Cloud Computing Beginner

What is Azure?

Microsoft's cloud computing platform offering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services for building, deploying, and managing applications.

Microsoft Azure is one of the three major public cloud providers alongside AWS and Google Cloud. It offers over 200 products and services including virtual machines, databases, AI tools, DevOps pipelines, and container orchestration. Azure integrates tightly with Microsoft enterprise tools like Active Directory, Office 365, and Windows Server, making it popular in enterprise environments. Key services include Azure App Service for web apps, Azure Functions for serverless computing, Azure DevOps for CI/CD, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for container management.

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The smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes, consisting of one or more containers that share storage, network, and lifecycle.

A distributed computing paradigm that processes data near the source of generation rather than in a centralized cloud data center.

Region and Availability Zone

Geographic locations where cloud providers operate data centers, with zones providing redundancy within a region.

Kubernetes Service

An abstraction that provides a stable network endpoint for accessing a group of Pods, handling load balancing and service discovery.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google's suite of cloud computing services running on the same infrastructure that Google uses for its consumer products.

Kubernetes Namespace

A virtual cluster within a Kubernetes cluster that provides scope for names and enables resource isolation between teams or environments.

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