Azure Basics -part1

 What is azure used for?

 

At its core, Azure is a public cloud computing platform—it is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) that can be used for services such as analytics, virtual computing, storage, networking, and much more. It can be used to replace or supplement your on-premise servers.

 

 

What is Microsoft Azure in simple terms?

Microsoft Azure is a platform as a service (PaaS) solution for building and hosting solutions using Microsoft's products and in their data centers. It is a comprehensive suite of cloud products that allow users to create enterprise-class applications without having to build out their own infrastructure.

 

 

What is Microsoft Azure and why is it used?

 

Microsoft azure can be used to build deploy or manage applications.Several devops tools have been integrated into azure platform. Azure offers a range of uses and benefits for organizations. It provides the ability to scale on demand. It provides simple and reliable data storage on huge scale.

 

What is difference between AWS and Azure?

 

AWS and Azure are subsets in terms of Cloud computing. Both are used to build and host applications. Azure has helped many enterprises as it platform such as PaaS. ... They also provide block storage while Azure offers temporary storage through D drive, block storage through Page Blobs for VMs.

 

Is Azure free?

 

Azure also has free credit for new customers and a free service tier. But as with Amazon, compute and bandwidth aren't available as free-tier options. ... When it comes to machine learning features, Azure has some production-constrained free tier options in Azure Machine Learning Studio. 

 

 

How do I work with Azure?

Try out these short tutorials on how to use Azure and start building projects right away.

1. Launch a Linux virtual machine. Deploy a Linux virtual machine using CLI.
2. Launch a Windows virtual machine. Create a Windows virtual machine with PowerShell.
3. Build a web app.

 

What companies use Microsoft Azure?

 

Some of the companies using Microsoft Azure are:

• Johnson Controls.
• Polycom.
• A.P Moller-Maersk Group.
• Seattle Seahawks.
• Fabletics.
• Grisard Management AG.
• Drive Time.
• Pacifico Seguros.

What is Azure Web jobs?

 

Overview. WebJobs is a feature of Azure App Service that enables you to run a program or script in the same context as a web app, API app, or mobile app. ... Azure Functions provides another way to run programs and scripts.