Microsoft Azure Interview Questions – Set 02

What is Azure Redis Cache?

Redis cache is an open-source, in-memory data structure store, which is used as a database, cache, and message broker. Azure Redis Cache resembles the famous open-source Redis cache. It provides access to a secure and dedicated Redis cache that is managed by Microsoft and accessible from any application inside Azure.

Why we use VNet? Name the power states of a Virtual Machine.

We can represent our network within the cloud using VNet. VNet logically isolates our instances launched in the cloud, from the rest of our resources. The various power state of a Virtual Machine is: Running, Starting, Stopping, Deallocating, etc.

What type of web application can be deployed with Azure?

Microsoft released SDKs for both Java and Ruby to allow applications written in those languages to place calls to the Azure Service Platform API to the AppFabric Service.

What is Azure Search?

It is a cloud search-as-a-service solution that delegates server and infrastructure management to Microsoft, leaving us with a ready-to-use service that we can populate with our data and then use to add search to our web or mobile application. Azure search allows us to easily add a robust search experience to our applications using a simple REST API or .NET SDK without managing search infrastructure or becoming an expert in search.

Explain the SQL Azure database.

Microsoft Azure SQL database is a way to get associated with cloud services where we can store our database into the cloud. It has a similar component of SQL Server, i.e., high accessibility, versatility, and security in the core.

Explain cmdlet in Azure?

A cmdlet is a lightweight command that can be used as a part of the Microsoft Azure PowerShell environment. The cmdlets are summoned by the Azure PowerShell that automates the script, which is in the command line. Azure PowerShell runtime additionally invokes them automatically through Azure PowerShell APIs.

What are Redis databases?

It is a fully managed, open-source, compatible in-memory data store to power fast and scalable applications.

What is network security groups?

A network security group allows us to manage the network traffic to NIC or subnets etc. The network load will be distributed as needed if it is connected wisely.

Explain Role in terms of Microsoft Azure.

Roles are nothing, but the servers are layman terms. Servers are managed, load-balanced, platform as a Service virtual machines that work together to achieve a common goal.

These roles are divided into three parts

Web Role: It is used to deploy a website, using the languages supported by the IIS platform (like PHP, .NET, etc.). It was configured and customized to run web applications.
Worker Role: It helps the web role to execute background processes, unlike the web Role, which is used to deploy the website.
VM Role: It can be used by a user to schedule tasks and other windows services. We can use the VM role to customize the machine on which the web and worker role is running.

How to create a VM in Azure CLI?

az vm create `
–resource-group myResourceGroup `
–name myVM –image win2016datacenter `
–admin-username Azureuser `
–admin-password myPassword12