Introducing: Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Platform & Services

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Introducing: Microsoft Azure Computing Platform & Services, The Breakdown:

We would like to introduce a new service offering: Azure Cloud Computing Platform & Services. So what exactly is Azure?

Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, a growing collection of integrated services—analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage, and web—for moving faster, achieving more, and saving money.

From over 10 features Microsoft Azure is a one stop shop for cloud computing. Rest assured to know you will not need to go anywhere else. Below is a compilation of Azure Cloud Computing Platform and Services. This is the most comprehensive breakdown you’ll find on Microsoft Azure.

We’ve compiled a list of the Microsoft Azure features:

High Performance Computing: run large-scale workloads in the cloud

Virtual Machine: Launch Windows Server and Linux in minutes
Cloud Services: Deploy highly-available, infinitely-scalable applications and APIs
Batch: Cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management
RemoteApp: Bring scale, agility and global access to your business applications

Web & Mobile: build mobile apps with Azure

App Service: Create web and mobile apps for any platform
- Mobile Apps: Build engaging iOS, Android, and Windows apps
Web Apps: Create and deploy mission critical Web Apps that scale with your business
Logic Apps: Logic apps enable you to develop and deliver power integration solutions with ease
API Apps: Expose your application to 50+ popular SaaS APIs and share your API in your organization
API Management: Take any backend and publish an API in minutes
Notification Hubs: Send push notifications to any platform, from any backend
Mobile Engagement: Drive app performance through real-time, data-driven management

Data & Storage:

SQL Database: A relational database-as-a-service that makes tier-1 capabilities easily accessible
DocumentDB: The JSON database for rapid development. Develop today, ship today.
Microsoft Azure Redis Cache: High throughput, consistent low latency data access to power fast scalable Azure applications.
Storage: Reliable, economical cloud storage for data big and small
StorSimple: A unique hybrid cloud storage solution that lowers costs and improves data protection
Azure Search: Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
SQL Data Warehouse: An elastic data warehouse-as-a-service with enterprise-class features

Analytics: learn to use Azure for data processing and visualizations.

HDInsight: Provision managed Hadoop Clusters
Machine Learning: Powerful cloud-based predictive analytics
Stream Analytics: Real-time stream processing
Data Factory: Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
Event Hubs: Ingest, persist, and process millions of events per second
SQL Data Warehouse: Warehouse-as-a-service with enterprise-class features
Data Catalog: Data Source discovery to get more value from existing enterprise data assets.

Internet of Things (IoT): learn to connect people and devices across your business.

Event Hubs: Receive telemetry from millions of devices
Stream Analytics: Real-time data stream processing from millions of IoT devices
Machine Learning: Powerful cloud based predictive analytics tool to enable predictive maintenance
Notifications Hubs: A Scalable, push notification engine for quickly sending millions of messages

Networking:

Virtual Network: Provision private networks, optionally connect to on-premises datacenters
ExpressRoute: Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
Traffic Manager: Route incoming traffic for high performance availability
Load Balancer: Deliver high availability and network performance to your applications
DNS: Host your DNS domain in Azure
VPN Gateway: Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
Application Gateway: Highly scalable websites with HTTP load balancing and delivery control

Media & CDN:

Media Services: Encode, store, and stream video and audio at scale
Encoding: Studio Grade encoding at Coud Scale
Azure Media Player: A single player for all your playback needs
Media Intelligence: Enhance discoverability and accessibility of media
Content Protection: Securely deliver content using AES or PlayReady
Live and On-Demand Streaming: Deliver your content to virtually all devices with scale to meet your business needs
Azure CDN: Deliver content to end-users through a robust network of global data centers

Hybrid Integration:

BizTalk Services: Seamlessly integrate the enterprise and the cloud
Service Bus: Connect across private and public cloud environments
Backup: Simple and reliable server backup to the cloud
Site Recovery: Orchestrate protection and recovery of private clouds

Identity & Access Management:

Azure Active Directory: Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
Multi-Factor Authentication: Safeguard access to your data and apps with an extra level of authentications

Developer Services:

Visual Studio Online: Services for teams to share code, track works, and ship software– for any language
Visual Studio Application Insights: Diagnose problems and track usage to improve web and mobile apps

Management:

Microsoft Azure preview portal: Explore the new Microsoft Azure preview portal
Scheduler: Rune your jobs on simple or complex recurring schedules
Automation: Simplify cloud management with process automation
Operation Insights: Collect, search and visualize machine data from on-premises and cloud
Key Vault: Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets

So how much does all this goodness cost?…