Introduction to Azure

SHIVAM PATEL
3 min readSep 23, 2021
Introduction to Azure

What is Azure?

Microsoft Azure,commonly referred to as Azure, is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform.

Azure provides a range of cloud services, including compute, analytics, storage, networking and many more. Users can pick and choose from these services to develop and scale new applications, or run existing applications in the public cloud.

Azure is a continually expanding set of cloud services that help your organization meet your current and future business challenges.

Azure gives you the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive global network using your favorite tools and frameworks.

Azure official site

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What Does Azure offer?

you have everything you need to build your next great solution With help of Azure.

The following lists several of the benefits that Azure provides.

  1. Be ready for the future
  2. Build on your terms
  3. Operate hybrid seamlessly
  4. Trust your cloud

Let’s see what does every term means…

Be ready for the future: Continuous innovation from Microsoft supports your development today and your product visions for tomorrow.

Build on your terms: You have choices. With a commitment to open source, and support for all languages and frameworks, you can build how you want and deploy where you want to.

Operate hybrid seamlessly: On-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge — we’ll meet you where you are. Integrate and manage your environments with tools and services designed for a hybrid cloud solution.

Trust your cloud: Get security from the ground up, backed by a team of experts, and proactive compliance trusted by enterprises, governments, and startups.

What can we do with Azure?

Azure provides more than 200 services that enable you to do everything from running your existing applications on virtual machines, to exploring new software paradigms, such as intelligent bots.

Example: Azure provides AI and machine-learning services that can naturally communicate with your users through vision, hearing, and speech. It also provides storage solutions that dynamically grow to accommodate massive amounts of data.

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SHIVAM PATEL

I am a founder and Organizer at ADC. .net, azure and flutter are my area of interest. Recently achieved microsoft azure fundamental certificate.