What is Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is sometimes thought of as a big data center, which is wrong. It is a huge platform that combines all the benefits of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS without the drawbacks of these functionalities. In addition, hundreds of thousands of off-the-shelf cloud applications, services and microservices from Microsoft and other vendors are implemented on it.
Azure has solutions for developers, DevOps, systems architects, data analysts, testers, project managers, cybersecurity professionals.
The platform is suitable for companies of all sizes and levels of digital transformation. Regardless of industry, companies find the right mix of utilities, services and microservices. Microsoft Azure is actively used by start-ups and crowdfunders.
Azure's security is ensured by hundreds of built-in data protection, network, certificate, threat detection and analytics services.
More about Azure platform
- Scalability. Horizontal and vertical. Power consumption can be paused if necessary.
- Open. It supports most operating systems, languages, tools and frameworks, including Open Source ones.
- Reliable. The largest and most geographically dispersed network of data centres with various levels of technical support
- Cost-effective. You pay only for the resources you use.
