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Products / Services

Services can be categorized according to the following table:
Foundational service A service that is available in all regions when the region is generally available.
Mainstream service A service that is available in all recommended regions within 12 months of the region/service general availability or demand-driven availability in alternate regions.
Specialized service A service that is demand-driven.
Regional service A service that is deployed regionally. A customer can specify the region into which the service will be deployed.
Non-regional service A service without dependencies to specific region.
Producs (aka Services?) of Azure, as of 2020-10-21:
Azure Advisor Your personalized Azure best practices recommendation engine
Azure Analysis Services Enterprise-grade analytics engine as a service
Azure Active Directory Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
Azure Artifacts Create, host and share packages with your team
App Service Quickly create powerful cloud apps for web and mobile
Blob storage REST-based object storage for unstructured data
Azure Blueprints (preview) Enabling quick, repeatable creation of governed environments
Azure Boards Plan, track and discuss work across your teams
Azure Bot Service Intelligent, serverless bot service that scales on demand
Azure Container Registry Store and manage container images across all types of Azure deployments
Cloud Shell Adminstration of Azure with a browser-based Bash or a PowerShell shell.
Azure Cognitive Search[Azure Cognitive Search AI-powered cloud search service for mobile and web app development
Azure Cosmos DB Fast NoSQL database with open APIs for any scale
Data Box Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge compute
Azure Data Catalog Get more value from your enterprise data assets
Azure Database Migration Services Simplify on-premises database migration to the cloud
Azure Databricks Fast, easy and collaborative Apache Spark-based analytics platform
Azure Data Factory Hybrid data integration at enterprise scale, made easy
Data Lake Analytics Distributed analytics service that makes big data easy
Azure Data Lake Storage Massively scalable, secure data lake functionality built on Azure Blob Storage
Azure Data Share A simple and safe service for sharing big data with external organizations
Azure DevOps Services for teams to share code, track work and ship software
Azure DevTest Labs Quickly create environments using reusable templates and artifacts
Event Grid Get reliable event delivery at massive scale
Event Hubs Receive telemetry from millions of devices
File Storage File shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol
Azure Functions Process events with serverless code
HDInsight Provision cloud Hadoop, Spark, R Server, HBase and Storm clusters
Azure Information Protection Better protect your sensitive information—anytime, anywhere
Azure Synapse Analytics Limitless analytics service with unmatched time to insight (formerly SQL Data Warehouse)
Logic Apps Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
Azure Monitor Full observability into your applications, infrastructure and network
Azure Machine Learning Bring AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform with experimentation and model management
Azure Pipelines Continuously build, test and deploy to any platform and cloud
Azure Policy Implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources
Microsoft Azure Portal Build, manage and monitor all Azure products in a single, unified console
Power BI Embedded Embed fully interactive, stunning data visualizations in your applications
Azure Repos Get unlimited, cloud-hosted private Git repos for your project
Azure Resource Manager Simplify how you manage your app resources
Azure SQL Database Managed, intelligent SQL in the cloud
Azure SQL Managed Instance Managed, always up-to-date SQL instance in the cloud
SQL Server on Virtual Machines Host enterprise SQL Server apps in the cloud
Azure Stream Analytics Real-time analytics on fast moving streams of data from applications and devices
Azure Table Storage NoSQL key-value store using semi-structured datasets
Azure Test Plans Test and ship with confidence with a manual and exploratory testing toolkit
Virtual Network Provision private networks, optionally connect to on-premises datacenters

