Azure is Microsoft's public cloud platform, Azure has two main offerings Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) and Platform as a service (PAAS) Organizations are using Azure for services such as analytics, virtual computing, storage, networking, and much more. It can be used to replace or supplement your on-premise servers and infrastructure.
Benefits
Data Storage.
Store any type of data in a reliable and fast environment
Data Security.
Built using Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle
Reliable Backups.
Azure backs up 6 copies across 2 data centers. Guaranteeing 99.9% availability.
Integration.
Integrates data across the full line of MS SaaS and PaaS offerings.
Azure Business Benefits.
Scale on Demand.
Pay as you go model allows business to scale up and down as their needs change.
Flexibility.
Hosting that quickly evolves and allows for customization
Cost Competitive.
Upfront cost are reduced thanks to Pay as you go model.
Data Insights
Ability to analyze and amount of data at anytime using Apache Hadoop.
Customer Support.
Azure Infrastructure in 19 regions and support in various languages
Hybrid Capabilities.
Allow user to benefit from on premise resources and Azure cloud.
Azure by Numbers.
120k Subscriptions.
New Azure Customer Subscriptions a month
1.4Mill SQL.
SQL Databases in Azure
5mil Active Directory.
Organizations using Azure AD.
2Trill IoT.
Messages per week processed by Azure IoT.