Azure
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, providing a wide variety of services you can use without purchasing and provisioning your own hardware. Azure enables the rapid development of solutions and provides the resources to accomplish tasks that may not be feasible in an on-premises environment. Azure’s compute, storage, network, and application services allow you to focus on building great solutions without the need to worry about how the physical infrastructure is assembled.
The main topics in cloud azure :
IaaS(Infrastructure as a Service) is the foundational cloud platform layer. This Azure service is used by IT administrators for processing, storage, networks or any other fundamental computer operations. It is one of the Azure topics to learn that allows users to run arbitrary software. Advantages: It offers efficient design time portability
Azure App Service and Web Apps:
Learn about the Azure App Service, consisting of Web Apps, Logic Apps, Mobile Apps, API Apps, and Function Apps. We will focus on Web Apps and how they work with the App Service and App Service plans, covering the topic from deployment to monitoring and scaling.
Virtual Machines:
Explore the basic features of Azure Virtual Machines, including how to create, configure, and manage them.Explore the basic features of Azure Virtual Machines, including how to create, configure, and manage them.
Storage:
Read about the basics of Azure Storage, including blobs, tables, queues, and file shares, as well as some of the options available such as Premium Storage and Cool Storage.
Virtual Networks:
Learn the basics of virtual
networks, including how to create one, and
why a virtual network might be necessary.
This also covers site-to-site and point-to-site
networking, as well as ExpressRoute.
Databases:
Explore two relational database options available in Azure: Azure SQL
Azure Active Directory:
Explore basic features of Azure AD, including creating a directory, users and groups, and using the application gallery.
Management Tools:
Explore three common tools for working with Azure: Visual Studio 2015 and the Azure SDK, Azure PowerShell cmdlets, and the Cross-Platform CommandLine Interface
Additional Azure services:
Get an overview about Azure services not covered in the book that may be fundamental to you now or in the future, such as Azure Service Fabric and Azure Container Service.
Business Scenarios:
Explore five common scenarios for utilizing Azure features: development and test, hybrid, application and infrastructure modernization, and Azure Mobile Apps, and Machine Learning.
