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What is Azure?

Microsoft's cloud computing platform offering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services for building, deploying, and managing applications.

Microsoft Azure is one of the three major public cloud providers alongside AWS and Google Cloud. It offers over 200 products and services including virtual machines, databases, AI tools, DevOps pipelines, and container orchestration. Azure integrates tightly with Microsoft enterprise tools like Active Directory, Office 365, and Windows Server, making it popular in enterprise environments. Key services include Azure App Service for web apps, Azure Functions for serverless computing, Azure DevOps for CI/CD, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for container management.

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Auto Scaling
Automatically adjusting the number of computing resources based on current demand to maintain performance and optimize costs.
Cloud Load Balancer
A managed service that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers to ensure high availability and optimal resource utilization.
Lambda Function (Cloud)
An AWS serverless compute service that runs code in response to events without provisioning or managing servers.
SaaS (Software as a Service)
A cloud delivery model where software applications are hosted and managed by a provider and accessed by users over the internet.
Kubernetes Namespace
A virtual cluster within a Kubernetes cluster that provides scope for names and enables resource isolation between teams or environments.
PaaS (Platform as a Service)
A cloud service model that provides a platform for developers to build, deploy, and manage applications without managing infrastructure.
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