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Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) - Core Cloud Services

Master essential Azure architecture, compute, networking, storage, and identity services to pass the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification exam.

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Azure Region
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A geographical area on the planet containing at least one, but potentially multiple, datacenters connected via a dedicated, low-latency network. Deploying resources to specific regions helps satisfy governance, compliance, and proximity needs.
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Availability Zones
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Physically separate datacenters within an Azure region, each equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking. They provide high availability and protection against datacenter-level failures.
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Region Pairs
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A relationship between two Azure regions within the same geography located at least 300 miles apart. Azure performs planned maintenance on one region at a time in a pair to ensure high availability and disaster recovery.
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Resource Group
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A logical container in Azure used to deploy, manage, and organize related resources (such as VMs, databases, and web apps) as a single manageable unit.
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Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Definition
The deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account using tools like Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, or ARM templates.
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Azure Management Groups
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Containers above subscriptions that provide a scope for managing access, policies, and compliance across multiple Azure subscriptions efficiently.
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Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
Definition
An Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering that provides fully customizable compute resources (CPU, RAM, OS) in the cloud without requiring dedicated physical hardware.
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Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Definition
An Azure compute resource that allows you to deploy and manage a set of identical, auto-scaling VMs to automatically increase or decrease capacity based on demand or a defined schedule.
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