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What Is Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform created by Microsoft which developers and IT professionals use to build, deploy and manage applications through their global network of datacentres.
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You might be wondering how the Azure Dashboard actually looks like, here is a screenshot for the same:
Dashboard - What is Azure - Edureka

On the left side, all the resources are listed. These resources can broadly be divided into the following categories:

Service Domains In Azure

  • Compute
    It is used to process data on the cloud by making use of powerful processors which serve multiple instances at a time.
    • Virtual Machines
    • VM Scale Sets
    • Azure Container
    • Container Registry
    • Functions
    • Batch
    • Service Fabric
    • Cloud Services
  • Storage Services
    The storage as the name suggests, is used to store data in the cloud with the ability to scale as and when required. This data can be stored anywhere.
    • Blob Storage
    • Queue Storage
    • File Storage
    • Table Storage
  • Database
    The database domain is used to provide reliable relational and non relational database instances managed by Azure.
    • SQL Databases
    • DocumentDB
    • Redis Cache
  • Networking
    It includes services which provide a variety of networking features such as security, faster access etc.
    • Virtual Network
    • Load Balancer
    • Application Gateway
    • Azure DNS
    • Content Delivery Network
    • VPN Gateway
    • Traffic Manager
    • Express Route
  • Developer Tools
    It includes services which provides services that ease the ability to code for an organization. For example: it eases the teams to share code, track work and ship software.
    • Visual Studio Team Services
    • Application Insights
    • API Management
  • Management and Monitoring Tools
    It includes services which can be used to manage and monitor your Azure instances.
    • Microsoft Azure Portal
    • Azure Resource Manager
    • Automation
  • Enterprise Integration
    Services that bring functionalities like seamlessly integrating the enterprise and the cloud.
    • Service Bus
    • SQL Server Stretch Database
  • Security and Identity
    It includes services for user authentication or limiting access to a certain set of audience on your Azure resources.
    • Key Vault
    • Azure Active Directory
    • Azure AD B2C
    • Azure AD Domain Services
    • Multi Factor Authentication
  • Web and Mobile Apps
    These are mainly used to create web apps or mobile apps for any platform and any device.
    • Web Apps
    • Mobile Apps
    • API Apps
    • Logic Apps
    • Notification Hubs
    • Event Hubs
    • Azure Search

 I have discussed all the services in detail in my next blog: Azure Tutorial.

Building Applications In Azure

Sometimes you have to run before you can walk! 
First and foremost, you should analyze, what your application is about? Is it something that requires you to be worried about the underlying infrastructure? Is it something that requires a database? Is it something which will require monitoring?
So, once you know all the requirements of your application, you can pick a domain, and hence choose a service.
Like for example, you want to deploy an application on Azure, which does not require you to worry about the underlying architecture, which service will you choose?
Well, in the compute section there is this service called Web App. You can just upload your application, and Azure does the rest for you. It’s that simple!
Of course, you wouldn’t know about any of these services without using them right? That’s why Azure came up with an amazing free tier option.
Who is eligible for this free tier?
Every customer from the time he/she registers on Azure, receives the free tier option, and is eligible for the same.
How shall this help?
You can try launching an application on Azure and learn! The more you practice, the more you learn what is Azure all about.
That is, you learn for free! What all is included in the free tier? You can refer our Azure Pricing section in the Azure tutorial Blog.
Let me set you up with the registration part which will yield you free credits, if you are a new customer. 



  • IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
    • It allows companies to rent servers, storage space, etc. from a cloud provider.
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