SANS SEC542 Book 1 Questions &
Answers 100% Correct!!
region - ANSWERSA set of datacenters deployed within a latency-defined perimeter
and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
flexibility to deploy applications where you need to, including across multiple regions to
deliver cross-region resiliency
there are some restricted regions.
An Azure region contains one or more data centers that are connected by using a low-
latency network
geography - ANSWERSAn area of the world containing at least one Azure region.
Geographies define a discrete market that preserve data residency and compliance
boundaries. Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance
needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to
withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-
capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zone - what is it, what does it provide, used for? - ANSWERS-Unique
physical locations within a region.
-Each zone = one or more datacenters
-high-availability offering that protects apps from datacenter failure using physical
separation of Availability Zones within a region
-Zone-redundant services replicate your applications and data across Availability Zones
to protect from single-points-of-failure.
-Availability Zones, Azure offers industry best 99.99%
-An Availability Zone in an Azure region is a combination of a fault domain and an
update domain.
-if you create three or more VMs across three zones in an Azure region, your VMs are
effectively distributed across three fault domains and three update domains
-Availability zone in Azure is used for replicating the applications and data within an
Azure region only
Recommended region - ANSWERSA region that provides the broadest range of service
capabilities and is designed to support Availability Zones now, or in the future. These
are designated in the Azure portal as Recommended.
alternate (other) region - ANSWERSA region that extends Azure's footprint within a data
residency boundary where a recommended region also exists. Alternate regions help to
optimize latency and provide a second region for disaster recovery needs. They are not
, designed to support Availability Zones (although Azure conducts regular assessment of
these regions to determine if they should become recommended regions). These are
designated in the Azure portal as Other.
foundational service - ANSWERSA core Azure service that is available in all regions
when the region is generally available.
mainstream service - ANSWERSAn Azure service that is available in all recommended
regions within 12 months of the region/service general availability or demand-driven
availability in alternate regions.
specialized service - ANSWERSAn Azure service that is demand-driven availability
across regions backed by customized/specialized hardware.
regional service - ANSWERSAn Azure service that is deployed regionally and enables
the customer to specify the region into which the service will be deployed. For a
complete list, see Products available by region.
non-regional service - ANSWERSAn Azure service for which there is no dependency on
a specific Azure region. Non-regional services are deployed to two or more regions and
if there is a regional failure, the instance of the service in another region continues
servicing customers. For a complete list, see Products available by region.
Azure Active Directory - what is it, p2 sla, what happens if sla is not met? -
ANSWERSnot only way to authenticate to azure services, can also be guest user. or
cloud
Premium p2 - guarantees 99.99 availability. all paying azure customers receive credit if
sla is not met.
Azure Free Accounts - ANSWERSexpire after 30 days.
Azure Subscriptions - ANSWERS-only 1 account admin
-can not merge 2 subscriptions. instead you can transfer the ownership of a subscription
to another account
-cannot be associated with multiple AD tenants.
Public Preview - SLAs? - ANSWERS-all services in public preview are excluded from
SLAs
Inbound Data Transfer - ANSWERSinbound data transfer (into Azure) is ALWAYS
FREE,
Outbound Data Transfer - ANSWERS-Not Free unless in same region or first 5gb in a
month.
-Azure charges the user for the outbound data transfer and therefore it is NOT available
for free -"Outbound transfer - "from the region" is charged"
Answers 100% Correct!!
region - ANSWERSA set of datacenters deployed within a latency-defined perimeter
and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
flexibility to deploy applications where you need to, including across multiple regions to
deliver cross-region resiliency
there are some restricted regions.
An Azure region contains one or more data centers that are connected by using a low-
latency network
geography - ANSWERSAn area of the world containing at least one Azure region.
Geographies define a discrete market that preserve data residency and compliance
boundaries. Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance
needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to
withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-
capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zone - what is it, what does it provide, used for? - ANSWERS-Unique
physical locations within a region.
-Each zone = one or more datacenters
-high-availability offering that protects apps from datacenter failure using physical
separation of Availability Zones within a region
-Zone-redundant services replicate your applications and data across Availability Zones
to protect from single-points-of-failure.
-Availability Zones, Azure offers industry best 99.99%
-An Availability Zone in an Azure region is a combination of a fault domain and an
update domain.
-if you create three or more VMs across three zones in an Azure region, your VMs are
effectively distributed across three fault domains and three update domains
-Availability zone in Azure is used for replicating the applications and data within an
Azure region only
Recommended region - ANSWERSA region that provides the broadest range of service
capabilities and is designed to support Availability Zones now, or in the future. These
are designated in the Azure portal as Recommended.
alternate (other) region - ANSWERSA region that extends Azure's footprint within a data
residency boundary where a recommended region also exists. Alternate regions help to
optimize latency and provide a second region for disaster recovery needs. They are not
, designed to support Availability Zones (although Azure conducts regular assessment of
these regions to determine if they should become recommended regions). These are
designated in the Azure portal as Other.
foundational service - ANSWERSA core Azure service that is available in all regions
when the region is generally available.
mainstream service - ANSWERSAn Azure service that is available in all recommended
regions within 12 months of the region/service general availability or demand-driven
availability in alternate regions.
specialized service - ANSWERSAn Azure service that is demand-driven availability
across regions backed by customized/specialized hardware.
regional service - ANSWERSAn Azure service that is deployed regionally and enables
the customer to specify the region into which the service will be deployed. For a
complete list, see Products available by region.
non-regional service - ANSWERSAn Azure service for which there is no dependency on
a specific Azure region. Non-regional services are deployed to two or more regions and
if there is a regional failure, the instance of the service in another region continues
servicing customers. For a complete list, see Products available by region.
Azure Active Directory - what is it, p2 sla, what happens if sla is not met? -
ANSWERSnot only way to authenticate to azure services, can also be guest user. or
cloud
Premium p2 - guarantees 99.99 availability. all paying azure customers receive credit if
sla is not met.
Azure Free Accounts - ANSWERSexpire after 30 days.
Azure Subscriptions - ANSWERS-only 1 account admin
-can not merge 2 subscriptions. instead you can transfer the ownership of a subscription
to another account
-cannot be associated with multiple AD tenants.
Public Preview - SLAs? - ANSWERS-all services in public preview are excluded from
SLAs
Inbound Data Transfer - ANSWERSinbound data transfer (into Azure) is ALWAYS
FREE,
Outbound Data Transfer - ANSWERS-Not Free unless in same region or first 5gb in a
month.
-Azure charges the user for the outbound data transfer and therefore it is NOT available
for free -"Outbound transfer - "from the region" is charged"
