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Introduction

Most of you might have heard the word Azure. Some might have tried to use it. In this article we will see what exactly Azure is. I hope you will like it.

If you are new to Azure, You can find out some info here: Azure Tips

What Azure Is?

Azure is also known as Microsoft Azure, as it implies Azure has been introduced by Microsoft. It can be used for developing and managing Mobile, Enterprise, Web, Internet of Things(IoT) apps faster. Microsoft is saying, to work with Azure, a developer does not need to learn new technology and all. The knowledge what he/she has would be fair enough to work with Azure. So Azure act as a mediator here. And gives a platform to work with any technology. That made it so popular.

Going forward, we will see the following key concepts.

Now we will see all of these in detail.

Economical And Scalable

Azure provides you a high performance for an unbeatable price. That means you will get a great service for a less price, which nobody else offer except Microsoft. It has the feature of pay-as-you-go , which means you need to pay as you use the service. If you find some feature are not needed, you can just de activate those service and just pay what are all the service you use. Sound cool right?

Open And Flexible

Azure supports almost all the operating system, programming languages, frameworks, tools, databases, devices etc. Since it supports all the languages (JavaScript, Python, .NET, PHP, Java, Node.js etc) , a developer can easily work on Azure with the knowledge in which he/she rely.

Protection of your data

Microsoft has given first priority for protecting our data in cloud. Our data and everything is secured in cloud. Microsoft Azure were the first cloud provider recognized by the European Union’s data protection authorities.

All over the world

Azure is world wide now. It has been used in 19 regions in world already, getting increased day by day. Analysis said Azure has customers more that Amazon Web service, Google cloud has.

Suits for any business

No matter if you run a small or huge business, azure is the best solution for your business. It gives you a 24/7 technical support.

Powerful BI and Stream analytic

Azure’s powerful BI and stream analytic help you choose decisions over your business according your business growth.

I hope you are ready to go for Azure now. If yes, please go ahead and don’t wait. Time is precious 🙂

Conclusion

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