3Deploy and Manage Compute

• 3.1Virtual Machine (VM) Fundamentals

  Understand IaaS compute basics: VM building blocks (size, disks, NIC, image), managed disks, and regions/zones for availability.

• 3.2Scaling and High Availability

  Understand scaling and availability: autoscale with virtual machine scale sets (VMSS) and the difference between availability sets (fault/update domains) and availability zones.

• 3.3Compute Beyond VMs (App Service, Containers, Functions)

  Understand compute options with less management overhead than VMs: App Service (managed web hosting), containers (ACI/AKS), and Azure Functions (serverless).