Azure 1
Azure 1
An Introduction
What is Windows Azure?
• Web Sites
– Create new websites or migrate your existing business website into the cloud
• Cloud Services
– Build and deploy highly available and almost infinitely scalable applications with
low administration costs
• Mobile Services
– Build and deploy apps and storing data for mobile devices
Network Services
• Virtual Network
– Treat the Windows Azure public cloud as if it is an extension of your on-
premises datacenter
• Traffic Manager
– Route application traffic for the user who is using the application to
Windows Azure datacenters
Data Services
• Data Management
– Store your business data in SQL databases using Windows Azure SQL
Database, using NoSQL Tables via REST, or using BLOB storage
• Business Analytics
– Enables ease of discovery and data enrichment using Microsoft SQL Server
Reporting and Analysis Services
• HDInsight
– Brings a 100 percent Apache Hadoop solution to the cloud
Data Services (Cont.)
• Cache
– Provides a distributed caching solution that can help speed up your cloud-based
applications and reduce database load
• Backup
– Helps to protect your server data offsite by using automated and manual backups
to Windows Azure
• Recovery Manager
– Hyper-V Recovery Manager helps you protect business critical services by
coordinating the replication and recovery of System Center 2012 private clouds
App Services
• Media Services
– Allows you to build workflows for the creation, management, and distribution of
media using Azure public cloud
• Messaging
– Allows you to keep your apps connected across your private cloud environment
and the Windows Azure public cloud
• Notification Hubs
– Provides a highly scalable, cross-platform push notification infrastructure for
applications running on mobile devices
App Services (Cont.)
• BizTalk Services
– Provides Business-to-Business (B2B) and Enterprise Application Integration
(EAI) capabilities for delivering cloud and hybrid integration solutions
• Active Directory
– Provides you with identity management and access control capabilities for your
cloud applications
• Multifactor Authentication
– Provides an extra layer of authentication, in addition to the user’s account
credentials, in order to better secure access for both on-premises and cloud
applications
Azure Components