directory to manage users’ permissions. Create big data clusters for Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka with Azure HDInsight. Reduce costs by scaling your workloads up and down. Monitor all your clusters with Azure Monitor. Azure Databricks is based on Apache Spark capabilities that provide an interactive workspace and streamlined workflows. Enables you to [...]

Azure Big Data2023-06-03T04:35:38+00:00

Azure Internet of Things (IoT)

2023-06-26T05:29:17+00:00

Bookmarks Azure IoT Hub Azure IoT Central Azure Sphere Azure IoT Products Validate Your Knowledge Azure IoT Cheat Sheet A service that allows you to connect, monitor, and control one or more IoT devices that can communicate with back-end services hosted in the cloud. Azure IoT Hub A PaaS solution that provides complete control over the collection and processing of IoT data. To create a complete end-to-end solution, you can integrate the IoT Hub with other Azure services. Azure Event Grid Azure Logic Apps Azure Machine Learning Azure Stream Analytics  Message routing [...]

Azure Internet of Things (IoT)2023-06-26T05:29:17+00:00

Azure Compliance Manager

2023-03-10T01:58:20+00:00

Azure Compliance Manager Cheat Sheet A dashboard and monitoring tool that summarizes data protection, compliance score, and recommendations. It allows you to assign, track, and record compliance and assessment-related activities. Recommendations for industry regulations: GDPR, ISO, and NIST You can upload and manage artifacts or evidence in a secure repository. Want to learn more about Azure? Watch the official Microsoft Azure YouTube channel's video series called Azure Tips and Tricks. Azure Compliance Manager Cheat Sheet References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/policy-compliance/regulatory-compliance https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/meet-data-protection-and-regulatory-reqs-using-microsoft-cloud

Azure Compliance Manager2023-03-10T01:58:20+00:00

Microsoft Sentinel

2023-03-10T01:45:08+00:00

Microsoft Sentinel Cheat Sheet A cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution. It offers a birds-eye view across your enterprise. Sentinel is an intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence service that provides alert detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting, and threat response. Data connection methods in Sentinel: Service to service integration, External solutions via API, and External solutions via an agent. Microsoft Sentinel roles: Reader, Responder, and Contributor. Threat Management Sentinel provides the following features: Collect, Detect, Investigate, and Respond. Quickly gain insights across your data with Azure Sentinel Workbooks. Investigate and resolve possible threats with incidents (groups of related alerts). You can [...]

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