Azure Tutorials - What is Azure?
In this section we are going to explore and understand the Microsoft Azure service. The Microsoft Azure service is one of the top cloud platforms for running small and big size applications. All the hardware and infrastructures are managed by Microsoft. Users will be able to rent servers for hosting a variety of applications on this cloud platform. Microsoft Azure cloud platform is used by 80% of the top enterprises to host their latest applications.
The Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform is offering nearly 200 products and services, which is designed for helping clients in building and deploying applications to meet their business challenges. It comes with the set of tools and services to enable enterprise to deploy applications across multiple clouds. It also helps the developers in deploying applications in-premises, on the cloud and on the edge devices. Applications deployed on the various platforms can be integrated using the services provides by Azure cloud.
Microsoft Azure or simple Azure is a cloud computing services offered by
Microsoft that allows the developers to build, deploy and run their application
on the cloud. Microsoft is running datacenters and it is rented to the clients
on the minute, hour or monthly basis. Developers can take advantage to build,
test and deploy applications of any size. The Microsoft cloud is offered as
software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as
a service (IaaS), which supports almost all the programming languages. If you
are not able to find the programming language you are looking for then you can
create virtual machines for your targeted operating system, install software of
your choice and use it for deploying your applications. So, there are unlimited
possibility to use the Azure for running small and enterprise applications of
any size.
Azure is an enterprise-class cloud service that provides an integrated mix of
hardware, software, and services. With the advent of the Internet of Everything,
Azure is becoming the preferred platform for building services that run across
the Internet and even beyond. With Azure, developers can get on the Internet
within minutes, rather than days, of creating a single application. Azure also
allows businesses to take advantage of cloud computing services through a
combination of hardware acceleration and virtualization capabilities, including
Virtual Machines, Hybrid Cloud environments, and more. It provides a simplified
way for enterprises to build cloud-based applications more quickly and for
customers to connect with each other and services providers through an
easy-to-use cloud application lifecycle management solution.
Azure Cloud Platform is a cloud computing platform, built for companies to develop, run, analyze and manage their cloud applications. Azure Cloud applications are designed to work together to deliver rich, cloud-native experiences. In fact, Azure Cloud Platform is a cloud-native cloud computing platform that uses containers and Microsoft's Azure Container Server and Windows Azure Container Service to deliver optimized, reliable and enterprise-ready environments and services. That means you take advantage of cloud computing and container technology today no matter where you are based.
Microsoft Azure cloud was first announced in October 2008 and it was with the codename "Project Red Dog". This project was first released on February 1, 2010, as Windows Azure. Later on on March 25, 2014; this project was renamed to Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft Azure provides Computer services, Identity services, Mobile services, Storage services, Data management, Messaging, Media services, CDN, Developer Services, Management, Machine learning, Azure Blockchain Workbench, Functions and Internet of Things (IoT) services/products as part of their cloud infrastructures. Individual developers and enterprise can use any or more than one services to run their application on the Azure cloud.
