Microsoft Azure
Hi guys today we are going to understand about introduction of Microsoft Azure.
If you are planning for switching your career towards cloud computing this blog will definitely help you. Here we are going to talk about Microsoft Azure, which is a cloud computing service provider developed by Microsoft Corporation it use and advantages. It was announced in the year October 2008 released in the year February 1, 2010 and it has maintained a good position in the Gartner’s Magic quadrant(for more information Google Azure Gartner ). It has reached around 140 countries in the world and still expanding. It is also one of the cloud service providers in the world.
So what is Azure?
Azure is cloud computing service that can help you in providing the services that is required in building an IT infrastructural service domain it gives services where users could build, test, deploy, and manage their applications on data centers of Microsoft. These data centers have been spread across 54 global regions. Microsoft offers various services across multiple domains such as Compute, Database, Content Delivery, Networking and many more. It is an interactive website that you need to create a Microsoft account and login to that portal and boom you can enjoy the services. To visit Azure you can navigate via the mentioned URL in your web browser https://portal.azure.com/. It will ask for some initial details which are self-explanatory and the initial cost for a free account just cost 2 Rs INR for a month’s trial and later if needed you can convert to pay-as-you-go model as these services will only charge for what you use.
Why Azure?
Microsoft Azure helps the business requirements by providing the low cost and less time to meet the demands. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
Advantages of Azure:
Security:
By using azure you can utilize the services through a great extent security is the most important feature as one will rely on the service provider only if he knows that the data what he stores in the cloud is secure and there is no breaches in the same. Azure strengthens the workload with the security services loaded in it. There are many tools for safe guarding the data. Many tools are available Azure security centre, Key Vault, Azure DDos protection, Information protection and application gateways for safe guarding the applications hosted on Azure.
Scalability:
On-premises scaling of resources requiring provisioning more hardware, with the Azure cloud environment, resources can easily be scaled both up and down depending on the needs of the customer. Azure features many great capabilities related to scaling, including:
- Scaling up and down
- Scaling in and out
- Auto scaling
Scaling up
Scaling up is typically performed on-premises when more capacity and performance are needed for an increased number of users hitting a particular workload.
Scaling up refers to adding additional resources to an existing physical or virtual server. This includes adding CPU, memory, or storage resources.
Scaling down
Scaling down is generally not something you see performed on-premises as it involves removing resources from an existing server or virtual server. This decreases the available capacity on the server resource.
Scaling out
Scaling out refers to the process of provisioning additional servers and capacity. This involves adding new servers to run business-critical applications that share the load of existing servers serving out the application. Using load balancers and other technologies, the new servers are added to the pool of resources and then traffic is routed to them accordingly.
Scaling In
Scaling in is the opposite of scaling out. This involves de-provisioning existing servers and capacity by removing a subset of server resources from the pool of servers carrying existing workloads.
Azure Auto Scaling
Auto scaling is a way to automatically perform scalability actions such as scaling up/down or in/out in an automated fashion based on workload demand. Auto scaling ensures the right amount of resources is available for the demands of the workload and ensures efficiency in operations. This helps to eliminate wasted resources or unneeded resources.
World Wide Access
As already mentioned in the introduction that Azure has more global regions than any other cloud provider—offering the scale needed to bring applications closer to users around the world, preserving data residency and offering comprehensive compliance and resiliency options for customers. Azure has almost 58 regions worldwide where the data centers are placed which can provide consistent support.
Hybrid Capability
Since Azure is also having Hybrid features that are to be a mixed computing, storage, and services environment made up of on-premises infrastructure, private cloud services, and a public cloud with orchestration among the various platforms. Using a combination of public clouds, on-premises computing, and private clouds in your data center means that you have a hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Flexibility
Azure allows the employees to be more flexible – both in and out of the workplace. Employees can access files using web-enabled devices such as smartphones, laptops and notebooks. The ability to simultaneously share documents and other files over the Internet can also help support both internal and external collaboration.
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Aditya Murali