Summary

In this chapter, we had a recap of some generic facts and benefits of cloud computing while discussing the most common deployment and service models. Then, we went into some Azure specifics – starting with high-level information about Azure, subscriptions, Azure Active Directory, and resources. From there, we touched on regions and availability groups before looking at ARM – what it is, how it works at a high level, and resource groups and tags, and then looked at how to use ARM templates to deploy in a programmatic, consistent way while making use of ARM’s idempotence.

We continued looking at ARM by covering resource providers, resource types, and resource definitions. We then brought some of these topics together using the Az PowerShell module and the Azure CLI to get information from Azure. If you are taking the AZ-204 exam, it’s likely you already knew a lot – if not all – of the topics we have covered. If not, then this fundamental starting point should serve you well throughout the rest of this book.

In Chapter 2, Implementing IaaS Solutions, we will build on some of the topics discussed in this chapter, specifically around IaaS and ARM. We will look at provisioning virtual machines in more detail, including programmatic deployment, before looking at containers and their associated Azure services.