Azure Cloud, offered by Microsoft, is a comprehensive cloud computing platform that provides a wide range of services and solutions to help businesses build, deploy, and manage applications across Microsoft’s global data centers. It supports multiple programming languages, frameworks, and operating systems, making it a flexible and powerful tool for organizations of all sizes.​

At its core, Azure Cloud offers:​

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Virtual machines (VMs), storage, and networking resources that enable businesses to build and manage their infrastructure without the need to worry about physical hardware.​
• Platform as a Service (PaaS): Developers can build and manage applications without concern for the underlying infrastructure, which is ideal for the development and deployment of applications.​
• Software as a Service (SaaS): Fully managed software applications are offered over the internet, such as Office 365, Dynamics 365, and others.

Azure Cloud Common Use Cases:

• Big Data and Analytics: Process large volumes of data and use machine learning models to gain better insights.
• Enterprise IT: Migrate on–premises data centers to Azure to reduce hardware costs and scale efficiently.
• Application Development: Build and host applications using PaaS tools, serverless computing, or containerization.
• AI-Powered Applications: Deploy AI models for predictive analytics, natural language processing, and customer insights.
• Disaster Recovery: Azure’s global data centers provide integrated disaster recovery options for critical applications.

Azure is widely used in industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail due to its comprehensive and customizable cloud infrastructure and services.​

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