Azure Compute

• Azure Compute is group of services which are responsible for running applications which have some cpu and RAM allocated to it.
• Classic Approach of running applications
  • Purchased server
  • installed OS
  • INstalled platform
  • deployed application
    
• Cloud Approach:
  • In any cloud we choose configuration (how many cpu’s, RAM size, Disk Size) and Choose OS (Windows/Linux) and we install platform and deploy application (IaaS)
  • If cloud offers directly an option to choose platform this is called as Paas (Platform as a Service)
• Azure Compute Decision tree
  

Basics

• Azure
  • Accounts
  • Infrastructure
  • Learning:
    • How to use free account
• Configure/deploy one application (reference)
• Virtualization
• Scaling:
  • Scale out and in
  • Scale up and down
  • Load Balancing
• Platforms
• Functions/Serverless
• High Performance Compute (HPC)

Running Applications on Servers (Options)

• Application Hosting
  • Single tenant
  • Multi-tenant
• CoLO (Co-Location)
• Rack Space

Note