Introduction

Azure is cloud computing platform with expanding set of services to help you to build solutions to meet your business goal.

Azure services range from simple web services for hosting your business presence in the cloud to running fully virtualized computers for you to run custom software solutions.

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It provides cloud-based services like remote storage, database hosting, & centralized account management. It offers new capabilities like AI & Internet of Things (IoT).

Cloud computing

It's the delivery of computing services over the internet, which is known as the Cloud. These services include servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, & intelligence. 

Cloud computing offers faster innovation, flexible resources, & economies of scale.

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Cloud computing typically cheaper to use

Cloud computing is delivery of computing services over the internet by using a pay-as-you-go pricing model. You typically pay for the cloud services you use, which helps you:

• Lower your operating cost.
• Run your infrastructure more efficiently.
• Scale as your business needs change.

Instead of maintaining CPUs & storage in your datacenter, you rent them for the time that you need them.

Cloud provider takes care of maintaining the underlying infrastructure for you.

Cloud computing is a way to rent compute power & storage from someone else's datacenter. You are billed only for what you use.

Should I move to the cloud?

Cloud helps you to move faster & innovate in ways. In our ever-changing world, 2 trends emerge:

• Teams deliver new features to their users at record speeds.
• Users expect an increasingly rich & immersive experience with their devices & with software.

To provide your services & deliver innovative & novel user experiences are more quickly, the cloud provides on-demand access to:

• A nearly limitless pool or raw compute, storage, & networking components.
• Speech recognition &  other cognitive services that help make your application stand out of the crowd.
• Analytics services that deliver telemetry data from your software & devices.