What is Microsoft
Azure?
What is Azure? In short, it’s Microsoft’s
cloud platform: a growing collection of
integrated services—compute, storage, data,
networking, and app—that help you move
faster, do more, and save money. But that’s
just scratching the surface. Here’s what
else Azure is….
It’s IaaS
+ PaaS - Azure is the only
major cloud platform ranked by Gartner as an
industry leader for both
infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and
platform-as-a-service (PaaS). This powerful
combination of managed and unmanaged
services lets you build, deploy, and manage
applications any way you like for unmatched
productivity.
It’s
hybrid ready - Some cloud
providers make you choose between your
datacenter and the public cloud. Not Azure.
Its enterprise-proven hybrid cloud solutions
give you the best of both worlds, expanding
your IT options without added complexity.
With Azure, data storage, backup, and
recovery become more efficient and
economical. It’s also easier to build
applications that span both on-premises and
the cloud.
It’s open and
flexible -
Azure
supports any operating system, language,
tool, and framework— from Windows to Linux,
SQL Server to Oracle, C# to Java. It puts
the best of Windows and Linux ecosystems at
your fingertips, so you can build great
applications and services that work with
every device.It’s always up,
always on -
You’ll
share the same enterprise-tested platform
that powers Skype, Office 365, Bing, and
Xbox. Azure offers a 99.95% availability
SLA, 24x7 tech support, and round-the-clock
service health monitoring. That’s why more
than 57% of Fortune 500 companies rely on
Azure today. From live streaming Olympic
events to online multiplayer online games,
our customers are
doing some amazing things.It’s economical and
scalable - Azure
can quickly scale up or down to match
demand, so you only pay for what you use.
Per-minute billing and a
commitment to match competitor prices
for popular infrastructure services like
compute, storage and bandwidth means you’re
always getting unbeatable price for
performance. It’s everywhere -
Azure runs on a
growing
global network of Microsoft-managed
datacenters across 13 regions, giving
you a wide range of options for running
applications and ensuring your customers
always get great performance. Azure is the
first multinational cloud provider in
mainland China and is continuing to expand
to new regions around the globe.
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