Azure is a Cloud Computing Service given by Microsoft. Azure was announced in the year 2008 and released in the year 2010. Earlier it was called Windows Azure now it is Microsoft Azure.
What is Azure?
“Microsoft Azure is a growing collection of integrated cloud services which developers and IT professionals use to build, deploy and manage applications through our global network of datacentres. With Azure, you get the freedom to build and deploy wherever you want, using the tools, applications and frameworks of your choice.” Reference – Microsoft Azure
For Microsoft Azure Certification list visit this link Microsoft Azure Certification List
As per Wikipedia
“Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure) is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centres.” Reference – Wikipedia
In the Azure portal users can create Virtual Machines (VMs), can configure VM disk size, CPU, RAM, and Operating System. Azure allows you to build your apps in .net, java, and PHP and deploy it as Azure supports a wide range of programming and operating systems and frameworks.
Azure follows characteristics of Cloud Computing such as On-demand resources, scalability, performance and much more.
Azure also allows you to build hybrid apps using cloud and on-premise.
Azure gives the solution for:
- Digital Marketing
- E-Commerce
- SharePoint on Azure
- SAP on Azure
- DevOps
- Cloud Migration
- Backup and Archive
- Gaming
- Mobile Apps
- Data Analytics
- Internet of things
- Virtual Machines (VMs)
Azure uses the following tools:
For Computing:
- Virtual Machine
- Cloud Service
- Service Fabric
For Networking:
- Azure DNS
- Load Balancer
- Express Route
- Network Watcher
For Storage:
- Data Lake Store
- Site Recovery
- StorSimple
For Containers:
- Container Registry
- Batch
For Database:
- SQL Database
- SQL Data Warehouse
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Redis Cache
For IoT:
- IoT Hub
- IoT Edge
For Developer:
- Visual Studio Team Services
- HockeyApp
- Xamarin
- Storage Explorer
Microsoft Azure Component and Services
Infrastructure – Tables, Blobs, Queue, Virtual Networks
Data – SQL DB, HDInsight, Caching
Applications – Mobile Services, Website, Media Services
Integration – CDN, Traffic Manager, BizTalk Services
Microsoft Azure Marketplace
- VM Images, Applications and Services
- Online Store for web apps like WordPress, SQL Server and many more
- Easy download and deployment
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