Az - Basic Information

👉 Overview

👀 What ?

Azure, often referred to as Az, is a comprehensive set of cloud services provided by Microsoft. It allows developers and IT professionals to build, deploy, and manage applications through Microsoft-managed data centers.

🧐 Why ?

Azure is crucial because it offers a wide range of solutions suitable for all kinds of industries. It ensures data safety with disaster recovery, high availability, and redundancy capabilities. With Azure, organizations can build, deploy, and manage applications in a cost-effective manner.

⛏️ How ?

To utilize Azure, you first need to create an Azure account. Once the account is set up, you can create and manage Azure resources from the Azure portal, Azure mobile app, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell. You can also use various Azure services like Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, and more depending on your needs.

⏳ When ?

Microsoft Azure was launched on February 1, 2010. Since then, it has been continually updated and expanded, offering a wide range of cloud services to businesses worldwide.

⚙️ Technical Explanations

Azure operates on a cloud computing model. This model uses a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. Azure services can be categorized into different types like IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and SaaS (Software as a Service). Among these, IaaS is the most flexible cloud computing model. PaaS allows users to create web applications quickly without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, and with SaaS, Microsoft provides the complete infrastructure to the users.