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Microsoft Azure
Azure is the branding and marketing name for Microsoft’s suite of Cloud-based services. Azure provides access to over 100+ IT services and components that can be deployed, linked, built upon, and used via a Pay as You Go model. Azure provides ready-made services in the following categories:
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- AI + Machine Learning (Tools to quickly build services based on Microsoft developed and trained AI and ML services)
- Analytics (Tools to examine and report on multiple data sources across Web, IoT, Mobile, desktop, and Server-based apps)
- Compute (Windows and Linux based Virtual machines)
- Containers (pre-packaged functionality without server management overhead)
- Databases (MS SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Data Management (SQL Data Warehouse, Data Factory, NoSQL Key-Value stores)
- Developer (Tools to develop Web, Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android apps)
- DevOps (Development and Services collaboration tools)
- Identity Tools (Active Directory and authentication tools in the Cloud)
- Internet of Things (Complete Suite of Cloud tools for creating IoT solutions)
- Management (Complete set of tools to manage a Cloud or Hybrid based infrastructure)
- Media (Video and audio encoding and delivery tools)
- Migration (Tools to automate moving services to and between Cloud-based locations)
- Mobile (Complete toolset for providing back-end data and other services for mobile apps)
- Networking (Cloud-based implementations of network equipment such as Routers, Gateways, Firewalls etc.)
- Security (all the tools needed to secure networks and applications)
- Storage (Multiple types of storage to use in various scenarios)
- Web (Services to create Web-based apps)