Learning Microsoft Azure Storage

Terminologies

Due to an overlap of terms and some misperceptions about the ways that Azure Services are delivered, terminology is a sticking point even for people who have been working with the technology for some time. The following table provides accurate but short definitions for terms related to Azure services. These definitions will be expanded upon in detail throughout the book, so don't worry if they are confused at first:

Term	Definition
On-premises	Means that your data center is hosted and managed from within your company.
Off-premises	Means that your data center is hosted and managed in a remote place (for example, hosted and managed outside your company).
Azure VM	The feature of providing VMs to Azure subscribers. ...