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Compute complete Snapshot Microsoft Learn describes an Azure managed disk snapshot as a point-in-time copy of a disk. A snapshot applies to one disk, exists independently of the source disk, and can be used to create new managed disks for recovery, testing, migration, or troubleshooting work. Storage for compute fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: managed disk snapshot, disk snapshot, VM disk snapshot, Azure snapshot Quick peek Open full term page

Compute premium field-manual Managed disk A managed disk is an Azure-managed block storage resource used as an operating system disk or data disk for a virtual machine. Teams use it when VM storage needs durable disks without manually managing storage accounts or page blobs. In plain English, it gives operators a named control for clear disk ownership, backup evidence, encryption control, and repeatable VM recovery instead of leaving the decision hidden in a portal setting, script, or deployment file. Treat it as production-ready only when the owner, dependencies, permission boundary, monitoring signal, and rollback evidence are clear. Azure Disk Storage intermediate 3 commands Aliases: Managed disk, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Disk Storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Service endpoint for Storage A service endpoint for Storage enables the Microsoft.Storage endpoint on a virtual network subnet and pairs it with storage account network rules. It lets workloads in that subnet reach Azure Storage over the Microsoft backbone while the account firewall allows only approved virtual network sources. Storage platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure Storage VNet rule, Microsoft.Storage service endpoint, Service endpoint for Storage, Storage service endpoint, service endpoint for storage, service-endpoint-for-storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Infrastructure encryption for storage Infrastructure encryption for storage controls how Azure Storage applies optional double encryption to blobs, files, queues, or tables depending on account and scope configuration. Teams see it in storage account creation, encryption blade. It is not blob immutability, soft delete, encryption in transit, customer-managed key rotation, or disabling shared key authorization; confusing them can create storage accounts that cannot meet compliance, rebuild-only remediation. Use the term when reviewing access, monitoring, cost, recovery, or performance. It keeps architects, operators, security reviewers, and support teams focused on the same setting, resource, or behavior. Azure Storage Security Intermediate 5 commands Aliases: storage infrastructure encryption, storage account double encryption, require infrastructure encryption, double encryption for Azure Storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium SFTP for Azure Blob Storage SFTP for Azure Blob Storage lets clients connect to a storage account through SSH File Transfer Protocol for file access, transfer, and management. It requires a supported storage account with hierarchical namespace enabled, then local users and scoped permissions control access to containers and paths. Storage platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Azure Blob Storage SFTP, SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage, storage account SFTP, Blob SFTP endpoint, SFTP for Azure Blob Storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium SFTP for Blob Storage SFTP for Blob Storage is the storage-account feature that exposes blob containers to SFTP clients after hierarchical namespace is enabled. Administrators configure local users, authentication methods, home directories, and permission scopes so external or internal clients can transfer files without custom SFTP infrastructure. Blob Storage advanced 5 commands Aliases: Blob Storage SFTP, SFTP for Blob Storage, SFTP landing zone, storage SFTP local user, SFTP-enabled storage account Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Trusted Microsoft services for storage Trusted Microsoft services for Azure Storage are specific Azure services that Microsoft documents as eligible for storage firewall exceptions. Depending on the service, access may be based on tenant registration, supported operations, or managed identity authorization combined with Azure RBAC or Data Lake ACLs. Storage platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: trusted Azure services for Storage, storage trusted services list, Azure Storage trusted services, trusted services storage firewall Quick peek Open full term page

