Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.
Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud platform. Azure offers a large collection of services including platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and managed database service capabilities.
Azure uses a technology known as virtualization. Virtualization separates the close coupling between a computer’s CPU or server and its operating system by means of an abstraction layer called a hypervisor. The hypervisor emulates all the functions of a real computer or server and its CPU in a virtual machine. You can run multiple virtual machines at the same time and each virtual machine can run any compatible operating system such as Windows or Linux.
Traditionally, businesses and other organizations would host their own infrastructure. A business would have its own web server (or email server, or whatever) on its own hardware. If more power was needed, the business would have to purchase more server hardware. The business would also have to pay someone to administrate that hardware and pay for a solid Internet connection to serve its customers. Alternatively, there are hosting companies that host your services on some of their own hardware in their data centers, for a fee.
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Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organisation meet your business challenges.