Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud hosting platform. Azure allows you to securely test, deploy and manage your complete IT production kit in the cloud. In addition, it’s designed to be highly accessible and reliable.
Cloud computing is the future of business, and most of the Fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure for cloud and hybrid solutions.
Microsoft Azure is beneficial to businesses of all sizes. It has over 200 applications intended to provide business services from the cloud or via the internet. In addition, companies can offload data and processes to Microsoft Azure rather than storing and managing them on their own servers. However, there is more to it than just storage capacity.
How Microsoft Azure assists businesses
- Platform as a service (PaaS), which includes application development and testing.
- Software as a service (SaaS) or web-based access to software applications like Microsoft Office 365.
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), where data is processed on a virtual machine.
Furthermore, because Microsoft Azure is based on open-source computing, programmers and developers can reuse existing code written in various languages.
Microsoft 365 is a productivity suite that includes tools like Word, Exchange, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, etc. Because Microsoft 365 is cloud-based, the full-featured experience is available from anywhere, on any device, as long as they are connected to the internet.
Advantages of Microsoft Azure
There are numerous advantages to using Microsoft Azure. However, these are the top five.
Speed
Microsoft Azure places emphasis on locating data centres worldwide to give users the best chance of receiving their data when they need it. In this context, speed refers to:
The speed with which teams can develop, test, and deploy new applications.
How quickly you can expand your current capacity by upgrading service plans or adding new features.
How fast you can restore data from backups, offsite storage facilities, or virtual machines.
How swiftly AI and machine learning (ML) can be used to process large amounts of data, analyse it for the most valuable results, and generate summarised recommendations from that data.
Increased adaptability
A lot goes into developing a fantastic digital product or service. Microsoft Azure has thought of almost everything, even ensuring a complete end-to-end suite of services so you can get the job done. However, one of the flaws of viewing Microsoft Azure as merely a “cloud” provider is that you overlook the concept of a complete and unified delivery pipeline. Everything from source control to testing, integration and delivery can all occur within a single environment.
Integrated delivery pipeline
A lot goes into developing a fantastic digital product or service. Microsoft Azure has thought of almost everything, even ensuring a complete end-to-end suite of services so you can get the job done. However, one of the flaws of viewing Microsoft Azure as merely a “cloud” provider is that you overlook the concept of a complete and unified delivery pipeline. Everything from source control to testing, integration and delivery can all occur within a single environment.
Disaster recovery
Whether you require a more sophisticated approach to data backups or want to minimise downtime, Microsoft Azure’s disaster recovery tools are worth investigating for some of the industry’s most advanced encryption features, allowing you to stay compliant while also improving your continuity plan if something goes wrong. When time is of the essence, backing up entire systems and their data to the cloud ensures you can stay within recovery targets, and your customers experience no lag in services or functionality.
Security
Among all the benefits provided by Microsoft Azure, the company is most vocal about its security offerings. It promotes its multi-layered security as a way for businesses to leverage the power of remote physical data centres without jeopardising sensitive data.
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