Implications of Not Using Azure Paired Regions

Explore the implications of not utilizing Azure paired regions in this comprehensive 44-minute video tutorial. Learn about regional pairings, their pros and cons, and alternative strategies for ensuring data redundancy and disaster recovery. Discover how Azure's evolution has impacted regional pairing, and examine options for regions without pairs. Dive into Azure storage solutions, object-level replication, and application-level handling of data distribution. Investigate Azure Key Vault options, considering latency and backup strategies. Gain insights into Azure update processes, bake-in times, and best practices for multi-region deployments. Understand the importance of Availability Zones and receive recommendations for optimal region selection and service deployment order. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a thorough understanding of Azure regional strategies and how to implement them effectively in your cloud infrastructure.

- Introduction
- Azure paired regions
- What are the pairings
- Pros and cons of use
- Evolution of Azure
- Regions with no pair
- Service region options
- Azure storage
- Object level replication
- Handle in the application
- Azure Key Vault options
- Does latency matter?
- Backup and restore option
- Managed HSM
- Custom solution
- Don't have global secrets, certs and keys
- Azure updates
- Bake-in times
- AZ back-in times
- Active, passive etc
- Use the AZ back-in time
- Use canary/pilot with testing
- Region recommendations
- Service region order
- Use many regions and use AZs
- Summary