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Compute
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Virtual machine
An Azure compute resource that runs a full guest operating system for workloads needing server-level control.
Azure Virtual Machines
beginner
5 commands
Aliases: Azure VM, VM, cloud virtual server, IaaS virtual machine, virtual machine
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Compute
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Virtual machine scale set
A managed group of VM instances that can scale and update as a fleet.
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: VM scale set, Azure VMSS, Virtual Machine Scale Set, scale set, virtual machine scale set
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Databases
complete
SQL managed instance virtual cluster
Microsoft Learn describes the SQL Managed Instance virtual cluster as service-managed infrastructure that hosts managed instances inside a customer virtual network subnet. The virtual cluster contains isolated virtual machines and VM groups, supports management operations, and is created or changed as instances are deployed, scaled, or removed.
SQL Managed Instance
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: SQL MI virtual cluster, Azure SQL Managed Instance virtual cluster, managed instance platform cluster
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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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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
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Compute
premium
Fault domain
A Fault domain is a logical group of Azure infrastructure that shares a common failure boundary, such as power, cooling, or network equipment, used to spread related virtual machines. Teams use it to reduce the chance that one physical infrastructure problem takes down every instance of the same application tier at the same time. It is not an availability zone, backup copy, application health probe, exact rack identifier exposed to customers, or guarantee that every dependency is isolated from every other dependency.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
6 commands
Aliases: Azure fault domain, platform fault domain, availability set fault domain, VM fault domain
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Compute
premium
Gallery image version
Gallery image version is a specific published version of a gallery image that virtual machines and scale sets can use as their source. Teams use it to roll out tested OS and application baselines with version numbers, regional replication, retirement dates, and rollback options. In daily Azure work, it appears when engineers promote a golden image, deploy identical VMs across regions, retire vulnerable builds, or troubleshoot why a new VM used the wrong baseline. It is not the image family definition, a live VM, an operating system patch job, or proof that every deployed VM remains compliant after boot.
Disks and images
intermediate
6 commands
Aliases: Azure Compute Gallery image version, SIG image version, image version
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Databases
premium
PostgreSQL flexible server
The managed Azure PostgreSQL server resource that owns compute, storage, backups, networking, high availability, parameters, and databases.
PostgreSQL flexible server
fundamentals
6 commands
Aliases: PostgreSQL flexible server, postgresql flexible server, Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server, managed PostgreSQL, backup retention, high availability, private access
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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
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Containers
premium
AKS Linux node pool
An AKS Linux node pool is a group of Linux-based nodes with shared configuration that runs Kubernetes workloads in an AKS cluster. Node pools let teams separate system components, application workloads, VM sizes, zones, scaling behavior, taints, labels, and upgrade settings.
AKS compute
Intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure Kubernetes Service Linux node pool, aks linux node pool
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Containers
premium
AKS node
Microsoft Learn explains that AKS nodes are the virtual machines that run your containerized applications, grouped into node pools with the same configuration. System node pools host core cluster pods, while user node pools typically host application workloads and can differ by size, operating system, taints, or purpose.
AKS compute
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: AKS cluster node, Kubernetes node in AKS, AKS VM node
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Storage
premium
Azure Elastic SAN
A cloud-native Azure storage area network service that provides scalable, cost-effective, high-performance block storage volumes for compute workloads.
Block storage
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Elastic SAN
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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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Migration
premium
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery helps provide disaster recovery by managing replication, failover, and failback for supported workloads.
Disaster recovery
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: ASR, Azure Site Recovery, Azure disaster recovery, Site Recovery
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Databases
premium
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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Storage
premium
Backup item
A backup item is a protected data source or backup instance in Azure Backup that is associated with a vault, policy, retention settings, and recoverable restore points.
Backup and recovery
intermediate
5 commands
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Compute
premium
Capacity reservation group
A capacity reservation group is the Azure Compute container that holds one or more on-demand capacity reservations for virtual machines.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
5 commands
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
premium
Host pool
A host pool is a collection of Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts that deliver desktops or RemoteApp applications to assigned users.
Azure Virtual Desktop
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Host pool, host pool
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Security
premium
Just-in-time VM access
Just-in-time VM access is the Microsoft Defender for Cloud control that locks down VM management ports and opens approved inbound access only for a limited time.
Defender for Cloud
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: JIT VM access, Defender for Cloud JIT, just in time access, JIT network access policy
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Networking
premium
NAT Gateway
NAT Gateway means a managed Azure networking service that provides outbound internet connectivity for private resources in associated subnets. You see it when teams let virtual machines, containers, or private application workloads reach updates, APIs, package feeds, or external services. Think of it as an outbound source address and SNAT boundary, not a firewall for all network traffic. 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.
