Microsoft Azure
Microsoft cloud platform with more than 200 products and services to create innovative solutions in a secure and reliable way.
What is Microsoft Azure?
Microsoft’s ever-expanding cloud platform with more than 200 services and technology products to create innovative solutions in a secure and reliable way by offering the possibility to build, deploy and manage applications in a massive global network, making use of the platforms and tools that your organization determines.
The possibilities with Azure are very extensive
From running existing applications on virtual machines to providing machine learning and artificial intelligence services that interact naturally with the user through voice, audio, and images; In addition, it has dynamic storage solutions for large volumes of data.
Benefits of Microsoft Azure
Some advantages of using Azure in your organization are:
- Cloud Business
- Cost Reduction
- Flexibility and Scalability
- Enhanced Security
- Compliance
- Centralized Management
- Integration with other platforms
Microsoft Azure Categories
Azure services and products are grouped into specialized categories such as:
- Administration and Government
- Analysis
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Containers
- Databases
- DevOps
- Developer Tools
- Hybrid and Multi Cloud
- Identity
- Integration
- Internet of Things
- Migration
- Mixed Reality
- Mobility
- Multimedia
- Networks
- Process
- Safety
- Storage
- Web
- Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft Azure Service Models
Azure provides four cloud service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (Saas), and Serverless Technology.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
It offers essential pay-as-you-go and on-demand resources, such as storage, processing, and networking. Some common IaaS scenarios are:
- Lift-and-shift migration
- Development and testing
- Storage, backup and recovery
- Web Applications
- High Performance Computing
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
It’s a complete development and deployment environment in the cloud, with resources that enable delivery from simple applications to complex enterprise applications. PaaS includes infrastructure such as IaaS, adding development tools, business intelligence, middleware and database administration. Some common PaaS scenarios are:
- Framework for development
- Business Analytics
- Flows, directories, security, etc.
Software as a Service (Saas)
It allows users to use cloud-based applications when connecting via the Internet, allowing them to deploy and run applications with minimal time and cost. Some of the common SaaS scenarios are:
- Collaboration and Productivity
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Serverless Computing
It allows developers to build applications faster because infrastructure management is not required, so it increases productivity and innovation by offering the possibility for the developer to focus on business logic and add value.