Azure fundamentals
As mentioned earlier, in order to start using Azure, you need an Azure account. There are a few fundamental concepts that you need to know about to better manage cloud entities in Azure. One of them is the organizational constructs used in Azure to manage cloud resources. Let us first take a look at the following diagram and then learn about each of the elements in the hierarchy:
Figure 4.1 – Azure resource hierarchy
Let us understand each item in this hierarchy. Note that the descriptions are not necessarily in the order of the hierarchy. This is to make describing the relationships a bit easier:
- Azure Account: The top-level entity in Azure, an Azure account contains everything about your Azure cloud access, including all cloud assets, agreements, billings, and so on.
- Resources: These are instances of Azure cloud services that you can create. Some examples of resources are virtual machines, databases, object...