Outbound connectivity
fundamentals
5 commands
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Containers
premium
Node pool
A node pool is a set of AKS worker nodes that share the same basic configuration. Think of it as a lane of machines inside one Kubernetes cluster. One pool might run system components, another might run user applications, and another might use GPU or high-memory machines. By.
Kubernetes
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: AKS node pool, Kubernetes node pool, worker node pool
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Web
premium
Shared App Service tier
The Shared App Service tier is a base App Service plan option where apps run on shared Azure virtual machines and receive CPU-minute quotas. It is intended for development and testing, not production workloads that need dedicated compute, autoscale, or predictable performance isolation.
App Service plans
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: App Service Shared tier, Shared App Service plan, D1 App Service plan, shared compute App Service, App Service D1
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Compute
premium
Automatic OS image upgrade
Automatic OS image upgrade lets Azure update the operating system image used by a virtual machine scale set as new image versions are published. In plain terms, instead of manually replacing every instance, the scale set can roll newer OS disks across the fleet in batches. It helps keep Windows and Linux scale-out workers current. The.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: VMSS automatic OS image upgrade, automatic OS upgrade, scale set automatic image upgrade, enable-auto-os-upgrade
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Compute
premium
Availability set
Availability set is a placement group for Azure virtual machines that spreads instances across separate fault and update domains inside one datacenter. In Azure, teams encounter it when architects deploy two or more classic VM instances for an application tier that still needs datacenter-level hardware separation. The useful question is what behavior it proves, who
Availability
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: VM availability set, fault domain set, update domain set
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Networking
premium
Azure Bastion
A fully managed Azure service that provides secure RDP and SSH access to virtual machines without exposing VM public IP addresses.
Remote access
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: Azure Bastion host, Bastion, RDP SSH over Bastion, managed jump box
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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
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Compute
premium
Azure Update Manager
Azure Update Manager is a unified service for managing and governing operating system updates across Azure virtual machines, on-premises servers, and other cloud servers connected through Azure Arc.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
4 commands
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Compute
premium
Custom Script Extension
a virtual machine extension that downloads and runs scripts on Azure VMs for post-deployment configuration, software installation, or management tasks.
Virtual Machines
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: Azure VM Custom Script Extension, CustomScript extension, VM script extension
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Compute
premium
Disk attachment
Disk attachment is the association between a managed disk and a virtual machine or compatible scale set instance, allowing the workload to use the disk as OS or data storage.
Managed disks
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: VM disk attachment, data disk attachment, attach managed disk, attached disk
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Compute
premium
Disk bursting
Disk bursting is an Azure managed disk capability that lets supported disks temporarily exceed baseline IOPS or throughput targets to handle short workload spikes.
Managed disk performance
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: managed disk bursting, Premium SSD bursting, Standard SSD bursting, on-demand disk bursting
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Compute
premium
Disk encryption set
A disk encryption set is an Azure resource that connects managed disks, snapshots, or images to a customer-managed key used for server-side encryption.
Managed disk encryption
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: DES, managed disk encryption set, disk CMK set, customer-managed key disk encryption set
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Compute
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Image
Image is a captured virtual machine operating system and configuration used to create new Azure virtual machines or image versions.
Images
beginner
4 commands
Aliases: Azure VM image, image, Image, virtual machine image, VM image
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Networking
premium
Load Balancer
Azure Load Balancer distributes TCP and UDP traffic across backend virtual machines, virtual machine scale sets, or IP configurations. It uses frontend IPs, backend pools, health probes, and rules to provide low-latency Layer 4 traffic distribution for public or internal workloads.
Load balancing
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: Azure Load Balancer, Standard Load Balancer, internal load balancer, public load balancer, layer 4 load balancer
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Compute
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cloud-init
A Linux initialization mechanism commonly used to configure VMs during first boot.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
3 commands
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Containers
premium
Container Instances
Azure serverless container compute for running container groups without managing virtual machines or a full orchestrator
Serverless containers
fundamentals
3 commands
Aliases: ACI
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Identity
premium
Managed identity
A managed identity is an automatically managed Microsoft Entra identity assigned to a supported Azure resource. It lets workloads authenticate to services that support Microsoft Entra authentication without storing passwords, certificates, or client secrets in code, configuration, or deployment pipelines.
