Azure
- Microsoft's public cloud computing platform
- Over 200 individual products and services
- Build, run, and manage applications on Microsoft's global infrastructure
- IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service
- Virtual servers
- You are responsible for maintaining the OS
- PaaS - Platform as a Service (managed)
- Cloud vendor maintains infrastructure for you
- You focus on application code and data
- SaaS - Software as a Service (managed)
- Vendor provides a full software stack
- Allows you to supplement or replace existing on-premise computing services
- Main advantage: pay-as-you-go pricing
- no up-front commitment for resources (though, in the long run prepaying saves money)
- billed by the second for using resources
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