Monitoring and Observability premium Diagnostic settings for storage Diagnostic settings for storage route Azure Storage platform logs and metrics, including service-specific operations where supported, to destinations such as Log Analytics, Event Hubs, or Storage for investigation and compliance. Data operations intermediate 4 commands Aliases: storage diagnostic settings, Azure Storage diagnostic settings, Storage account diagnostic settings, storage platform log routing Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Microsoft-managed key for storage Microsoft-managed key for Storage means the default Azure Storage encryption approach where Microsoft manages the keys that protect stored data at rest. Teams should manage it with clear ownership, monitoring, rollback evidence, and production change discipline. Storage encryption advanced 4 commands Aliases: platform-managed key for storage, PMK for storage, Microsoft managed storage encryption key Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Minimum TLS version for Storage Minimum TLS version for Storage is a storage account setting that rejects client connections using TLS versions below the configured minimum. Teams should manage it with clear ownership, monitoring, rollback evidence, and production change discipline. Storage security intermediate 4 commands Aliases: TLS minimum for storage, TLS1_2 storage, minimum TLS for Azure Storage, minimumTlsVersion, storage minimum TLS Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium NFS 3.0 for Blob Storage NFS 3.0 for Blob Storage means an Azure Blob Storage protocol option that lets Linux clients mount blob containers through NFS version 3. You see it when teams connect analytics jobs, HPC workloads, migration tools, or Linux applications that expect mounted file paths. Think of it as a storage protocol choice with account, namespace, and network requirements. It matters because the setting changes how teams design, secure, operate, and troubleshoot the workload. Before changing it in production, know the owner, dependency, evidence, expected result, and rollback path. Blob Storage advanced 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage field-manual-complete Private endpoint for Storage A private endpoint for Storage is the private network entry point to one storage account service, such as Blob, Files, Queue, Table, Data Lake Storage, or static website content. Storage platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage complete Static website hosting for storage Microsoft Learn explains that Azure Storage can host static web content from a general-purpose v2 or BlockBlobStorage account. Enabling the feature creates or uses the $web container, where HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images are served through the account website endpoint. Storage account intermediate 5 commands Aliases: static-website-hosting-for-storage, Static website hosting for storage, Azure Storage static website hosting, storage account static website, Blob service static website, web endpoint for storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage field-manual-complete Customer-managed key for storage Customer-managed key for storage is an Azure Storage encryption option where the account uses a key stored in Key Vault or Managed HSM to wrap storage encryption keys. Storage accounts advanced 4 commands Aliases: Customer-managed key for storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage learning-path-anchor Data Lake storage account A storage feature or access model in Data Lake Storage Gen2 that helps teams store, protect, move, and govern application or analytics data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context. Data Lake Storage Gen2 advanced 19 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

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 Quick peek Open full term page

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 Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure SQL serverless compute Run development, test, training, or demo databases that need full SQL behavior but sit idle outside work hours.; Support tenant databases with sporadic activity where provisioned compute would waste budget for long idle Azure SQL Database fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: Azure SQL serverless compute Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Kerberos authentication for Azure Files Kerberos authentication for Azure Files is the identity-based SMB authentication option that lets Azure file shares use Kerberos with a supported directory identity source instead of only storage keys or SAS. Azure Files advanced 5 commands Aliases: Azure Files Kerberos, Microsoft Entra Kerberos for Azure Files, identity-based authentication for Azure Files, SMB Kerberos Azure Files Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium PostgreSQL general purpose compute PostgreSQL General Purpose compute is the middle production tier for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. It is meant for workloads that need steadier CPU and memory than Burstable, but do not need the higher memory profile of Memory Optimized. Teams use it when a database serves real users, background jobs, APIs, or reporting workloads with predictable demand. The choice affects cost, concurrency, high availability eligibility, and scaling options. It is not a magic performance setting; it is a capacity tier that still needs good indexes, query design, connection pooling, and monitoring. PostgreSQL flexible server fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: PostgreSQL general purpose compute, postgresql general purpose compute, Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Zone-redundant storage Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) is an Azure Storage redundancy option that copies data synchronously across three or more availability zones in the primary region. It keeps storage resources available for reads and writes if a zone becomes unavailable, while staying within the region for governance-sensitive workloads. Azure Storage intermediate 5 commands Aliases: ZRS, ZRS storage, Azure Storage ZRS, zonal storage redundancy Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Azure Storage Actions Azure Storage Actions is a fully managed platform for automating data management tasks across Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage objects without provisioning separate compute. Storage platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium MySQL business critical compute MySQL business critical compute means a higher-performance MySQL Flexible Server compute choice for sustained production workloads that need stronger capacity and headroom. You see it when teams support payment, commerce, SaaS, analytics, or other databases with predictable high concurrency and business deadlines. Think of it as premium database capacity selected from measured demand, not from fear or guesswork. It matters because the setting changes how teams design, secure, operate, and troubleshoot the workload. Before changing it in production, know the owner, dependency, evidence, expected result, and rollback path. MySQL flexible server fundamentals 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium MySQL server compute tier MySQL server compute tier means the capacity family that determines the compute and memory shape for an Azure Database for MySQL server. You see it when teams size production databases, development systems, migrations, reporting workloads, and seasonal applications. Think of it as a capacity and cost decision that should match measured workload demand. It matters because the setting changes how teams design, secure, operate, and troubleshoot the workload. Before changing it in production, know the owner, dependency, evidence, expected result, and rollback path. Azure Database for MySQL fundamentals 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium MySQL storage autogrow MySQL storage autogrow means a MySQL Flexible Server setting that automatically increases storage when used capacity approaches the configured limit. You see it when teams protect databases from running out of storage during growth, imports, reporting, migrations, or seasonal demand. Think of it as automatic storage expansion, not automatic cost or performance optimization. It matters because the setting changes how teams design, secure, operate, and troubleshoot the workload. Before changing it in production, know the owner, dependency, evidence, expected result, and rollback path. Azure Database for MySQL advanced 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage learning-path-anchor Table Storage Table Storage is Azure Storage for simple structured NoSQL records. You create tables, store entities, and identify each entity with a PartitionKey and RowKey. It is useful when the data is large, sparse, inexpensive to keep, and usually accessed by known keys. It is not a relational database, search engine, or analytics warehouse. The best fit is operational data that can be denormalized, read directly, updated independently, and kept cheap without requiring joins, stored procedures, or secondary indexes. Table Storage fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: Azure Table Storage, Storage Tables, Azure Storage Tables, Azure Tables storage Quick peek Open full term page