Microsoft Entra workload identity
intermediate
3 commands
Aliases: Managed identity, system-assigned managed identity, user-assigned managed identity, Azure workload identity, secretless authentication, system-assigned identity, user-assigned identity, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra workload identity
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Networking
premium
Application security group
An application security group lets you group virtual machine network interfaces so network security group rules can target application roles instead of explicit IP addresses.
Network security
fundamentals
2 commands
Aliases: ASG, application security group
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Storage
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SMB file share
Microsoft Learn describes an Azure Files SMB file share as a file share in a storage account that applications and users can mount with the Server Message Block protocol. It supports shared file access for Windows and compatible clients while Azure manages storage durability, capacity, snapshots, networking, and access controls.
Azure Files
intermediate
14 commands
Aliases: Azure Files SMB share, SMB share, Azure file share, network file share
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Databases
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MySQL flexible server
MySQL flexible server is Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server, a managed MySQL service with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, high availability, maintenance, and server parameters. Microsoft Learn positions it as a production-ready database platform that reduces infrastructure work while preserving operational control.
MySQL flexible server
fundamentals
8 commands
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Containers
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AKS cluster autoscaler
The AKS cluster autoscaler changes how many Kubernetes nodes are available in an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster. When pods are waiting because there is not enough room, it can add nodes to a node pool. When nodes sit underused, it can remove them safely after checks. It is not the same as scaling application replicas; it scales the infrastructure those replicas land on. Good settings keep workloads moving without leaving expensive virtual machines idle all week.
Azure Kubernetes Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: cluster autoscaler, AKS node autoscaler, node pool autoscaler, CA on AKS
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Containers
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AKS node image
An AKS node image is the AKS-tested operating system image used by cluster nodes. Microsoft regularly publishes updated node images with security fixes, component updates, and bug fixes, and teams can upgrade node images separately from Kubernetes minor version upgrades.
AKS operations
Intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: AKS node image, aks-node-image, aks-cluster, aks-node, node-pool, aks-cluster-upgrade, aks-maintenance-window, kubernetes-version, aks-linux-node-pool, aks-windows-node-pool, node-image-upgrade, automatic-os-image-upgrade
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Storage
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Azure Files
Azure Files provides managed SMB and NFS file shares in Azure for applications, users, containers, and virtual machines that still need file-system access.
Managed file shares
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure file shares, Azure managed file shares, cloud file shares
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Compute
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Deallocated VM
A virtual machine state where compute allocation is released and billing changes accordingly.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
5 commands
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Compute
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Dedicated host group
A group resource that organizes Azure Dedicated Hosts.
Virtual Machines
intermediate
5 commands
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Compute
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Premium SSD disk
A Premium SSD disk is a faster Azure managed disk for virtual machines that need steadier storage performance than standard disks.
Disks and images
intermediate
5 commands
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Compute
verified
Proximity placement group
A proximity placement group keeps Azure compute resources physically close to reduce latency.
Performance
intermediate
5 commands
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Management and Governance
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Quota increase request
A quota increase request asks Azure to raise a service limit for a subscription, provider, region, or resource family. Teams use it when current usage or planned deployment capacity exceeds available quota and Azure must approve or apply a higher limit.
Azure Quotas
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure quota request, quota limit increase, service limit increase
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Containers
verified
Registry private endpoint
A registry private endpoint lets workloads reach Azure Container Registry through private network addressing instead of the public registry endpoint. Your registry remains a managed Azure service, but clients such as AKS nodes, self-hosted build agents, virtual machines, or container platforms connect
Azure Container Registry
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: ACR private endpoint, Azure Container Registry Private Link, private registry endpoint, container registry private endpoint
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Networking
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Subnet
A subnet is a smaller address range inside an Azure virtual network. It is where many network-connected resources actually land, such as virtual machines, private endpoints, container nodes, and delegated platform services. Subnets let teams separate workloads, apply network security groups, attach route tables, reserve IP space, and control private connectivity. A good subnet plan gives every workload enough addresses and the right network controls. A bad plan creates overlapping ranges, blocked traffic, exhausted IPs, or painful migrations later.
Virtual networking
fundamentals
5 commands
Aliases: Azure subnet, VNet subnet, virtual network subnet, subnet address prefix
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Management and Governance
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Tracked resource
A tracked resource is an Azure Resource Manager resource type with top-level lifecycle, location, and tags. Unlike proxy or extension resources, tracked resources are represented as managed Azure resources that can be inventoried, tagged, governed, deployed, moved, and queried through Resource Manager. reliably.
Azure Resource Manager
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: ARM tracked resource, top-level Azure resource, Azure resource, tracked ARM resource, resource with location and tags
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