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Networking
premium
Hybrid Connection
A Hybrid Connection lets an Azure App Service app reach a specific TCP host and port in another network through Azure Relay.
Azure App Service and Azure Relay
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Hybrid Connection, hybrid connection
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure OpenAI Service
Azure OpenAI Service provides managed access to OpenAI model capabilities through Azure endpoints and enterprise controls.
Generative AI
fundamentals
11 commands
Aliases: Azure OpenAI
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Containers
premium
Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Kubernetes Service is Azure’s managed Kubernetes service for deploying, scaling, and operating containerized applications while Azure manages much of the cluster control plane.
Managed Kubernetes
advanced
6 commands
Aliases: AKS, managed Kubernetes
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure AI Search service
Azure AI Search service is the Azure resource that hosts Azure AI Search indexes, indexers, skillsets, keys, capacity, networking, and query endpoints.
AI platform and search
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: AI Search resource, AI Search service, Azure Search service, Search service, search service
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure AI services
Azure AI services is the family of Azure cloud AI APIs and resources, surfaced through Foundry Tools, for vision, speech, language, translation, content, and generative scenarios.
AI services
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: AI services, Azure AI services account, Cognitive Services, Foundry Tools
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure AI services account
An Azure resource that provides endpoints, keys, identity, networking, billing, and monitoring for one or more Azure AI service capabilities.
Azure AI services
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: AI services account, Azure AI multi-service resource, Foundry resource, Microsoft.CognitiveServices account
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Databases
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Azure SQL service objective
An Azure SQL service objective is the named performance level or SKU selected for an Azure SQL Database or elastic pool, defining resource limits, capabilities, and price within the chosen purchasing model.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
4 commands
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Web
premium
App Service Hybrid Connections
App Service Hybrid Connections let an App Service app make outbound TCP connections to a specific host and port in another network through Azure Relay.
App Service networking
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service Hybrid Connections, app service hybrid connections
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Analytics
premium
Azure integration runtime
Azure integration runtime is the compute infrastructure used by Azure Data Factory and Synapse pipelines to move data, dispatch activities, and connect across network environments.
Data integration compute
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Integration Runtime, IR, ADF integration runtime
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Databases
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Azure SQL logical server
An Azure SQL logical server is a logical administrative construct for Azure SQL Database and related SQL resources. Microsoft Learn describes it as the central point for managing a collection of databases, including logins, firewall rules, auditing, threat detection policies, and failover groups.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
16 commands
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure OpenAI
Azure OpenAI provides OpenAI model capabilities through Azure resources, deployments, identity, networking, quota, and monitoring controls.
Azure OpenAI
intermediate
8 commands
Aliases: Azure OpenAI Service
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Web
premium
App Service private endpoint
An App Service private endpoint uses Azure Private Link to give an app a private IP address in a virtual network for inbound client access.
App Service Networking
intermediate
6 commands
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Developer Tools
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Azure Developer CLI
An open-source developer command-line tool that accelerates provisioning, deployment, pipeline setup, and monitoring for application resources on Azure.
Developer workflow
fundamentals
6 commands
Aliases: azd
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Compute
premium
Azure Functions
Azure Functions is Azure serverless compute for running code from triggers such as HTTP requests, queues, timers, events, and service integrations without managing servers.
Serverless compute
intermediate
6 commands
Aliases: Functions, Function App, serverless functions
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Web
premium
App Service auth token store
An App Service Authentication feature that stores provider tokens for signed-in users so application code can access them through the built-in authentication flow. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service auth token store, auth token store
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Web
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App Service authentication provider
An identity provider configured in App Service Authentication, such as Microsoft Entra ID, that handles user sign-in for the app. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service authentication provider, authentication provider
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Web
premium
App Service backup
An App Service feature for creating on-demand or scheduled backups of app content and supported configuration, with restore to an app or slot. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service backup, backup
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Web
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App Service connection string
A named connection string stored in App Service configuration and exposed to application code for supported database or service connectivity. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service connection string, connection string
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Web
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App Service diagnostics
Built-in App Service troubleshooting tools and detectors that help diagnose availability, performance, configuration, networking, and runtime problems. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service diagnostics, diagnostics
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Web
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App Service Environment
Microsoft Learn describes App Service Environment as a single-tenant App Service deployment that runs in a customer virtual network. It hosts App Service plans and apps with stronger network isolation, dedicated compute boundaries, and high-scale hosting compared with the public multitenant App Service model.