AI and Machine Learning

Create the next generation of applications using artificial intelligence capabilities for any developer and any scenario
Anomaly Detector Easily add anomaly detection capabilities to your apps.
Azure Open Datasets Cloud platform to host and share curated open datasets to accelerate development of machine learning models
Bing Autosuggest Give your app intelligent autosuggest options for searches
Bing Custom Search An easy-to-use, ad-free, commercial-grade search tool that lets you deliver the results you want
Bing Entity Search Enrich your experiences by identifying and augmenting entity information from the web
Bing Image Search Search for images and get comprehensive results
Bing News Search Search for news and get comprehensive results
Bing Spell Check Detect and correct spelling mistakes in your app
Bing Video Search Search for videos and get comprehensive results
Bing Visual Search Get rich insights to help build compelling image applications on the device of your choice.
Bing Web Search Get enhanced search details from billions of web documents
Azure Cognitive Services Add smart API capabilities to enable contextual interactions
Computer Vision Distill actionable information from images
Content Moderator Automated image, text and video moderation
Custom Vision Easily customize your own state-of-the-art computer vision models for your unique use case
Data Science Virtual Machines Rich pre-configured environment for AI development
Face Detect, identify, analyze, organize and tag faces in photos
Form Recognizer The AI-powered document extraction service that understands your forms
Immersive Reader Empower users of all ages and abilities to read and comprehend text
Kinect DK Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors
Language Understanding Teach your apps to understand commands from your users
Microsoft Genomics Power genome sequencing & research insights
Personalizer An AI service that delivers a personalized user experience
Project Bonsai (preview) A machine teaching service for creating intelligent industrial control systems using simulations
QnA Maker Distill information into conversational, easy-to-navigate answers
Speaker Recognition (preview) A Speech service feature that verifies and identifies speakers
Speech to Text A Speech service feature that accurately converts spoken audio to text
Speech Translation Easily integrate real-time speech translation to your app
Text Analytics Easily evaluate sentiment and topics to understand what users want
Text to Speech A Speech service feature that converts text to lifelike speech
Translator Easily conduct machine translation with a simple REST API call
Video Indexer Unlock video insights
Metrics Advisor An AI service that monitors metrics and diagnoses issues

Analytics

Gather, store, process, analyze and visualize data of any variety, volume, or velocity
Azure Data Explorer Fast and highly scalable data exploration service
Log Analytics Collect, search and visualize machine data from on-premises and cloud
R Server for HDInsight Predictive analytics, machine learning and statistical modeling for big data

Blockchain

Build and manage blockchain based applications with a suite of integrated tools
Azure Blockchain Service (preview) Build, govern and expand consortium blockchain networks
Azure Blockchain Tokens (preview) Easily define, create and manage ledger-based tokens
Azure Blockchain Workbench (preview) Easily prototype blockchain apps in the cloud

Compute

Access cloud compute capacity and scale on demand—and only pay for the resources you use
API Apps Easily build and consume Cloud APIs
Azure CycleCloud Create, manage, operate and optimize HPC and big compute clusters of any scale
Azure Dedicated Host A dedicated physical server to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Simplify the deployment, management and operations of Kubernetes
Azure Spring Cloud A fully managed Spring Cloud service, built and operated with VMware
Azure VMware Solution Run your VMware workloads natively on Azure
Batch Cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management
Cloud Services Create highly-available, infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs
Container Instances Easily run containers on Azure without managing servers
Linux Virtual Machines Provision virtual machines for Ubuntu, Red Hat and more
Mobile Apps Build and host the backend for any mobile app
Service Fabric Develop microservices and orchestrate containers on Windows or Linux
Static Web Apps (preview) A modern web app service that offers streamlined full-stack development from source code to global high availability
Virtual Machine Scale Sets Manage and scale up to thousands of Linux and Windows virtual machines
Virtual Machines Provision Windows and Linux virtual machines in seconds
Web Apps Quickly create and deploy mission critical web apps at scale
Windows Virtual Desktop The best virtual desktop experience, delivered on Azure

Containers

Develop and manage your containerized applications faster with integrated tools
API Apps Easily build and consume Cloud APIs
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Simplify the deployment, management and operations of Kubernetes
Azure Red Hat OpenShift Fully managed OpenShift service, jointly operated with Red Hat
Container Instances Easily run containers on Azure without managing servers
Mobile Apps Build and host the backend for any mobile app
Service Fabric Develop microservices and orchestrate containers on Windows or Linux
Web App for Containers Easily deploy and run containerized web apps that scale with your business

