Category: Cloud

Cloud computing is rapidly changing the landscape of information technology. On-premises servers, storage, databases, networking infrastructure, and software are being migrating into the cloud model, which can offer companies significant savings, increased scalability, and security.

The main cloud providers are Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud, but there are many public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud providers that offer different tools and levels of service.

These articles explore the cloud ecosystem and share knowledge that can be used for certification preparation and training in various tutorials, how-tos, and news.

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Azure Networking Basics

Networking Basics for Microsoft Azure 101

Azure virtual networks provide the key capabilities for resources to communicate with each other:

  • Communicate between Azure resources
  • Communicate with on-premises resources
  • Internet connectivity
  • Isolation and segmentation
  • Filter network traffic
  • Route network traffic
  • Connect multiple virtual networks

A virtual network is composed of many different components including, but not limited to, network interfaces, load balancers, subnets, network security groups, and public IP addresses.

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