App Service isolation
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: ASE, Azure App Service Environment, app service environment
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App Service Environment v3
App Service Environment v3 is the current App Service Environment generation for single-tenant, dedicated App Service hosting with simplified networking and high-scale isolated workloads.
App Service isolation
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service Environment v3, app service environment v3
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Web
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App Service Linux worker
An App Service Linux worker is the Linux-based App Service compute instance that runs an app using a built-in Linux runtime stack or custom container.
App Service runtime
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service Linux worker, app service linux worker
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Web
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App Service logs
Microsoft Learn explains App Service diagnostic logging as settings that collect application logs, web server logs, detailed errors, failed request traces, container logs, and platform resource logs for App Service apps. These logs can be streamed, stored temporarily, written to storage, or routed through Azure Monitor.
App Service diagnostics
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service logs, app service logs
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Web
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App Service Plan
Microsoft Learn describes an App Service plan as the set of compute resources where App Service apps run. The plan defines region, operating system, pricing tier, instance size, scale capacity, and feature availability for one or more hosted apps within the same compute boundary.
App Service hosting plans
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service plan, serverfarm, App Service hosting plan
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App Service restore
App Service restore is recovering App Service content and supported configuration from an app backup, usually by overwriting an app or restoring into another app or deployment slot. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Recovery
intermediate
5 commands
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Web
premium
App Service scale rule
App Service scale rule is an autoscale rule or automatic scaling configuration that changes App Service capacity when metric thresholds, schedules, or platform load signals require more or fewer instances. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Scaling
intermediate
5 commands
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Web
premium
App Service VNet integration
Microsoft Learn describes App Service virtual network integration as the feature that lets an App Service app access resources in or through an Azure virtual network. It affects outbound traffic from the app; inbound private access uses other controls, such as private endpoints and access restrictions.
App Service Networking
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: App Service virtual network integration, regional VNet integration, Web App VNet integration
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Web
premium
App Service Windows worker
App Service Windows worker is a Windows-based worker instance in an App Service plan that runs Windows App Service apps and shares compute with other apps placed in the same plan. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Platform
intermediate
5 commands
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AI and Machine Learning
premium
Azure AI Foundry
Create a governed project boundary where AI teams can build agents, evaluations, files, and model deployments without unmanaged sprawl.; Compare, evaluate, and approve model deployments before a generative AI feature is
AI platform
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: AI Foundry, Microsoft Foundry, Foundry resource, Foundry project, Azure AI Foundry, azure ai foundry
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure AI Search index
An Azure AI Search index is the place where your application searches. It is not just a pointer to a database or blob container. It is a separate searchable structure with documents, fields, and rules for how text, filters, facets, semantic ranking, and vectors behave. If the index schema is wrong, the search experience feels wrong even when the source data is good. Developers and operators use indexes to make.
AI platform and search
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure AI Search index, search index, AI Search index, azure-ai-search-index
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure AI Search indexer
An Azure AI Search indexer is the automated worker that fills a search index from another data source. Instead of your application pushing every document into Azure AI Search, the indexer pulls from places such as Blob Storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or Data Lake Storage. It can map fields, detect changes, crack documents, and run enrichment skills before writing searchable documents. It is useful when source data changes regularly.
AI platform and search
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure AI Search indexer, search indexer, indexer, azure-ai-search-indexer
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Containers
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Azure Container Registry
A managed private registry service for building, storing, and managing container images and OCI artifacts for container deployments.