Databases

Support rapid growth and innovate faster with secure, enterprise-grade and fully managed database services
Azure API for FHIR Easily create and deploy a FHIR service for health data solutions and interoperability
Azure Cache for Redis Power applications with high-throughput, low-latency data access
Azure Database for MariaDB Managed MariaDB database service for app developers
Azure Database for MySQL Managed MySQL database service for app developers
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Managed PostgreSQL database service for app developers
Azure SQL Modern SQL family for migration and app modernization
Azure SQL Edge Consume Services privately on Azure Platform

Developer tools

Build, manage and continuously deliver cloud applications—using any platform or language
App Configuration Fast, scalable parameter storage for app configuration
Azure Lab Services Set up labs for classrooms, trials, development and testing and other scenarios
Developer tool integrations Use the development tools you know—including Eclipse, IntelliJ and Maven—with Azure
SDKs Get the SDKs and command-line tools you need
Visual Studio The powerful and flexible environment for developing applications in the cloud
Visual Studio Code A powerful, lightweight code editor for cloud development
Visual Studio Codespaces (preview) Cloud-powered development environments accessible from anywhere

DevOps

Deliver innovation faster with simple, reliable tools for continuous delivery
DevOps tool integrations Use your favorite DevOps tools with Azure

Hybrid

Get Azure innovation everywhere—bring the agility and innovation of cloud computing to your on-premises workloads.
Azure Arc Bring Azure services and management to any infrastructure
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Managed PostgreSQL database service for app developers
Azure ExpressRoute Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
Azure IoT Edge Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices
Azure Sentinel Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise
Azure SQL Edge Consume Services privately on Azure Platform
Azure Stack Build and run innovative hybrid applications across cloud boundaries
Security Center Unify security management and enable advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads
Azure Stack HCI (preview) Integrate hyperconverged infrastructure with Azure and hybrid services to run virtual workloads on premises
Azure Stack Hub Azure Stack Hub is sold as an integrated hardware system, with software pre-installed on validated hardware
Azure Stack Edge An Azure managed device that brings the compute, storage and intelligence of Azure to the edge

Identity

Manage user identities and access to protect against advanced threats across devices, data, apps and infrastructure
Azure Active Directory Domain Services Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers
Azure Active Directory External Identities Consumer identity and access management in the cloud

Integration

Seamlessly integrate on-premises and cloud-based applications, data and processes across your enterprise
API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
Azure API for FHIR Easily create and deploy a FHIR service for health data solutions and interoperability
Service Bus Connect across private and public cloud environments

Internet of Things

Bring IoT to any device and any platform, without changing your infrastructure
API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
Azure Digital Twins (preview) Build next-generation IoT spatial intelligence solutions
Azure IoT Central Accelerate the creation of IoT solutions
Azure IoT Edge Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices
Azure IoT Hub Connect, monitor and manage billions of IoT assets
Azure IoT solution accelerators Create fully customizable solutions with templates for common IoT scenarios
Azure Maps Simple and secure location APIs provide geospatial context to data
Azure RTOS Making embedded IoT development and connectivity easy
Azure Sphere Securely connect MCU-powered devices from the silicon to the cloud
Azure SQL Edge Consume Services privately on Azure Platform
Azure Time Series Insights Explore and analyze time-series data from IoT devices
Kinect DK Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors
Notification Hubs Send push notifications to any platform from any back end
Windows 10 IoT Core Services Long-term OS support and services to manage device updates and assess device health
Azure Defender for IoT (preview) Continuous asset management and threat detection for both unmanaged and managed IoT/OT devices

Management and Governance

Simplify, automate and optimize the management and compliance of your cloud resources
Automation Simplify cloud management with process automation
Azure Backup Simplify data protection and protect against ransomware
Azure Lighthouse Empowering service providers to manage customers at scale and with precision
Azure Managed Applications Simplify management of cloud offerings
Azure Migrate Easily discover, assess, right-size and migrate your on-premises VMs to Azure
Azure mobile app Stay connected to your Azure resources—anytime, anywhere
Azure Monitor Full observability into your applications, infrastructure and network
Azure Resource Manager templates Deliver infrastructure as code for all your Azure resources using Resource Manager
Azure Service Health Personalized guidance and support for when issues in Azure services affect you
Azure Site Recovery Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service
Cost Management + Billing Optimize what you spend on the cloud, while maximizing cloud potential
Log Analytics Collect, search and visualize machine data from on-premises and cloud
Network Watcher Network performance monitoring and diagnostics solution
Traffic Manager Route incoming traffic for high performance and availability
Azure Automanage (preview) Simplify management of Windows Server virtual machines
Azure Resource Mover (preview) Simplify how you move multiple resources between Azure regions

