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Author: v-thpra

learn-pr/azure/azure-well-architected-introduction/1-introduction.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Introduction
 metadata:
   title: Introduction
   description: Introduction
-  ms.date: 05/19/2020
+  ms.date: 04/17/2023
   author: martinekuan
   ms.author: martinek
   ms.topic: interactive-tutorial

learn-pr/azure/azure-well-architected-introduction/2-pillars.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
 metadata:
   title: Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
   description: Learn about the five pillars in the Azure Well-Architected Framework.
-  ms.date: 05/19/2020
+  ms.date: 04/17/2023
   author: martinekuan
   ms.author: martinek
   ms.topic: interactive-tutorial

learn-pr/azure/azure-well-architected-introduction/3-cost-optimization.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Cost optimization
 metadata:
   title: Cost optimization
   description: Learn about how you can design your cloud architecture to optimize for cost.
-  ms.date: 05/19/2020
+  ms.date: 04/17/2023
   author: martinekuan
   ms.author: martinek
   ms.topic: interactive-tutorial
@@ -16,35 +16,35 @@ quiz:
   title: Check your knowledge
   questions:
 
-  - content: 'Which of the following actions is an example of waste, resulting in an increased resource cost?'
+  - content: "Which of the following actions is an example of waste, resulting in an increased resource cost?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'Archiving infrequently accessed data to an archive storage tier.'
+    - content: "Archiving infrequently accessed data to an archive storage tier."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Archiving infrequently accessed data is a great way to lower costs.'
-    - content: 'Using a service that automatically adjusts resources that are provisioned to match user load.'
+      explanation: "Archiving infrequently accessed data is a great way to lower costs."
+    - content: "Using a service that automatically adjusts resources that are provisioned to match user load."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Automatically matching capacity to demand helps you lower your costs.'
-    - content: 'Pooling databases to share provisioned capacity.'
+      explanation: "Automatically matching capacity to demand helps you lower your costs."
+    - content: "Pooling databases to share provisioned capacity."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'You can reduce your overall costs by sharing resources across multiple databases.'
-    - content: 'Running a development environment overnight that is used only during business hours.'
+      explanation: "You can reduce your overall costs by sharing resources across multiple databases."
+    - content: "Running a development environment overnight that is used only during business hours."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'A nonproduction environment that is unused outside business hours can be shut down to reduce costs.'
+      explanation: "A nonproduction environment that is unused outside business hours can be shut down to reduce costs."
 
-  - content: 'Which of the following practices is a good way to reduce costs?'
+  - content: "Which of the following practices is a good way to reduce costs?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'Conducting regular reviews of cloud bills to identify abnormal increases in spend.'
+    - content: "Conducting regular reviews of cloud bills to identify abnormal increases in spend."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'You should regularly review your bills to identify any abnormalities in your spend, and identifying areas where you can reduce costs.'
-    - content: 'Letting all IT teams have access to provision virtual machines of any size.'
+      explanation: "You should regularly review your bills to identify any abnormalities in your spend, and identifying areas where you can reduce costs."
+    - content: "Letting all IT teams have access to provision virtual machines of any size."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'You should restrict access to allow provisioning of only the VM sizes that are appropriate and necessary for the workload.'
-    - content: 'Provisioning the same capacity in development environments as for production, even though resource requirements are substantially lower in development environments.'
+      explanation: "You should restrict access to allow provisioning of only the VM sizes that are appropriate and necessary for the workload."
+    - content: "Provisioning the same capacity in development environments as for production, even though resource requirements are substantially lower in development environments."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Overprovisioning in development environments is an example of waste. By reducing the provisioned capacity, you can reduce costs.'
-    - content: 'Provisioning virtual machines that include licensing costs rather than using a bring-your-own-license image.'
+      explanation: "Overprovisioning in development environments is an example of waste. By reducing the provisioned capacity, you can reduce costs."
+    - content: "Provisioning virtual machines that include licensing costs rather than using a bring-your-own-license image."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Take advantage of licenses that you already own to save costs.'
+      explanation: "Take advantage of licenses that you already own to save costs."
 