Container images
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: ACR
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Databases
premium
Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server
A fully managed Azure database service for MySQL workloads with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, and high availability options.
Managed MySQL
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: MySQL Flexible Server
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Databases
premium
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
A fully managed Azure PostgreSQL service with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, extensions, and high availability options.
Managed PostgreSQL
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: PostgreSQL Flexible Server
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Storage
premium
Azure file share
An Azure file share is a managed cloud share hosted by Azure Files. It behaves like a network file share, but Microsoft runs the storage service instead of your team maintaining file servers, disks, operating systems, and failover.
Files, queues, and tables
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure Files share
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Storage
premium
Azure NetApp Files
Azure NetApp Files provides managed enterprise SMB and NFS volumes in Azure for performance-sensitive file workloads.
Backup and recovery
intermediate
5 commands
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AI and Machine Learning
premium
Azure OpenAI managed identity
Azure OpenAI managed identity uses Microsoft Entra identities so Azure workloads can call model endpoints without stored keys.
Azure OpenAI
intermediate
5 commands
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Management and Governance
premium
Azure savings plan
An Azure savings plan provides discounted pricing on eligible compute usage when you commit to an hourly spend for one or three years.
Cost Management
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure savings plan, Azure savings plans, compute savings plan, savings plan for compute
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Databases
premium
Azure SQL active geo-replication
Azure SQL active geo-replication creates readable secondary databases in other regions for database-level disaster recovery and failover.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL active geo-replication, SQL geo-replication, active geo-replication, geo-secondary database
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Databases
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Azure SQL automatic tuning
Azure SQL automatic tuning monitors query performance and can apply tuning actions such as plan correction and index recommendations.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL automatic tuning, Azure SQL tuning recommendations, SQL automatic tuning, automatic tuning
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Databases
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Azure SQL Business Critical tier
Azure SQL Business Critical tier is a vCore service tier for OLTP workloads that need high transaction rates, low-latency I/O, and high resilience through isolated replicas.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Business Critical tier, Business Critical tier, BusinessCritical, Premium-like vCore tier, SQL Business Critical
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Databases
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Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service in Azure that provides SQL Server-compatible engines as single databases, elastic pools, and serverless or provisioned compute choices. Microsoft Learn presents it as platform as a service with built-in availability, backups, patching, scaling, and security integration.
Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL pooled database, Azure SQL single database, SQL Database
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Databases
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Azure SQL Database DTU model
Azure SQL Database DTU model is a purchasing model that bundles compute, storage, and I/O resources into Database Transaction Units for Basic, Standard, and Premium tiers.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL Database DTU model, DTU model, DTU-based purchasing model, Database Transaction Unit, eDTU
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Databases
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Azure SQL elastic pool
Azure SQL elastic pool lets multiple Azure SQL databases on one logical server share a set of resources at a set price for variable usage patterns.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL elastic pool, SQL elastic pool, eDTU pool, elastic pool, pooled databases
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Databases
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Azure SQL failover group
Provide a stable listener endpoint for applications that must survive an Azure SQL regional failover.; Coordinate failover for several related user databases instead of managing each geo-replica separately.
Azure SQL Database
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL failover group, SQL failover group, auto-failover group, failover group, geo-failover group
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Databases
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Azure SQL General Purpose tier
Azure SQL General Purpose tier is a vCore service tier for common workloads that need balanced compute and storage at budget-oriented pricing.
Azure SQL Database
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure SQL General Purpose tier, GP tier, General Purpose tier, GeneralPurpose, SQL General Purpose
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Databases
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Azure SQL hyperscale
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is a service tier built for very large databases, fast storage scaling, rapid backups and restores, and high throughput. Microsoft Learn describes its distinct architecture, including separated compute and storage, page servers, log service, and optional replicas.
Azure SQL Database
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Databases
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Azure SQL ledger
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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Databases
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Azure SQL long-term retention
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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Databases
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Azure SQL maintenance window
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
Azure SQL Database
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