Media

Deliver high-quality video content anywhere, any time and on any device
Azure Media Player A single player for all your playback needs
Content Delivery Network Ensure secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach
Content Protection Securely deliver content using AES, PlayReady, Widevine and Fairplay
Encoding Studio grade encoding at cloud scale
Live and On-Demand Streaming Deliver content to virtually all devices with scale to meet business needs
Live Video Analytics (preview) Build intelligent video-based applications using the AI of your choice
Media Services Encode, store and stream video and audio at scale
Video Indexer Unlock video insights

Migration

Simplify and accelerate your migration to the cloud with guidance, tools and resources
Azure Migrate Easily discover, assess, right-size and migrate your on-premises VMs to Azure
Azure Site Recovery Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service
Cost Management + Billing Optimize what you spend on the cloud, while maximizing cloud potential

Mixed Reality

Blend your physical and digital worlds to create immersive, collaborative experiences
Azure Digital Twins (preview) Build next-generation IoT spatial intelligence solutions
Kinect DK Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors
Remote Rendering (preview) Render high-quality, interactive 3D content and stream it to your devices in real time
Spatial Anchors Create multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality experiences

Mobile

API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
Azure Maps Simple and secure location APIs provide geospatial context to data
Azure Cognitive Services Add smart API capabilities to enable contextual interactions
Notification Hubs Send push notifications to any platform from any back end
Spatial Anchors Create multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality experiences
Visual Studio App Center Continuously build, test, release and monitor your mobile and desktop apps
Xamarin Create cloud-powered mobile apps faster
Azure Communication Services (preview) Build rich communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams

Networking

Connect cloud and on-premises infrastructure and services to provide your customers and users the best possible experience
Application Gateway Build secure, scalable and highly available web front ends in Azure
Azure Bastion Private and fully managed RDP and SSH access to your virtual machines
Azure DDoS Protection Protect your applications from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
Azure DNS Host your DNS domain in Azure
Azure ExpressRoute Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
Azure Firewall Native firewalling capabilities with built-in high availability, unrestricted cloud scalability and zero maintenance
Azure Firewall Manager Central network security policy and route management for globally distributed, software-defined perimeters
Azure Front Door Scalable, security-enhanced delivery point for global, microservice-based web applications
Azure Internet Analyzer (preview) Test how networking infrastructure changes will impact your customers' performance.
Azure Private Link Private access to services hosted on the Azure platform, keeping your data on the Microsoft network
Content Delivery Network Ensure secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach
Load Balancer Deliver high availability and network performance to your applications
Network Watcher Network performance monitoring and diagnostics solution
Traffic Manager Route incoming traffic for high performance and availability
Virtual WAN Optimize and automate branch to branch connectivity through Azure
VPN Gateway Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
Web Application Firewall A cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service that provides powerful protection for web apps
Azure Orbital (preview) Satellite ground station and scheduling service connected to Azure for fast downlinking of data

Security

Protect your enterprise from advanced threats across hybrid cloud workloads
Application Gateway Build secure, scalable and highly available web front ends in Azure
Azure Active Directory Domain Services Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers
Azure Defender Protect hybrid cloud workloads
Azure DDoS Protection Protect your applications from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
Azure Dedicated HSM Manage hardware security modules that you use in the cloud
Azure Front Door Scalable, security-enhanced delivery point for global, microservice-based web applications
Azure Sentinel Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise
Key Vault Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets
Security Center Unify security management and enable advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads
VPN Gateway Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
Web Application Firewall A cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service that provides powerful protection for web apps
Azure Defender for IoT (preview) Continuous asset management and threat detection for both unmanaged and managed IoT/OT devices