   - content: "Suppose you have recently moved your application to the cloud and your monthly bill seems higher than expected. The utilization level of your VM is high enough that you're hesitant to downsize. What might be a reasonable next step you can take to help you find inefficiencies?"
     choices:

learn-pr/azure/azure-well-architected-introduction/4-operational-excellence.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Operational excellence
 metadata:
   title: Operational excellence
   description: Operational excellence
-  ms.date: 05/19/2020
+  ms.date: 04/17/2023
   author: martinekuan
   ms.author: martinek
   ms.topic: interactive-tutorial
@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@ content: |
 quiz:
   title: Check your knowledge
   questions:
-  - content: 'Which of the following is a good example of using testing in your environment?'
+  - content: "Which of the following is a good example of using testing in your environment?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'Waiting for users to reach out to you with reports of errors in your application.'
+    - content: "Waiting for users to reach out to you with reports of errors in your application."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'This is a poor practice and results in a bad user experience.'
-    - content: 'Performing functionality tests in the development environment that are different from functionality tests in the production environment.'
+      explanation: "This practice is poor and results in a bad user experience."
+    - content: "Performing functionality tests in the development environment that are different from functionality tests in the production environment."
       isCorrect: false
       explanation: "You should perform the same functional tests between environments to ensure you're identifying issues early in your development process rather than in production."
-    - content: 'Omitting infrastructure deployment from test plans.'
+    - content: "Omitting infrastructure deployment from test plans."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Infrastructure deployment should be included in test plans to avoid introducing errors or issues due to misconfigured infrastructure.'
-    - content: 'Performing regular security tests of your application code in development and production environments.'
+      explanation: "Infrastructure deployment should be included in test plans to avoid introducing errors or issues due to misconfigured infrastructure."
+    - content: "Performing regular security tests of your application code in development and production environments."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'Regular security tests are a key element of security for your application and can help identify security defects and issues.'
-  - content: 'Which of the following is a good example of using automation to improve operational excellence?'
+      explanation: "Regular security tests are a key element of security for your application and can help identify security defects and issues."
+  - content: "Which of the following examples uses automation to improve operational excellence?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'Manually provisioning development environments every day for your development teams.'
+    - content: "Manually provisioning development environments every day for your development teams."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'This is an excellent opportunity to provide automated deployments that your development team can use for self-service.'
-    - content: 'Logging on Linux VMs after deployment and installing the software packages that are required for the application.'
+      explanation: "This is an excellent opportunity to provide automated deployments that your development team can use for self-service."
+    - content: "Logging on Linux VMs after deployment and installing the software packages that are required for the application."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Post-deployment configuration should be included in an automated build process to reduce error and variance.'
-    - content: 'Using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure in each environment.'
+      explanation: "Post-deployment configuration should be included in an automated build process to reduce error and variance."
+    - content: "Using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure in each environment."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'By using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure, you can be sure to have consistent, repeatable environments.'
-    - content: 'Manually copying application binaries from your build system to your deployment infrastructure.'
+      explanation: "By using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure, you can be sure to have consistent, repeatable environments."
+    - content: "Manually copying application binaries from your build system to your deployment infrastructure."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Automation would reduce the risk of errors that occur when manual steps are performed.'
+      explanation: "Automation would reduce the risk of errors that occur when manual steps are performed."

