Messaging services

 Application needs to listen and process events that are emitted from other Azure Services.

we can use the Azure Event Grid  ( messaging service ).

provide on-premises storage that has built-in replication to azure.

 Azure StorSimple replicated to Azure Blob Storage.

Add SQL managed instance to a failover group

 How to configure ? 

For two managed instances to participate in a failover group, there must be either expressroute or a gateway configured between the virtual networks of the two managed instances to allow network communication.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/failover-group-add-instance-tutorial?tabs=azure-portal#4---create-a-primary-gateway

storage accounts will generate storage ATP alerts

 Storage Threat Detection is available for the Blob Service.

how to identify underutilized resources ?

 Advisor helps you optimize and reduce your overall Azure Spend by identifying idle and underutilized resources. You can get cost recommendations from the cost tab on the advisor dashboard.

What is IntegrationRuntime in Data Factory ?

 The Integration Runtime ( IR ) is the compute infrastructure used by Azure Data Factory to provide data integration capabilities across different network environments. Azure SSIS  integration Runtime ( IR ) in Azure Data Factory ( ADF ) supports running SSIS  packages.

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What are the plan available in Azure Functions ?

 When you create a function app in Azure, you must choose a hosting plan for your app.

There are three basic hosting plan available for Azure Functions:

Consumption plan

Premium Plan 

Dedicated ( App Service Plan )

For the Consumption plan, you dont have to pay for idle VMs or reserve capacity in advance Connect to private endpoints with Azure Functions.

We can also integrate with the existing resources and it could be databases, file storage, message queues or event streams or Rest APIs