2Azure Architecture Fundamentals

• 2.1Azure Geography (Regions and Availability Zones)

  Understand Azure global structure—regions, region pairs, availability zones, and datacenters—and how it relates to availability and data residency.

• 2.2The Resource Hierarchy (Management Groups, Subscriptions, Resource Groups)

  Understand the hierarchy that organizes and governs Azure resources—management group > subscription > resource group > resource—and Azure Resource Manager (ARM), the layer you operate them through.