What the platform provides.
WHAT IT IS
A cloud platform providing infrastructure, platform and software services.
WHAT THE MAIN CATEGORIES ARE
- Compute: virtual machines, containers, serverless functions
- Storage: files, objects, disks
- Networking: virtual networks, load balancing, connectivity
- Databases: relational, document, cache
Identity and security Monitoring and management Developer and data services
WHAT THE ORGANISING STRUCTURE IS
A tenant contains subscriptions A subscription contains resource groups A resource group contains resources
WHAT A RESOURCE GROUP IS
A logical container for resources sharing a lifecycle.
WHY THAT MATTERS
Resources in a group can be deployed, managed and deleted together.
WHAT TO GROUP TOGETHER
Things created and removed together.
WHAT A REGION IS
A geographic location where resources run.
WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING
Latency to your users Data residency obligations Service availability, which varies by region Cost, which also varies
WHAT TO ESTABLISH BEFORE BUILDING
Naming conventions and tagging, applied consistently.
