DEVELOPER: (MICROSOFT)
OS: LINUX, WINDOWS
WEBSITE: azure.microsoft.com
Azure was first announced in 2008
Journey From Windows Azure to Microsoft Azure:
Azure was first released on 2010 as WINDOWS AZURE and on 25 March 2014 azure came up with a new name and along with amazon web services it is named as MICROSOFT AZURE . Now a days Azure is the leader of Infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
There are three Main categories of cloud computing services:
- IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
- PaaS (Platform as a Service)
- SaaS (Software as a Service)
Popular Products of Azure
Most popular products of azure are
- Cloud Services
- Storage
- SQL Database
- App Services
- Document DB
- Active Directory
- Backup
- App Service
- Virtual Machine
Data Center Regions:
There are Currently 32 Microsoft azure data centers in which 24 of them are working while 8 are new announced.
These data centers are in United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Australia,India, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, and china.
Certification:
You have to pass three exams to achieve title of Microsoft Certified Azure Solution Architect By passing any one of the exams the student will also earn the title of Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Exam Code:
- MS70-532
- MS70-533
- MS70-534
