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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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Elastic Load Balancing

An AWS service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets like EC2 instances and containers.

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.

Identity and Access Management services that control who can access cloud resources and what actions they can perform.

Discounted cloud compute instances that use spare capacity at significantly lower prices but can be interrupted with short notice.

VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

An isolated virtual network within a cloud provider where you can launch resources with full control over IP addressing, routing, and security.

The smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes, consisting of one or more containers that share storage, network, and lifecycle.

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