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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.
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
The world's largest cloud computing platform, offering hundreds of services for compute, storage, networking, and more.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Google's suite of cloud computing services running on the same infrastructure that Google uses for its consumer products.
CloudFormation
An AWS service that provisions and manages cloud resources using declarative JSON or YAML templates.
Elastic Load Balancing
An AWS service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets like EC2 instances and containers.
Virtual Machine (VM)
A software-based emulation of a physical computer that runs its own operating system and applications.
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