Regions

<aside> 💡 Geographic regions where Microsoft has servers

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<aside> 💡 Paired regions ⇒ Each region has one other region which is treated as its “pair”. The data connection between region pairs is the highest speed available

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Sovereign regions ⇒ Azure Government (US) and China

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Availability zones

<aside> 💡 It's a physical division by buildings in each region (data centers)

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Resources Groups

<aside> 💡 it’s a logical division for aggregate resources, the resources could be placed in different regions.

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<aside> 💡 All resources must be part of a group.

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Subscription

<aside> 💡 A subscription is a billing unit, users have access to one or more subscriptions with different roles.

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<aside> 💡 All resources consumed by a subscription will be billed to the owner, which can be used to organize resources into completely distinct accounts.

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Management Groups

<aside> 💡 Management groups are containers that help you manage access, policy, and compliance across multiple subscriptions

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Azure Compute and Networking