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description: "In this introductory module, you learn about a business scenario that requires services to be migrated from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Azure. We use this scenario to illustrate features and methods throughout the module."
title: Understand identity and access management in Azure compared to AWS
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title: Understand identity and access management in Azure compared to AWS
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description: "An essential function of any cloud service is to authenticate users and authorize them to access the resources they need to do their jobs. In this unit, you see how Azure performs Identity and Access Management (IAM) and how that compares to Amazon Web Services (AWS)."
title: Compare governance services on AWS with Azure
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title: Compare governance services on AWS with Azure
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description: "In this unit, you examine features of Azure that enable you to govern and monitor data usage, and comply with legislation. Then, you relate those features to similar Amazon Web Services (AWS) functionality."
title: Understand the differences between AWS and Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service options
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title: Understand the differences between AWS and Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service options
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description: "Cloud services provide replacements for on-premises infrastructure, including servers, information storage, and networking configurations. Learn how the implementation of this functionality in Azure compares to Amazon Web Services (AWS)."
description: "Data hosting and analysis services, whether they're relational, semi-structured, or data warehouses, underpin enterprises, and are frequently business-critical. Learn how the data services you're familiar with in Amazon Web Services (AWS) map to Azure functionality."
title: Compare event driven architecture and messaging services in AWS and Azure
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title: Compare event driven architecture and messaging services in AWS and Azure
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description: "Learn about the services in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure that solutions can call to broadcast events and exchange messages. Choose Azure services that are equivalent to AWS messaging and event-driven communication services."
title: Examine Kubernetes hosting in AWS and Azure
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title: Examine Kubernetes hosting in AWS and Azure
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description: "Learn about how you can host Kubernetes clusters and their containers in Azure and compare those services to their equivalent in Amazon Web Services (AWS)."
description: "Test what you learned about Azure and how it compares to Amazon Web Services (AWS)."
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ms.date: 01/16/2025
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author: carols
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ms.author: carols
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ms.topic: unit
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durationInMinutes: 3
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content: |
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quiz:
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questions:
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- content: "You're using AWS S3 to host videos that are published on your public-facing website. Now, you're migrating the site to the Azure App Service. Which of the following Azure services can you use to replace AWS S3?"
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choices:
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- content: "Azure Blob Storage"
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isCorrect: true
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explanation: "Correct. Azure Blob Storage is optimized for storing unstructured data such as videos and serving it quickly."
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- content: "Azure Functions"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. Azure Functions isn't designed to store and serve videos, it's a service that hosts custom code for serverless execution."
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- content: "Azure Managed Disks"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. Azure Managed Disks store block-level volumes to be used as virtual disks for Virtual Machines (VMs). You can't use it to store and serve videos."
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- content: "Your developers created a web app that consists of five virtual machines and a NoSQL database. You want to create and manage all these resources as a single unit in your Azure subscription. Which object should you create to group them?"
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choices:
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- content: "An Azure management group"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. In Azure, use management groups to associate all your Azure subscriptions. You can't use them to group resources."
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- content: "A Microsoft Entra ID security group"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. Microsoft Entra ID security groups are used to assign security permissions to multiple security principals. You can't use them to group resources in Azure."
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- content: "An Azure resource group"
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isCorrect: true
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explanation: "Correct. In Azure, use resource groups to associate multiple resources into a single unit to make management easier."
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- content: "You have 10 members of your IT management team who should be able to administrator Virtual Machines (VMs) and Cosmos DB databases in your subscription. You want to assign these permissions and manage them efficiently. Which object should you use?"
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choices:
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- content: "A role-based access security (RBAC) role"
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isCorrect: true
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explanation: "Correct. You can create an RBAC role that assigns full control over VMs and Cosmos DB and assign it to the subscription. User accounts with this role receive the necessary permissions."
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- content: "An Azure Policy"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. Use Azure Policies to enforce governance rules over Azure resources. You can't use them to assign permissions to resources."
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- content: "An Azure resource group"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. Azure resource groups associate resources into a single unit for easier administration. You can't use them to assign permissions to resources."
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- content: "You're migrating your Kubernetes cluster from AWS to Azure. Which of the following operations must you complete manually?"
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choices:
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- content: "Control plane setup."
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isCorrect: true
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explanation: "Correct. In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you must manually configure the control plane, but scaling of the control plane and worker nodes is automatic."
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- content: "Control plane scaling."
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), the service can scale the control plane automatically."
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- content: "Working node scaling."
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), the service can scale the worker nodes automatically."
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- content: "You have an AWS DynamoDB database that you want to migrate to Azure as easily as possible. Which of these database services should you use?"
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choices:
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- content: "Azure Database for MariaDB"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect. AWS DynamoDB is a NoSQL database but Azure Database for MariaDB is a relational database."
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- content: "Azure Cosmos DB"
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isCorrect: true
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explanation: "Correct. AWS DynamoDB is a NoSQL database. Of the choices in this question, only Cosmos DB supports NoSQL data."
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- content: "Azure SQL Database"
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isCorrect: false
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explanation: "Incorrect: AWS DynamoDB is a NoSQL database but Azure SQL Database is a relational database."
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is similar to Microsoft Azure in that it offers a growing range of AI, compute, storage, database, and other services. While both platforms have similarities in their capabilities, the implementations of cloud services are often different. When planning a migration for some or all of your workloads, you need to understand important concepts, such as identity and access management (IAM), governance, IaaS services, storage, and more.
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Suppose you work for a global clothing retailer. Most of your business-critical systems are hosted on AWS. But recently, a merger with a retailing competitor requires you to understand their cloud systems, which are hosted on Azure. You want to investigate the differences and similarities between Azure and AWS and determine how systems equivalent to your AWS architecture can be deployed in Azure.
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In this module you learn about the key differences between the two platforms, and how to get more information to manage your migration.
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:::image type="content" source="../media/introduction-overview.png" alt-text="A diagram showing the types of service provided by Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS." border="false":::
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> The services offered by each platform aren't identical, or called by the same name. For a comparison of the services offered by AWS and Azure, see [AWS to Azure services comparison](/azure/architecture/aws-professional/services)
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## Learning objectives
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At the end of this module, you're able to:
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- Understand identity and access management (IAM) in Azure compared to AWS.
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- Compare governance services on AWS with Azure.
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- Understand the differences between AWS and Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) options.
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- Compare database services in AWS and Azure.
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- Compare event driven architecture and messaging services in AWS and Azure.
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- Compare Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).
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- Understand where to find more information about AWS equivalent Azure services.
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