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Containers premium Dapr Dapr is a distributed application runtime that gives microservices common building-block APIs for service invocation, pub/sub, bindings, state, workflows, and observability. Distributed applications intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Dapr, DAPR Quick peek Open full term page

Developer Tools premium App Configuration Azure App Configuration is a managed place to store application settings and feature flags outside your application code. Instead of spreading configuration across appsettings files, environment variables, deployment scripts, and team notes, applications read centrally managed key-values. Labels. Configuration fundamentals 3 commands Aliases: Azure App Configuration, App Configuration store Quick peek Open full term page

Databases field-manual-ready Multi-region writes Multi-region writes let Azure Cosmos DB applications write data in more than one region instead of one primary write region. Azure Cosmos DB advanced 4 commands Aliases: multiple write regions, active-active Cosmos DB, multi-region writes, Cosmos DB multi-write Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL managed instance distributed transaction Microsoft Learn describes DTC for Azure SQL Managed Instance as support for distributed transactions in mixed environments, including managed instances, SQL Server, other relational databases, custom applications, and transaction participants that can establish network connectivity to Azure and coordinate transaction outcomes safely. SQL Managed Instance intermediate 5 commands Aliases: SQL MI distributed transaction, managed instance DTC, Azure SQL MI DTC, distributed transaction coordinator Quick peek Open full term page

Monitoring and Observability premium Distributed tracing Distributed tracing follows a request across services, dependencies, and process boundaries so teams can understand latency, failures, and call relationships in a distributed application. Application telemetry intermediate 4 commands Aliases: end-to-end tracing, OpenTelemetry tracing, application distributed trace, transaction trace Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Hash-distributed table Hash-distributed table is a dedicated SQL pool table whose rows are assigned to distributions using a hash value calculated from one or more distribution columns. Synapse dedicated SQL pool intermediate 4 commands Aliases: hash distributed table, Synapse HASH table, Hash-distributed table, hash-distributed-table Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics learning-path-anchor Synapse Spark pool A Synapse Spark pool is the workspace compute definition Azure Synapse uses to start Apache Spark sessions. It records node size, node count, autoscale behavior, runtime version, packages, and idle timeout so notebooks, Spark jobs, and pipelines get repeatable distributed processing. Synapse Analytics fundamentals 8 commands Aliases: Apache Spark pool, Spark pool, Synapse Apache Spark pool, serverless Spark pool Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB account Design the account boundary for a global application before choosing databases, containers, regions, consistency, and backup mode.; Separate regulated, tenant-specific, or production workloads into dedicated Cosmos DB ac Database intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Cosmos DB account, cosmos db account Quick peek Open full term page

Monitoring premium Application Insights Application Insights is the application performance monitoring capability in Azure Monitor. It collects OpenTelemetry or SDK telemetry such as requests, dependencies, exceptions, traces, metrics, and availability results so teams can continuously understand live application health, performance, failures, and user-impacting behavior. Application observability fundamentals 4 commands Aliases: Azure Application Insights, App Insights, Azure Monitor Application Insights, application performance monitoring, APM Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure Cache for Redis A managed in-memory data store based on Redis that improves application performance by caching frequently accessed data close to workloads. Cache fundamentals 4 commands Aliases: Azure Redis Cache, Redis cache, managed Redis cache Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure Cosmos DB Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed database service for NoSQL, relational, and vector workloads. It supports global distribution, elastic scale, multiple APIs, request-unit capacity, backup, and high availability so modern applications can store and query data without operating database servers. Azure Cosmos DB fundamentals 4 commands Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB, Cosmos DB, Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, Cosmos database, global NoSQL database, request-unit database Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB API for NoSQL Native Azure Cosmos DB API for JSON items, containers, SQL-style queries, SDKs, change feed, partitioning, and request-unit based operations. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, API for NoSQL, Core SQL API, SQL API Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Global distribution Global distribution is the Azure Cosmos DB capability that replicates an account across multiple Azure regions so applications can read or write closer to users depending on configuration. Teams use it to improve low-latency access, support regional failover, place replicas near customers, and design globally available NoSQL applications. In daily Azure work, it shows up when engineers add or remove Cosmos DB regions, set failover priorities, enable multi-region writes, tune consistency, or investigate latency by user geography. Azure Cosmos DB advanced 4 commands Aliases: Cosmos DB global distribution, multi-region distribution, globally distributed database Quick peek Open full term page

Monitoring and Observability learning-path-anchor Telemetry events Telemetry events are breadcrumbs that say something meaningful happened in an application. They are different from raw logs because they usually have a clear event name and structured properties. A checkout completed, a document uploaded, a feature flag changed, or a device registered can all be telemetry events. In Azure Monitor Application Insights, these events help teams understand behavior, investigate incidents, and measure product outcomes. Good events are intentional, consistently named, and tied to the que Application data advanced 5 commands Aliases: event telemetry, custom events, Application Insights events, Azure Monitor events Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium AI tracing AI tracing captures execution telemetry for generative AI applications and agents, including model calls, prompts, tool invocations, retrieval steps, latency, token usage, errors, and run relationships so teams can debug and monitor behavior in Microsoft Foundry and Azure Monitor. AI observability intermediate 3 commands Aliases: Foundry tracing, agent tracing, LLM tracing, AI distributed tracing Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics learning-path-anchor Databricks model serving A managed serving endpoint pattern for exposing Databricks models or AI workloads for online inference with operational controls. Databricks intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Databricks Model Serving, serving endpoint, model serving endpoint Quick peek Open full term page

