Compute, Storage & Networking
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Terms in this set
- Virtual Machine An on-demand, scalable computer in the cloud where you control the operating system (IaaS).
- Azure Functions A serverless compute service that runs small pieces of code in response to events.
- Azure Container Instances A service to run containers on demand without managing servers or orchestrators (ACI).
- Azure Kubernetes Service A managed Kubernetes service (AKS) for deploying and orchestrating containers at scale.
- Azure App Service A managed PaaS platform for hosting web apps, REST APIs, and mobile back ends.
- Virtual Network A logically isolated private network in Azure (VNet) that connects Azure resources securely.
- VPN Gateway A gateway that sends encrypted traffic between Azure and on-premises networks over the public internet.
- ExpressRoute A private, dedicated connection between on-premises and Azure that bypasses the public internet.
- Blob Storage Object storage for unstructured data such as images, video, backups, and logs.
- Storage Account A container that groups Azure Storage services — blobs, files, queues, and tables — under one namespace.
- Azure SQL Database A fully managed relational database service (PaaS) based on the SQL Server engine.