How do Azure datacenters relate to regions and availability zones at a fundamentals level?
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Short Explanation
Datacenters are the Lego bricks; regions and zones are how Microsoft groups those bricks on the map. No bricks, no cloud geography. Keep the physical building block idea front and center.
Full Explanation
Azure regions and availability zones are organized from physical datacenters. At fundamentals depth, datacenters are the building blocks of that geographic and fault-domain hierarchy. They are not diagram-only icons, SaaS apps, or replacements for the entire Azure hierarchy.