Storage

Archive Storage Industry leading price point for storing rarely accessed data
Avere vFXT for Azure Run high-performance, file-based workloads in the cloud
Azure Backup Simplify data protection and protect against ransomware
Azure FXT Edge Filer Hybrid storage optimization solution for HPC environments
Azure HPC Cache File caching for high-performance computing (HPC)
Azure NetApp Files Enterprise-grade Azure file shares, powered by NetApp
Disk Storage High-performance, highly durable block storage for Azure Virtual Machines
Queue Storage Effectively scale apps according to traffic
Storage Accounts Durable, highly available and massively scalable cloud storage
Storage Explorer View and interact with Azure Storage resources
StorSimple Lower costs with an enterprise hybrid cloud storage solution

Web

Build, deploy and scale powerful web applications quickly and efficiently
API Apps Easily build and consume Cloud APIs
API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
Azure Maps Simple and secure location APIs provide geospatial context to data
Azure SignalR Service Add real-time web functionalities easily
Azure Spring Cloud A fully managed Spring Cloud service, built and operated with VMware
Content Delivery Network Ensure secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach
Mobile Apps Build and host the backend for any mobile app
Notification Hubs Send push notifications to any platform from any back end
Static Web Apps (preview) A modern web app service that offers streamlined full-stack development from source code to global high availability
Web App for Containers Easily deploy and run containerized web apps that scale with your business
Web Apps Quickly create and deploy mission critical web apps at scale
Azure Communication Services (preview) Build rich communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams

Windows Virtual Desktop

Windows Virtual Desktop The best virtual desktop experience, delivered on Azure

Subscriptions

A subscription is a service agreement with Microsoft that allows to create and run Azure resources, which are associated with a tenant
The subscription holder manages Azure services. (Every Azure resource is associated with a subscription).
A subscription belongs to a tenant.
Incurred costs are billed on a subscription. (But it seems that they're paid by the account to which the subscription is attached).
A subscription is identified by a GUID. The subscription name can be changed.
A sbuscription is also related to a directory (which can also be changed - but requires mult-factor authentication).
There seems to be a N:1 relationship between subscriptions and Azure Active Directory tenants.
There seems to be a N:1 relationship between resource groups and subscriptions.
There also seems to be a N:1 relationship between resource providers and subscriptions (resource providers can be used after registering the subscription for the resource provider).
In (PowerShell) Cloud Shell, the directories in the Azure: drive correspond to the available subscriptions.

Tags

Tags are name/value pairs that allow to categorize resources and view consolidated billing by applying the same tag to multiple resources and resource groups.
Name length is up to 512 characters and case insensitive, value length is up to 256 characters and case senstitive).
At times key is also referred to as key.
There is a 50 tags per resource limit.

Misc

The PowerShell command get-azSubscription.
The Azure CLI command az account list

Resources

A resource is a manageable item that is available through Azure such as
Multiple resources can be associated with a resource group to make their management easier.
Resources can be created in

Resource Group

A resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are deployed and in which they can be managed.

Resource Provider

A resource provider is a set of defined REST services that allow to enable the functionality for a given Azure service (or also resource?).
For example, before Cloud Shell can be used, the Microsoft.CloudShell resource provider must te registered.
A resource provider can be mapped to Azure services.
Before a resource provider can be used, the subscription must be registered for the resource provider (which requires permission to the resource provider's /register/action operation.
A list of resource providers including the information which ones are registered is found in the portal under Portal Menu (top left) -> Category General -> Subscriptions -> «subscription name» -> Settings -> Resource Providers.
Of course, with PowerShell, it is much easier with 
get-azResourceProvider | select-object providerNamespace, registrationState
The following resource providers are registered by default:
  • Microsoft.ADHybridHealthService
  • Microsoft.Authorization
  • Microsoft.Billing
  • Microsoft.ClassicSubscription
  • Microsoft.Commerce
  • Microsoft.Consumption
  • Microsoft.CostManagement
  • Microsoft.Features
  • Microsoft.MarketplaceOrdering
  • Microsoft.Portal
  • Microsoft.ResourceGraph
  • Microsoft.Resources
  • Microsoft.SerialConsole
  • microsoft.support

