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Azure for Beginners: Getting Started on Microsoft Azure

Those who never knew him closely Microsoft Azure might be amazed by the amount of functions that this tool offers: what can be considered to all effects a complete ecosystem of technologies and services proves that supports numerous frameworks, many tools and a large variety of programming languages. It is an open platform that makes flexibility its strong point: among its most interesting features is the ability to increase productivity through the launch of new applications and new services. Rapid scalability also makes sure that the configuration processes are short execution environments and infrastructure, including interoperability and integration about with cloud services.

Make a list of options offered by Azure would be to make a very long list: from application development with .NET opportunity to run Linux virtual machines, through the accessibility of data from Windows applications, Android and iOS, c ' is - as they say - spoiled for choice; They can be met, in short, the most diverse requirements.

Another feature of Microsoft Azure is that it allows you to extend your IT environment is not being forced to choose between the cloud and the data center. In other words, the integration with the existing IT environment is simple and fast, because the platform rests in a huge network of secure private connection, which includes the data of residence and encryption features, but also to database solutions and of hybrid storage. The result? Each asset is placed in the position where needed, without surprises or risk bearing incidents. In addition, the Azure model thanks to Azure Stack can be used for the development of applications and their distribution in the data center. The complexity is reduced and the cost decreased, while the number of IT options increases.

That's why Azure can be considered a very valid cloud service, whose services are paid according to consumption: implying vertical scalability and a substantial advantage from an economic point of view, in the sense that you only pay for what you use . Still, continuing the review of the strengths of the platform, it is worth mentioning that Microsoft operates a worldwide network of data centers in over twenty areas: many more than those covered by Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.

One can speak, therefore, of a real global coverage, which moreover is experiencing significant growth with several options for running applications. The predictive analytics services shall ensure that the business intelligence concept can be redefined: that refer to Stream Analytics at Cortana Analytics or Machine Learning, you still have the certainty to make better decisions, more efficient and smarter. New business opportunities will open up, in short, starting from the Internet of things, but also on the structured data and unstructured ones, to the benefit of customers.

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