AZ-900 Part 12: Choose the best tools for managing and configuring your Azure environment

When you're attempting to quickly set up and configure Azure resources, a __________ tool is usually the better choice.

code-based

_______________ details only a desired outcome, and it allows an interpreter to decide how to best achieve that outcome.

declarative code

There are two approaches to infrastructure as code:

imperative code and declarative code.

What is the best infrastructure-as-code option for quickly and reliably setting up your entire cloud infrastructure declaratively? ( 1. ARM templates 2. Azure PowerShell 3. The Azure portal 4. The Azure CLI )

1. ARM templates

Also, the code that performs setup and configuration can be stored, versioned, and maintained along with application source code in a source code-management tool such as Git. This approach to managing hardware and cloud resources, which developers use when they write application code, is referred to as _____________

infrastructure as code.

At a high level, there are two broad categories of management and configuring tools:

visual tools and code-based tools.

You're a developer who needs to set up your first VM to host a process that runs nightly. Which of the following tools is your best choice? ( 1. ARM templates 2. Azure PowerShell 3. The Azure portal 4. The Azure CLI )

3. The Azure portal

As an administrator, you need to retrieve the IP address from a particular VM by using Bash. Which of the following tools should you use? ( 1. ARM templates 2. Azure PowerShell 3. The Azure portal 4. The Azure CLI )

4. The Azure CLI

the __________ is an executable program with which a developer, DevOps professional, or IT professional can execute commands in Bash.

Azure CLI command-line interface

______________ is a shell with which developers and DevOps and IT professionals can execute commands called cmdlets (pronounced command-lets). These commands call the Azure Rest API to perform every possible management task in Azure. Cmdlets can be executed independently or combined into a script file and executed together to orchestrate:

Azure PowerShell

Although it's possible to write imperative code in Azure PowerShell or the Azure CLI to set up and tear down one Azure resource or orchestrate an infrastructure comprising hundreds of resources, there's a better way to implement this functionality. By using ______________, you can describe the resources you want to use in a declarative JSON format.

Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates)

The ____________ provides iOS and Android access to your Azure resources when you're away from your computer.

Azure mobile app

By using the _____________, a web-based user interface, you can access virtually every feature of Azure. The ____________ provides a friendly, graphical UI to view all the services you're using, create new services, configure your services, and view reports. The ____________ is how most users first experience Azure.

Azure portal

Management and configuration product options

Azure portal; Azure mobile app; Azure Powershell; Azure CLI; ARM templates

____________ details each individual step that should be performed to achieve a desired outcome.

Imperative code