Databases field-manual-complete PostgreSQL memory optimized compute PostgreSQL Memory Optimized compute is the tier you choose when the database needs more memory per CPU than a normal balanced server provides. It is often used for busy transactional systems, analytical queries, large working sets, connection-heavy applications, and workloads where caching more data in memory reduces disk pressure. It is not a magic performance switch. Teams still need good indexing, query design, storage sizing, and monitoring. The tier costs more than smaller options, so it should be chosen because evidence shows memory is the limiting factor. PostgreSQL flexible server fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: Memory Optimized PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL memory optimized tier, E-series PostgreSQL compute Quick peek Open full term page

Compute field-manual-complete VM boot diagnostics storage VM boot diagnostics storage is the storage location used by Azure boot diagnostics to capture serial console logs and screenshots during virtual machine startup. It helps operators troubleshoot startup failures, kernel messages, inaccessible consoles, and early boot problems for Linux and Windows virtual machines. Virtual Machines intermediate 5 commands Aliases: boot diagnostics storage, Azure boot diagnostics, serial log storage, VM boot log storage 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 Primary storage region The primary storage region is the home region for an Azure Storage account. When an application writes blobs, files, queues, or tables under normal conditions, it writes to the primary 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. In field use, start with the technical boundary: Technically. Storage 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

Storage premium Locally redundant storage Microsoft Learn describes locally redundant storage as Azure Storage redundancy that replicates data within the primary region in a local storage scale unit. LRS is the lowest-cost redundancy option and provides high durability, but it does not protect against regional disasters. Azure Storage intermediate 10 commands Aliases: LRS Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium External file format An External file format is a database object that describes the file type, delimiter, compression, and parsing options used to read or write external data. Teams use it to tell SQL engines how to interpret external files such as delimited text, Parquet, ORC, or compressed data before external tables and CETAS jobs use them. It is not the data source location, the external table schema, the actual lake file, or a guarantee that every file in a folder has the same structure. Synapse SQL and data virtualization intermediate 6 commands Aliases: CREATE EXTERNAL FILE FORMAT, PolyBase file format, Synapse external file format 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

