Core Azure Services & Well-Architected Framework Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the Core Components of Azure iPaaS, App Service, Architecture, Security, and Well-Architected Framework lecture questions.

iPaaS

Stands for Integration Platform as a Service; its primary purpose is to connect applications, data, and business processes across an organization.

Azure API Management

An Azure service primarily used to manage, protect, and expose APIs to internal and external consumers while enforcing rate limits and access controls.

Azure Logic Apps

An Azure service used for workflow automation, allowing applications, databases, and third-party SaaS platforms to integrate through automated processes.

Azure Service Bus

An Azure service providing enterprise messaging through queues and topics for reliable asynchronous communication between applications.

Azure Event Grid

An Azure service designed for event-driven architectures that routes event notifications from publishers to subscribers.

Core Azure Integration Services

The set of four key Azure services: API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid.

Loose Coupling

An architectural approach that allows applications to communicate without being directly dependent on each other's immediate availability or internal implementation.

Asynchronous Communication

A communication method where systems interact without requiring both sender and receiver to be available at the exact same time.

Event

A notification representing a state change or fact that has already occurred, such as 'Order 123 has been created.'

Message

A data payload containing a specific command or request for action, such as 'Please process order #123.'

Azure Functions

An Azure serverless compute service commonly used to execute code on demand in response to events.

Azure Data Factory

An Azure service primarily designed for ETL/ELT data integration pipelines.

Azure Key Vault

A service designed to securely store application secrets, cryptographic keys, and certificates.

Azure App Service

A Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering used for hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile backends without managing physical infrastructure.

App Service Plan

A configuration that defines the set of compute resources (CPU, memory, instances) used to run App Service applications.

Scaling Up

The process of adding resources (such as increasing CPU capacity and RAM) to an existing single instance.

Scaling Out

The process of increasing the total number of application instances to handle increased traffic.

Deployment Slots

An App Service feature that allows testing and deploying application versions in a staging environment before swapping them into production with minimal downtime.

Azure Solution Architect

A role focused on designing solutions that fulfill both technical constraints and overall business requirements.

Azure Well-Architected Framework

A set of guiding principles across 5 key pillars used to design, evaluate, and optimize high-quality Azure workloads.

Reliability Pillar

The Well-Architected Framework pillar focusing on ensuring an application can recover from failures and remain functional.

Security Pillar

The Well-Architected Framework pillar focusing on protecting application systems, networks, and sensitive data.

Cost Optimization Pillar

The Well-Architected Framework pillar focusing on eliminating unneeded expenses and managing financial resources efficiently.

Operational Excellence Pillar

The Well-Architected Framework pillar focusing on deployment automation, continuous monitoring, and operational procedures.

Performance Efficiency Pillar

The Well-Architected Framework pillar focusing on matching application scaling and resource management to workload demands.

Autoscaling

The capability to automatically adjust server capacity and instance counts up or down based on incoming traffic demand.

Azure Cost Management

An Azure management service that provides analysis and visibility into organization cloud spending.

Azure Advisor

An automated Azure service providing recommendations to help optimize resources across cost, performance, security, and reliability.

Microsoft Entra ID

An Azure service providing cloud identity management, user authentication, and access control.

Principle of Least Privilege

A security practice that grants users and services only the minimal level of access rights required to perform their intended function.

Managed Identity

An Azure security feature allowing applications to authenticate securely to resources without hardcoding credentials or keys in application source code.

High Availability

The ability of a system to maintain operation and access during unexpected component failures.

Redundant Architecture

A design pattern that uses multiple instances of components to eliminate single points of failure and increase overall application availability.