Identity learning-path-anchor System-assigned managed identity A system-assigned managed identity lets one Azure resource authenticate without a stored password, client secret, or certificate managed by your app team. You turn it on for a resource such as a web app, function, virtual machine, data factory, or automation account. Azure creates an identity for that resource, and the resource can request... Managed identities intermediate 4 commands Aliases: system assigned identity, resource managed identity, SystemAssigned identity, managed service identity Quick peek Open full term page

Databases learning-path-anchor Cosmos DB dedicated gateway Azure Cosmos DB dedicated gateway is provisioned server-side compute that fronts an account and enables the integrated cache for supported NoSQL workloads. Azure Cosmos DB fundamentals 3 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning command-rich Search admin key A search admin key is one of the generated API keys for an Azure AI Search service that allows full read-write data-plane access. It can create, update, or delete indexes, indexers, data sources, and documents, so it must be protected, rotated, and replaced with role-based access when possible. Azure AI Search fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: Azure AI Search admin key, search service admin key, Azure Search API admin key, primary admin key, secondary admin key Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning field-manual-complete Translator Azure Translator in Foundry Tools is a cloud-based neural machine translation service for building multilingual applications. It translates text and documents across supported languages through REST APIs and SDKs, and it can use custom translation systems for terminology, domain language, and workflow-specific localization. AI platform and search intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Azure Translator, Azure AI Translator, Text Translation, machine translation, document translation Quick peek Open full term page

Storage complete Shared Key An Azure Storage authorization method that signs requests with a storage account access key. Access control fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: storage Shared Key, account key authorization, storage account key, Shared Key auth Quick peek Open full term page

App platform complete Static Web App Microsoft Learn describes Azure Static Web Apps as a service that automatically deploys full-stack web apps from a source repository. It serves static assets from globally distributed locations, integrates optional APIs, supports GitHub or Azure DevOps workflows, and provides routing, authentication, staging environments, and CLI support. Static Web Apps intermediate 5 commands Aliases: static-web-app, Static Web App, Azure Static Web Apps, SWA, static web app resource, staticwebapp Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra is a managed NoSQL database service that supports Cassandra workloads using CQL, drivers, and compatible tooling. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin is a managed graph database service for storing, querying, and traversing graph data with the Gremlin language. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is a managed PostgreSQL service with Citus distributed tables, currently on a retirement path and not recommended for new projects. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for Table Azure Cosmos DB for Table is a managed NoSQL key-value and table API compatible with Azure Table storage SDKs and tools. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage command-rich Secondary storage region The secondary storage region is the other region involved when an Azure Storage account uses geo-redundant options such as GRS or GZRS. Under normal conditions, applications write to the primary region, and Azure asynchronously copies data to the secondary region. Microsoft Learn anchors this term in Data redundancy - Azure Storage, but this field-manual definition is intentionally wider than an older short glossary entry because the page must teach what to inspect, what can break, who owns the decision, and which evidence proves the Azure environment is behaving as intended.. Storage platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Computer Vision the Azure AI capability that helps applications understand images, read text, detect visual features, and return structured insights from pictures or screenshots Azure AI services fundamentals 12 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium 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 Quick peek Open full term page

Monitoring and Observability field-manual-complete Live Metrics Microsoft Learn describes Live Metrics in Application Insights as real-time monitoring for web applications. It lets teams watch selected metrics and performance counters live, filter telemetry, and inspect sample failed requests or exceptions while an application is running. Application Insights fundamentals 2 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium 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 Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB spatial index Cosmos DB spatial index is an indexing-policy entry that helps Cosmos DB for NoSQL query valid GeoJSON points, lines, polygons, and multipolygons efficiently. It makes location-aware queries practical without scanning every item in a container. You see it when applications store coordinates, service areas, delivery zones, device positions, or map features in JSON items. The production check is whether GeoJSON shape, indexed path, query function, and partition strategy all line up. Document the decision in code, templates, metrics, and runbooks. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 7 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Developer Tools premium 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 Quick peek Open full term page

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 Quick peek Open full term page

