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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
Microsoft Azure News
WP Engine launches Managed WordPress Platform on Microsoft Azure
WP Engine extends its multi-cloud solution with the implementation of its managed WordPress platform on Azure, delivering 7x faster performance. ...
ManageEngine introduces CloudSpend for Azure
ManageEngine's platform business intelligence and smart forecasting to reduce capital expenditure in AWS and Microsoft Azure for multiple accounts. The ...
Nutanix Cloud Clusters available on Microsoft Azure
Nutanix announced today the general availability of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Microsoft Azure. NC2 on Azure provides customers the ...
Leaseweb UK launches Cloud Connect for Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud
Leaseweb has expanded its Leaseweb Cloud Connect offering to provide fast and secure connectivity to the top three public cloud providers. ...
Otava migrated Total Compliance Tracking to Managed Azure Cloud
Otava announced that it has migrated compliance management software and consulting firm Total Compliance Tracking (TCT) to its Managed Azure ...
Microsoft Azure is expanding its cloud into space
Microsoft has announced the Azure Space platform, which aims to provide cloud-hosted services in remote regions. Azure Orbital Cloud Access, ...
Microsoft selects Mariner for Xbox storefront infrastructure
Microsoft's Creator Platform and Experiences group migrating Xbox storefront infrastructure from Azure Service Fabric to Azure Kubernetes Service. The company ...
Ubuntu update on Azure VMs causing DNS problems
The issue affects customers running Ubuntu 18.04 VMs who have Ubuntu Unattended-Upgrades enabled and received systemd version 237-3ubuntu10.54. Customers can ...
Microsoft is launching Arm VM support on Azure
Microsoft is about to launch its Arm-based virtual machines on Azure in ten Azure regions, utilizing Ampere Altra Arm processors. ...
Ubuntu Confidential VMs are available on Azure
Ubuntu CVMs use the security extensions of the third generation of AMD CPUs, Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging. CVMs enable ...
Azure is the number one cloud provider, report reveals
Main public cloud provider usage is moving between companies. The difference between cloud providers continued to reduce for several years ...
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, ...
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