Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,550 --> 00:00:07,600 So after having our first tour of Asia, let's delve in into some basic concepts that you should know 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,280 about Asia and the first one is Regions. 3 00:00:11,650 --> 00:00:16,450 Now, I know we've already talked a lot about regions, and I'm not going to repeat everything we talked 4 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:17,620 about before. 5 00:00:17,980 --> 00:00:25,490 But there is a specific aspect of regions which I want to discuss, and this is selecting regions. 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:31,540 So, as we said, almost every resource in Asia should be placed in a region. 7 00:00:31,630 --> 00:00:37,120 And as you probably remember, when we created a new resource group in the portal, we had to select 8 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,570 the region it will be placed in. 9 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:45,640 So, for example, also when creating a virtual machine, we need to select the region in this case 10 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:46,240 with us. 11 00:00:46,390 --> 00:00:49,720 But, of course, you can pick whichever region you want. 12 00:00:49,870 --> 00:00:53,390 So the question, of course, is how to select region. 13 00:00:53,590 --> 00:00:58,310 What are the factors that influence the regions that we select for our resource? 14 00:00:59,170 --> 00:01:03,080 So it turns out there are multiple factors and I want to review them. 15 00:01:03,610 --> 00:01:08,380 So the first one is geographical proximity to the systems audience. 16 00:01:09,350 --> 00:01:15,740 So if you will take a look again at the original, you should always pick the region that is the closest 17 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,910 to the audience you target in your system. 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:24,890 So, for example, if your target audience is in the United States, then you should probably pick one 19 00:01:24,890 --> 00:01:26,360 of these regions. 20 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:32,450 On the other hand, if your target audience is located in Australia, then you should better pick one 21 00:01:32,450 --> 00:01:33,410 of these. 22 00:01:34,220 --> 00:01:37,710 So this is the fifth factor, the geographical proximity. 23 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:40,970 Another one is services availability. 24 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:47,470 So it turns out not every actual service is available in all the regions. 25 00:01:47,870 --> 00:01:53,480 And as you can see from this table, which you can access using the link at the bottom of the slide, 26 00:01:53,810 --> 00:01:59,370 the premium plan of actual functions is not available in the region. 27 00:01:59,390 --> 00:02:02,150 Canada is also the premium plan. 28 00:02:02,150 --> 00:02:08,000 Linux and the consumption plan Linux of Asia functions are not available in this region. 29 00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:15,380 In addition, consumption plan Linux is also not available in West central US region. 30 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:22,490 So as you can see, not all services are available in all the regions and you should always make sure 31 00:02:22,580 --> 00:02:26,750 that the service you want to create is available in the region you want to use. 32 00:02:28,070 --> 00:02:30,730 Another factor is availability zones. 33 00:02:31,220 --> 00:02:36,260 So, as we discussed earlier, some of the regions have availability zones. 34 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:43,280 And as a reminder and availability zone means that the region has more than one physical data center 35 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:50,140 so that if one data center fails, we have another one that will keep walking in this region. 36 00:02:50,450 --> 00:02:57,200 So if you have strict redundancy requirements and you want to make sure that in the case of data center 37 00:02:57,230 --> 00:03:03,650 fellow, the region will still be available, then you will better go with a region that has availability 38 00:03:03,650 --> 00:03:04,110 zones. 39 00:03:04,820 --> 00:03:13,100 Next is pricing and it might surprise you, but there is a difference in some cloud services pricing 40 00:03:13,490 --> 00:03:14,640 between regions. 41 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:22,070 So, for example, if you look at this screenshot, then you can see that a virtual machine is specific 42 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:29,900 for machine in no way, which will cost around one hundred ninety two dollars per month is the very 43 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:30,350 same. 44 00:03:30,350 --> 00:03:34,250 Virtual machine will be cheaper in with us. 45 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:41,300 As you can see in this region, this machine will cost one hundred fifty two dollars per month. 46 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,380 So this is another factor which affects the region selection. 47 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:53,660 So these are the factors for selecting the region and I highly recommend applying them when making that 48 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:54,200 decision. 5263