Hybrid and Multicloud premium Azure Local Azure Local is Microsoft’s distributed infrastructure solution that extends Azure capabilities to customer-owned environments for local VMs, containers, and selected Azure services through Azure Arc. Distributed infrastructure advanced 6 commands Aliases: Azure Stack HCI, Azure Local infrastructure, Arc-enabled local infrastructure Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure Managed Redis Azure Managed Redis is a Microsoft-managed in-memory data store based on Redis Enterprise, used for low-latency caching, session storage, messaging, and semantic cache scenarios. Managed cache intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Managed Redis, Redis Enterprise on Azure, Azure Redis Enterprise Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Bulk executor Bulk executor is the Azure Cosmos DB capability or library pattern for sending many create, update, patch, delete, or import operations efficiently instead of processing documents one at a time. Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Conflict resolution the way Azure Cosmos DB decides the winning version when concurrent writes from multiple regions change the same item or logical record Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Data Lake bronze layer The raw ingestion layer in a lakehouse or medallion architecture where source data first lands with minimal transformation and strong traceability. Data Lake Storage Gen2 Intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Data Lake curated zone The governed, consumer-ready area of a data lake where cleaned, conformed, and documented datasets are served for reporting, analytics, AI, or downstream applications. Data Lake Storage Gen2 Intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Networking premium DDoS Protection Azure DDoS Protection is a network-layer protection service that helps defend Azure public IP resources against distributed denial-of-service attacks using always-on traffic monitoring, adaptive mitigation, telemetry, and response capabilities. Network security intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure DDoS Protection, DDoS Network Protection, DDoS IP Protection, distributed denial of service protection Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Face API The Face API is an Azure AI service API that provides face detection, recognition, verification, identification, grouping, and related face analysis capabilities. Teams use it to build applications that detect faces in images, compare faces, verify identity scenarios, support liveness workflows, or organize face-related image data under approved responsible AI controls. It is not a general computer vision labeler, proof of identity by itself, a surveillance policy, or permission to use biometric capabilities without legal, privacy, and access review. Azure AI services intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure AI Face, Azure Face API, Face service Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Face service Face service is an Azure AI service that provides APIs for face detection, face analysis, verification, identification, grouping, and liveness-related workflows under approved access controls. Teams use it to build applications that detect faces in images, compare face evidence, verify approved identity scenarios, support liveness checks, or manage face lists within privacy and responsible AI controls. It is not a general image classification service, legal approval to process biometric data, a replacement for human identity review, or a guarantee that every face decision is correct. Azure AI services intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure AI Face, Azure AI Face service, Azure Face service, Face API, Azure AI services Face Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Facetable field A Facetable field is an Azure AI Search index field marked so the service can return facet buckets, counts, or filter choices for query results. Teams use it to let search applications show refiners such as category, brand, location, date range, status, or price band without scanning and counting results in application code. It is not a full-text analyzer, vector field setting, ranking rule, security trim, or proof that every facet value is clean, useful, or safe to expose to users. Azure AI Search intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure AI Search facetable field, facetable index field, facet-enabled field, facetable attribute Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium File service endpoint A File service endpoint is the Azure Storage endpoint used by clients and services to access Azure Files shares in a storage account through supported protocols and network paths. Teams use it to connect applications, users, file sync agents, and automation to Azure file shares through the correct public endpoint, private endpoint, or virtual network service endpoint path. It is not a file share itself, a private endpoint by itself, a DNS record alone, authorization proof, or a guarantee that SMB, NFS, FileREST, firewall, and identity settings all match. Azure Files intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure Files endpoint, storage file endpoint, file endpoint, Azure Storage file service endpoint Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Form Recognizer Form Recognizer is the former name for Azure AI Document Intelligence, an Azure AI service that analyzes documents and extracts text, tables, layout, and structured fields. Teams use it to turn invoices, receipts, IDs, contracts, forms, and scanned documents into structured data for applications, workflow automation, search indexing, review queues, and compliance processing. It is not a human legal review, a guarantee that every extracted field is correct, a storage system for regulated documents, or a reason to skip confidence thresholds and validation logic. Azure AI Document Intelligence intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure Form Recognizer, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Document Intelligence, Azure AI Form Recognizer Quick peek Open full term page

Containers premium Kubernetes Deployment A Kubernetes Deployment is a workload controller that declaratively manages ReplicaSets and pods for stateless applications. Kubernetes workloads Intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium PostgreSQL high availability PostgreSQL high availability means Azure keeps a standby flexible server ready so the database can continue after certain failures or planned failover events. Instead of relying on one server instance, the primary and standby are kept in sync. Depending on the design, the standby can be in the same availability zone or a different zone. This reduces downtime risk, but it does not remove every responsibility. Applications still need retry logic, connection handling, monitoring, tested failover procedures, and a cost owner because high availability adds real infrastructure. PostgreSQL flexible server intermediate 6 commands Aliases: PostgreSQL high availability, postgresql high availability, Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server Quick peek Open full term page

Integration premium Service Bus Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise message broker with message queues and publish-subscribe topics. It helps decouple applications and services, load-balance work across competing consumers, route data across boundaries, and coordinate transactional workflows that require reliable messaging, ordering, sessions, duplicate detection, and dead-letter handling. Messaging fundamentals 6 commands Aliases: Azure Service Bus, Service Bus Messaging Quick peek Open full term page

Integration premium Service Bus authorization rule Service Bus authorization rule is a shared access policy on a namespace, queue, or topic. It names a key pair and grants Listen, Send, or Manage rights, letting applications create SAS tokens or connection strings scoped to the messaging entity they are allowed to use. Service Bus fundamentals 6 commands Aliases: Service Bus SAS policy, Service Bus shared access policy, Service Bus authorization policy, SAS authorization rule Quick peek Open full term page