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What is Microsoft Azure?
Azure is a cloud platform from Microsoft. Launched on 1 st of February 2010, Microsoft Azure consists of over 600 services. Among these services customers can access storage, virtual machines, messaging services, CDN, media services, machine learning, IoT capabilities, and vast management options among many more.
Microsoft Azure runs on custom operating system that in turn provides cloud layer for Windows operating systems. Azure also relies heavily on Hyper-V virtualization system developed and provided by some of the Windows versions to the end user and professional user as well. Hyper-V capability also used for providing high performance access to other operating systems (like GNU/Linux distributions) that customers might like to run on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft Azure also provides a load balancing and resilience capability through Microsoft Azure Fabric Controller which basically provides everything that is connected to and interacting with the whole system to stay that way.
For deployment Microsoft Azure provides two options to customers. First is for accessing cloud resources through classic means, deployment by hand and management one by one for every virtual asset and database. Since 2014, Microsoft provides Azure Resource Manager tool with which customers can manage all related sources together from a single panel.
From a privacy perspective, because of USA Patriot Act, U.S. Government can request access to data by legal means even if the Microsoft Azure data in question does not reside within the United States. On the other hand, while contradicts the USA Patriot Act, Microsoft claims that Azure system also compliant with European Union’s General Data Protection Act.
Microsoft currently provides six different certifications for Microsoft Azure platform: like Azure Administrator Associate, Azure solutions Architect Expert, and Azure Security Engineer Associate. You can get more information on Microsoft Azure and these certifications at azure.microsoft.com
Recent Microsoft Azure News
Microsoft patches Azure SynLapse vulnerabilities
Microsoft published a security advisory that states security updates patching a vulnerability affecting Azure Synapse and Azure Data Factory is ...
Microsoft has disclosed an Azure – PostgreSQL security flaw
Microsoft has announced a security flaw in its Azure cloud service. According to the announcement, due to the bug in ...
Arm support for Azure VMs is on the way
Arm processors are getting more and more popular in the cloud every day. Microsoft is about to offer Arm-based virtual ...
Orca details the Azure Automation AutoWarp bug
The security researchers of Orca Security have shared the details of the now-fixed vulnerability in Microsoft's Azure Automation service. The ...
Lemongrass enhance Azure capabilities with Wharfedale acquisition
“SAP in the Cloud” company, Lemongrass announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Wharfedale Technologies. Wharfedale Technologies is ...
3.47 Tbps DDoS attack on Azure customers is mitigated
DDoS is one of the most used attacking methods that consists of several devices sending requests to a target IP. ...
Networking in Azure Cloud
Network services in the cloud are one of the most fundamental concepts and networking is one of the most important ...
Red Hat introduces Ansible to Azure
The open-source enterprise software provider Red Hat, announced their new collaboration with Microsoft by introducing the Ansible Automation Platform to ...
Ubuntu and Microsoft introduce Ubuntu Pro-based SQL Server instances for Azure
Tech giant, Microsoft, and Canonical, creator of Ubuntu, introduced SQL server instances availability for Azure. This collaboration's aim is to ...
Microsoft’s sales rise as companies move to the cloud
The impact of COVID-19 on global society has caused many corporations and start-ups to build or upgrade their web platforms, ...
Azure mitigates 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack
The Azure team announced that the company has observed a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack in the last week of August. ...
Verizon starts private edge compute solution with Microsoft Azure
Verizon launched its private mobile edge cloud computing for enterprises with Microsoft Azure. Verizon 5G Edge with Microsoft Azure Stack ...
Microsoft fixed an “unprecedented critical vulnerability” in Azure Cosmos DB
The cybersecurity firm Wiz, led by former Microsoft employees, found an “unprecedented critical vulnerability" in Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and ...
AlmaLinux available on Microsoft Azure
The AlmaLinux team announced that AlmaLinux is now available on the Azure Marketplace. AlmaLinux images are available for Gen1 and ...
SHI reaffirmed Azure Expert MSP status
Technology solutions provider, SHI International reaffirmed its Azure Expert MSP status in a rigorous third-party progress audit. The progress audit ...
Cloudflare integrates with Microsoft, Splunk, Datadog, and Sumo Logic
Cloudflare announced new integrations for major platforms, Microsoft Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Datadog, and Sumo Logic to help organizations to connect ...
CoreSite boosts on-net connectivity in Chicago campus
CoreSite is enabling 100 Gbps fiber interconnections for Azure ExpressRoute Direct. It provides multi-region Azure integration via the CoreSite Open ...
Logicalis renews Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider status
International IT solutions and managed services provider, Logicalis Group announced that the company has renewed its status as a Microsoft ...
A new vulnerability found in Microsoft Azure Functions
Intezer Lab announced that they found a new vulnerability in Azure Functions. The vulnerability allows an attacker to escalate privileges ...
Cockroach Labs published 2021 Cloud Report
Cockroach Labs released the 2021 Cloud Report that evaluates Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (Azure), and Google Cloud Platform ...
Microland to earn the Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization
Digital services company Microland earned the Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization. Accreditation to Azure ...