10 Things You Need to Know About Azure Availability Zones

Do you know all there is to know about Azure Availability Zones?  In this video, we go over 10 things to know about Availability Zones including how to use them and some of the limitations with Availability Zones. 

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Avoid these Mistakes with Azure Availability Zones and Availability Sets!

In this video we review Availability Sets including fault domains and update domains.  Then we look at Availability Zones.  After that we review Azure SLA’s for VMs deployed with Availability Sets and Availability Zones.  Once we understand these concepts, we look at two mistakes to avoid when deploying highly available solutions with Availability Sets and Availability Zones.

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Azure 101 – Azure Locations, Regions and High Availability

This is the first video in a 101, Introductory to Microsoft Azure series. The video starts by reviewing the current Azure geographies and regions, and works through tutorial of different options of leveraging Azure Regions for high availability. Topics include Azure Regions, Availability Sets, Availability Zones and Paired regions.