Azure

Question 1

What is cloud computing?

Answer 1

Run .NET on the cloud (a computer with someone else’s architecture)

Cloud computing allows for increased productivity and velocity.

Question 2

How does cloud computing/Azure increase productivity?

Answer 2

It enables computing as a commodity.
Dev only needs to worry about core logic and code
The concept is infrastructure / platform as a service and software as a service
provides VMs and storage

Question 3

List the advantages of cloud computing/Azure.

Answer 3

• VMs
• Infrastructure
• DBs
• Storage
• IoT
• ML
• AI
• High availability
• Easy scaling

Users are not constrained by physical infrastructure and do not have to patch or maintain systems themselves.

Question 4

What are some use cases for .NET Azure in cloud computing?

Answer 4

• Web app
• Web API
• Exports to Power Apps
• Microservices
• Messaging brokers
• Host mobile backends
• Serverless functions

Microservices are responsible for one thing and have their own DB and resources.

Question 5

What tools are needed for .NET on Azure?

Answer 5

• Azure .NET SDK
• Visual Studio
• VS Code
• Command line tools
• Azure CLI
• Azure PowerShell
• Azure Cloud Shell

Visual Studio has its own Azure development kit that can be used instead of the Azure SDK.

Question 6

What is the naming convention for resources in Azure?

Answer 6

Type of resource - application name - location - environment - instance

Example: app-mywebapp-eastcoast-dev-02.

Question 7

How do you prefix CLI commands in Azure?

Answer 7

az [command] [target] -[options]

Example: az create myapp andy/home -l.