This document provides an overview and introduction to Microsoft Azure terminology presented by Penelope Coventry. It defines key Azure concepts including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). It also discusses Azure services like compute, storage, networking, databases, and applications. Additional topics covered include the Azure Active Directory, Azure App Service, popular Azure features, and getting started resources for learning more about Azure.

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Penelope Coventry

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Penny Coventry
• MVP: Office Server and Services
• 10 years
• Author/Co-author
• 10+ SharePoint Books
• Independent consultant
• Trainer & product specialist
• Worked with SharePoint since 2001
• UK Based, work in Europe & US
@pjcov

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What is Microsoft Azure?
• Microsoft’s cloud computing platform
• A collection of integrated services
• Analytics
• Computing
• Database
• Mobile
• Networking
• Storage, Web
• Integrated tools
• Pre-built machine templates

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Terminology
• IaaS: Infrastructure-as-a-Service
• Complete control
• Physical Server, similar to running machines in Hyper-V or VMware
• Vendor manages network, hard disks, computer hardware
• Remotely control server using Remote Desktop Protocol RDP
• PaaS: Platform-as-a-Service
• Hosted application/framework/tools
• Application package + data
• Automatic server maintenance
• Auto scaling of compute resources
• SaaS: Software-as-a-Service
• Business functionality, such as:
• Salesforce, Office 365, Google Apps, Gmail, Citrix GoToMeeting,
Concur, Basecamp, Azure Websites (Wordpress, Drupal, OpenX, phpBB).

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Cloud Computing Landscape
(on-premises
storage
servers
networking
OS
middleware
virtualization
data
applications
runtime
youmanage
IaaS
storage
servers
networking
OS
middleware
virtualization
data
applications
runtime
Cloudserviceprovider
manages
youmanage
PaaS
CloudServiceprovider
manages
youmanage
storage
servers
networking
OS
middleware
virtualization
applications
runtime
data
SaaS
CloudServiceprovidermanages
storage
servers
networking
OS
middleware
virtualization
applications
runtime
data
Microsoft Azure
Lowest
cost
Most
flexible Build new appsLift and shift
* Identity management is the organization’s
responsibility across all landscapes

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Directory of Azure
Services
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/

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Azure Active Directory (AAD)
• Used by Office 365
• Where user details are stored
• How access is validated
• Integration with existing on-premises directories
• Integrate apps
• Securely consume any web API that's protected by Azure AD,
such as the Office 365 APIs or the Azure API
• Register app in your Azure AD tenant and grant it permissions

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API APPS
Easily build and
consume APIs in the
cloud
WEB APPS
Web apps that scale
with your business
LOGIC APPS
Automate business
process across SaaS
and on-premises
MOBILE APPS
Build Mobile apps for
any device
Azure App Service
• Create web and mobile apps
for any platform or device
• Integrate your apps with SaaS solutions
• Connect with on-premises applications
• Automate your business processes
MICROSOFT FLOW

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What’s hot
• General Availability
• Azure Biztalk Services incorporated into Logic Apps and Azure App
Service Hybrid Connections (31/5/17)
• DocumentDB is now a part of Azure Cosmos DB (23/5/17)
• Azure Images
• PrestaShop Kickstart template with 1 single VM
• Maestro Server V5 BYOL VM
• Data Science Virtual Machine – Windows 2016 (Preview)
• Power BI Report Server: May 2017 Technical Preview
• Visual Studio Community 2017 on Windows 2016

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What’s very hot – this week
• Protect Windows Server System State to cloud with Azure Backup - Preview
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/windows-server-system-state-backup-azure/
• Streamlining Kubernetes development with Draft
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/streamlining-kubernetes-development-with-draft/
• Public preview of disaster recovery for Azure IaaS virtual machines
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-disaster-recovery-for-azure-iaas-vms-
using-asr/
• Protect Windows Server 2016 and vCenter/ESXi 6.5 using Azure Backup Server
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/protect-windows-server-2016-and-vcenter-esxi-6-
5-using-azure-backup-server/
• Price reductions on General Purpose Machines
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/price-reductions-on-general-purpose-virtual-
machines/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/topics/announcements/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/updates/

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Getting started
• What is cloud computing? A beginners guide
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-is-cloud-computing/
• “What-as-a-service?”
http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2012/11/what-as-a-service.htm
• “Not all software consumed remotely is a cloud service”
http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2016/08/not-software-consumed-remotely-cloud-service.htm
• NIST definition of cloud computing
http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf
• The Azure Portal A to Z
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brunoterkaly/archive/2015/01/10/the-azure-portal-a-to-z.aspx
• Microsoft Azure Technology Guidance
http://azureweekly.info/azuretechselector
• Microsoft Azure Cost Estimator Tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=43376
• Azure Preview features
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/preview/

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Call to Action: Azure
• Sign up for a trail
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/
• Getting started with Azure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/
• Azure Support @AzureSupport
• #AzureAD: user provisioning from
Workday is in Public Preview!
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterp
risemobility/2017/05/31/user-provisioning-
from-workday-to-azure-ad-is-now-in-
public-preview/
• A day in the life of an #Azure
serverless developer
http://buff.ly/2rNrU8X #msbuild
• Microsoft Azure blog
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/
• Microsoft Cloud Show
http://www.microsoftcloudshow.com/
• Google CloudPlatform Podcast
https://www.gcppodcast.com/
• Cloud Tech 10
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7bkEsy
gaEKpim0wu_JaUQ
• Azure Friday
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
gb/resources/videos/azure-friday/
• Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
https://www.msclouditpropodcast.com/
• Training and certification for Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
gb/community/training/

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Penelope Coventry
penny.coventry@p3c.co.uk
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