learn-pr/azure/azure-well-architected-introduction/5-performance-efficiency.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Performance efficiency
 metadata:
   title: Performance efficiency
   description: Performance efficiency
-  ms.date: 05/19/2020
+  ms.date: 04/17/2023
   author: martinekuan
   ms.author: martinek
   ms.topic: interactive-tutorial
@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@ content: |
 quiz:
   title: Check your knowledge
   questions:
-  - content: 'Which of the following is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling)?'
+  - content: "Which of the following is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling)?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'Updating your application to use a queuing service'
+    - content: "Updating your application to use a queuing service."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Including a queuing service in your application can be a smart architectural decision, but is not an example of vertical scaling.'
-    - content: 'Adding more web servers into a web farm'
+      explanation: "Including a queuing service in your application can be a smart architectural decision, but isn't an example of vertical scaling."
+    - content: "Adding more web servers into a web farm."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Adding more web servers into a web farm is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling).'
-    - content: 'Adding another virtual machine into a database cluster'
+      explanation: "Adding more web servers into a web farm is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling)."
+    - content: "Adding another virtual machine into a database cluster."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Adding another virtual machine into a database cluster is not an example of vertical scaling.'
-    - content: 'Updating a virtual machine to a larger size'
+      explanation: "Adding another virtual machine into a database cluster isn't an example of vertical scaling."
+    - content: "Updating a virtual machine to a larger size."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'Changing a virtual machine to a larger size increases the resources available to the instance, and is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling).'
-  - content: 'Which of the following is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling)?'
+      explanation: "Changing a virtual machine to a larger size increases the resources available to the instance, and is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling)."
+  - content: "Which of the following is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling)?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'Updating a virtual machine to a larger size'
+    - content: "Updating a virtual machine to a larger size."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Changing a virtual machine to a larger size increases the resources available to the instance, and is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling).'
-    - content: 'Adding more storage to a virtual machine'
+      explanation: "Changing a virtual machine to a larger size increases the resources available to the instance, and is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling)."
+    - content: "Adding more storage to a virtual machine."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Adding more storage to a virtual machine is not an example of horizontal scaling.'
-    - content: 'Adding more web servers into a web farm'
+      explanation: "Adding more storage to a virtual machine isn't an example of horizontal scaling."
+    - content: "Adding more web servers into a web farm."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'Adding more web servers into a web farm is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling).'
-    - content: 'Replicating backups to another region'
+      explanation: "Adding more web servers into a web farm is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling)."
+    - content: "Replicating backups to another region"
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'Replicating backups to another region is not applicable to scaling of resources.'
+      explanation: "Replicating backups to another region isn't applicable to scaling of resources."

learn-pr/azure/azure-well-architected-introduction/6-reliability.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Reliability
 metadata:
   title: Reliability
   description: Reliability
-  ms.date: 05/19/2020
+  ms.date: 04/17/2023
   author: martinekuan
   ms.author: martinek
   ms.topic: interactive-tutorial
@@ -17,26 +17,26 @@ quiz:
   questions: 
   - content: "Suppose you want to increase the availability of your system to provide a better service-level agreement (SLA) to your customers. Which of the following is a guiding principle you can use?"
     choices:
-    - content: "Reduce your target for maximum duration of acceptable data loss"
+    - content: "Reduce your target for maximum duration of acceptable data loss."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "This can increase recoverability, not availability."
-    - content: "Encrypt all data at rest"
+      explanation: "This action can increase recoverability, but not availability."
+    - content: "Encrypt all data at rest."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: "This can increase security, not availability."
-    - content: "Eliminate single point of failure"
+      explanation: "This action can increase security, but not availability."
+    - content: "Eliminate single point of failure."
       isCorrect: true
       explanation: "Reliability focuses on maintaining service despite temporary conditions and localized failures. Adding redundancy to eliminate single points of failure is a core strategy for improving availability."
-  - content: 'Which of the following would be affected by your defined recovery point objective (RPO)?'
+  - content: "Which of the following is affected by your defined recovery point objective (RPO)?"
     choices:
-    - content: 'The frequency of database backups'
+    - content: "The frequency of database backups."
       isCorrect: true
-      explanation: 'Because the recovery point objective is concerned with the amount of data loss that is tolerable, the frequency of backups needs to be within this time window and is directly affected by your defined RPO.'
-    - content: 'The number of regions that data is replicated to'
+      explanation: "The recovery point objective (RPO) defines the amount of tolerable data loss. So, the frequency of backups needs to be within this time window, and your defined RPO directly affects it."
+    - content: "The number of regions that data is replicated to."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'The number of regions that data is replicated to is an important consideration, but is not affected by your defined RPO.'
-    - content: 'The number of instances in a database cluster'
+      explanation: "The number of regions that data is replicated to is an important consideration, but your defined RPO doesn't affect it."
+    - content: "The number of instances in a database cluster."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'The number of instances in a database cluster can be an important decision, but is not affected by your defined RPO.'
-    - content: 'The type of load-balancing technology used in your application'
+      explanation: "The number of instances in a database cluster can be an important decision, but your defined RPO doesn't affect it."
+    - content: "The type of load-balancing technology used in your application."
       isCorrect: false
-      explanation: 'The type of load-balancing technology used in your application can be an important decision, but is not affected by your defined RPO.'
+      explanation: "The type of load-balancing technology used in your application can be an important decision, but your defined RPO doesn't affect it."