Compute premium Accelerated networking for VM Accelerated networking is a VM network performance feature. When the VM size and OS support it, Azure can send packets through a faster path that reduces CPU work, latency, and jitter. It is most useful for network-intensive workloads. Virtual Machines intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium General-purpose v2 storage account General-purpose v2 storage account is an Azure Storage account resource using the StorageV2 kind to host common storage services under one managed namespace. Teams use it to provide durable storage for applications while centralizing endpoints, redundancy, encryption, lifecycle management, networking, monitoring, and access control. In daily Azure work, it appears when engineers provision blob containers, file shares, queues, tables, static websites, backups, application artifacts, or Data Lake Gen2-enabled storage in a landing zone. It is not a specific blob container, an unlimited performance guarantee, an identity provider, or a safe design unless access, networking, and data protection are configured. Storage accounts beginner 5 commands Aliases: Azure general-purpose v2 storage account, GPv2 storage account, StorageV2 storage account Quick peek Open full term page

Containers premium Kubernetes StorageClass A Kubernetes StorageClass defines how persistent storage is dynamically provisioned for persistent volume claims, including the driver, performance tier, reclaim policy, and binding behavior. Kubernetes storage Intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium PostgreSQL burstable compute PostgreSQL burstable compute is the Burstable pricing tier for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. It uses B-series virtual machine sizes for workloads with modest average CPU demand that may need occasional bursts instead of continuously provisioned high performance. safely. PostgreSQL flexible server fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: Azure PostgreSQL B-series, Flexible Server burstable compute, PostgreSQL Burstable tier Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Serverless compute tier Serverless compute tier in Azure SQL Database automatically scales compute for single databases, bills compute per second while active, can pause during inactivity, and resumes when activity returns. It is available in General Purpose and Hyperscale, with auto-pause support limited to General Purpose. Azure SQL Database fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet 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

Compute premium Azure Compute Gallery A service for organizing, versioning, replicating, and sharing VM images and application packages across Azure subscriptions, tenants, and regions. Disks and images intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Shared Image Gallery Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Azure Container Storage A cloud-based volume management, deployment, and orchestration service built natively for containers and integrated with Kubernetes persistent volumes. Container storage intermediate 4 commands Aliases: ACS for containers Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL The native document database API of Azure Cosmos DB for JSON data, SQL-like queries, partitioning, indexing, and scalable request-unit throughput. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Cosmos DB NoSQL API, Azure Cosmos DB SQL API Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Azure Storage Explorer Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app for Windows, macOS, and Linux that helps users connect to and manage Azure Storage data and resources through a graphical interface. Storage tooling fundamentals 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Azure Storage Mover Azure Storage Mover is a fully managed migration service that helps move files and folders from on-premises or AWS S3 sources to Azure Storage while minimizing workload downtime. Storage migration intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Filesystem in Data Lake Storage Filesystem in Data Lake Storage is the top-level container-like namespace in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 that holds directories and files in Azure. Data Lake Storage Gen2 intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Filesystem in Data Lake Storage, filesystem in data lake storage Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Geo-zone-redundant storage Geo-zone-redundant storage is an Azure Storage redundancy choice that combines zone redundancy in the primary region with asynchronous replication to a paired secondary region. Teams use it to protect data from zonal failures and regional disasters while keeping one storage account pattern for blobs, Data Lake paths, queues, tables, or files where supported. In daily Azure work, it shows up when engineers select Standard_GZRS or Standard_RAGZRS, compare ZRS with GRS, approve resilient storage standards, or investigate why an account is more expensive than LRS. Storage redundancy intermediate 4 commands Aliases: GZRS, Standard_GZRS, read-access geo-zone-redundant storage, RA-GZRS Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Machine Learning compute instance A Machine Learning compute instance is a managed cloud workstation inside Azure Machine Learning for notebooks, development, testing, and lightweight training. It gives one owner an integrated environment connected to the workspace, while administrators manage access, networking, schedules, and cost controls. Machine learning intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Azure ML compute instance, ML compute instance Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium ML compute cluster ML compute cluster is a managed Azure Machine Learning compute target that scales virtual machine nodes for jobs, pipelines, and batch inference workloads. Teams should manage it with clear ownership, monitoring, rollback evidence, and production change discipline. Azure Machine Learning intermediate 4 commands Aliases: AML compute cluster, AmlCompute, Azure ML compute cluster, managed ML cluster Quick peek Open full term page