Resource types

The format of a name of a resource type is *{resource provider}/{resource type}*.
For example, the Microsoft.KeyVault resource provider offers a resource type vaults, thus , the resource type for a key vault is Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults.
A resource provider comes with a versioned API. The available APIS can be be determined like so: 
((get-azResourceProvider -providerNamespace Microsoft.BluePrint).resourceTypes | where-object resourceTypeName -eq blueprints).apiVersions
Not all resource types are supported in all locations. The following query determines the locations for a given resource type: 
((get-azResourceProvider -providerNamespace Microsoft.SQL).resourceTypes | where-object resourceTypeName -eq locations/serverTrustGroups).locations

Resource Manager Template

A Resource Manager Template is a JSON file that defines a set of resources which are deployed to a resource group, subscription, management group or tenant.

Storage account

All data stored in Azure is assigned to a storage account.
The storage account enables external acess to data outsize of Azure through HTTPS (and HTTP?) by assigning a unique URL to every object stored in a storage account.

Bicep files

Bicep files specify what needs to deployed. They're written in a declaritive syntax where the desired outcome is described, not the sequence how to achieve it.

Command Line Interface (cLI)

Azure can be managed from the command line: 
C:\> az vm create

PowerShell

Sign into an Azure subscription: 
connect-azAccount
List subscriptions 
get-azSubcription
Use a non-default subscription: 
set-azContext -subscriptionName tq84

Tenant

A tenant is a representation of an organization and sometimes also referred as «organization» in documentation or when working with Active Directory
An instance of an Azure AD is issued to an organization or application developer when the organization or developer start a relationship with Microsoft.

Storage

File Storage Storage for legacy applications using the standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol
Blob Storage Hierarchical, container-based store for any data, stored in named blobs.
Table Storage NoSQL Key/value store
Queue Storage Messaging for workflow processing and for communcation between Cloud components

Geo-redundant Storage (GRS)

GRS aims at protecting storage data from serious data center disasters. This is hoped to be achieved by replicating blobs, tables, queues and VM disks from one data center to a paired data center within a geographic region.
GRS is included in the current pricing for Storage. It's possible to opt-out from GRS for LRS (Locally Redundant Storage) which results in a discounted price.

Global Infrastructure

Geography

A Geography consists of multiple (always?) regions

Region / location

A region is a set of at least two data centers.
A region is paired with another region (for example West Europe and North Europe).
A region has one location which is typically named after a city (for example region West Europe has location Amsterdam).
Resilience is guaranteed by having at least three physically separated availability zones in an (enabled) region.
See also the get-azLocation PowerShell cmdLet

Availability Zones

An availability zone is a unique physical location within a region.
An availability zone has one or more data centers which protects applications and data from from datacenter failures.
Azure offers 99.99% VM update SLA with availabiltiy zone.
Note: there is also the expression «zone» which refers to a group of regions and is used for billing purposes (such as for example data transfer pricing which depends on the zone).

Data center

A data center is equipped with independent
  • power
  • cooling
  • networking

Pricing

Typically, a service is priced based on usage of
When an Azure resource is provisioned, Azure creates a metered instance for that service. These meters track the resources' usage and generate a usage record which is the basis for the calculation of the bill.

TODO

Virtual Machines

A virtual machine seems to require an existing resource group.
When a VM is created, two disks are attached to the VM:
  • An Operating System disk (with default letter C:) and
  • a temporary disk (with default letter D:).

Microsoft Authenticator App

aka.ms/authapp is supposed to make 2FA with Azure easier.

Environment variables

$ echo $AZURE_ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE
$ echo $AZURE_HTTP_USER_AGENT
$ echo $AZUREPS_HOST_ENVIRONMENT

See also

Locations
Azure CLI

Links

Azure architecture icons

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