What is Microsoft Azure and How Does It Work?

Businesses are relentlessly shifting their enterprise IT budget to cloud-based alternatives like Microsoft Azure and the reasons are as evident as they could be. Whether it is pay-as-you-go pricing or on-demand capacity benefits, the flexibility and agility offered by Microsoft Azure cloud migration services are being realized by the entire world. If you look at the data, a whopping 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies are using Microsoft’s Azure for their cloud computing solution, and Microsoft Azure is the leading cloud solution provider dominating the cloud computing industry as of date. This is why here in this article we have come up with a step-wise guide telling you in & out of Microsoft Azure. So, let’s break it all step by step.

What is Microsoft Azure?

Launched almost a decade ago, in 2010, Azure is a private and public cloud platform by Microsoft that allows developers and IT professionals to build, test, deploy, and manage applications & services through a network of data centers created by Microsoft globally.

It offers an assortment of services that include software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Whether it is Microsoft-specific or third-party software & systems, the programming languages, frameworks, or tools that Microsoft Azure supports range widely. As of now, it offers over 600 services.

Why Microsoft Azure is considered the best?

1. The Availability of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

All three services SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS by one provider make it easy for businesses to install simple virtual machines or deploy stacks of full applications across a cloud environment.

2. Cost-Effective

The pay-as-you-go model offered by Microsoft Azure allows businesses to save a lot by only paying for the services they would be using.

3. Flexibility & Scalability

Businesses can easily integrate data with processes that too at a cloud scale through the flexibility offered by its structure as well as its efficient storage capabilities.

4. Widespread Availability

Through its gigantic global footprint and the global network of data centers, Microsoft Azure migration services allow businesses to easily migrate their data and applications wherever they want.

5. Tough Security

The first CSP that embraced ISO 27018 i.e. cloud privacy’s new international standard, Microsoft Azure also meets ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance.

The Two Flaws of Microsoft Azure!

Flaw#1: Complexity

Businesses often find Microsoft Azure complex to implement and manage due to the huge variety of services it offers but an efficient cloud consultant or a cloud service provider by your side can get this issue resolved for you.

Flaw#2: Basic Support

Azure support services are too basic and of not much help to those who lack technical expertise. Of course, they do provide technical support but that’s chargeable. However, getting a cloud consultant on board or hiring a cloud service partner can solve your purpose. Most of the Azure cloud service partners provide 24*7 support.

How does Microsoft Azure work?

Like any other cloud service, Azure is based on a technology called virtualization. You already know that almost all computer hardware can be matched with software. Now with the use of an emulation layer software instructions are mapped with hardware instructions, and virtualized hardware is executed in software by physical servers placed in data centers in such a way that it’s hard to make out whether the hardware is virtual or actual.

How to Implement Microsoft Azure?

You can create and deploy a cloud service yourself as well through Microsoft Azure. Click here to get a stepwise guide for doing so. However, deploying, configuring, monitoring, and diagnosing a cloud service requires some sort of IT skills & expertise. This is why organizations often outsource Microsoft Azure development services or hire an offshore development team. One of Azure’s most trusted partners for cloud services is LogicEra.

How LogicEra can Help?

A recent report by Gartner revealed that around 70% of cloud costs are wasted. However, if conducted the right way, cost optimization isn’t a big deal. The Microsoft Azure team at Logicera helps you save big on your overall cloud spending through judicious management of resources and effective cloud services optimization. Among the main services, we provide are Azure migration services, DevOps Azure, Oracle on Azure, and Managed Services.

A leading Microsoft Azure partner, Logicera provides Azure database migration services that are designed to transform your business digitally and not only make it cloud-based but also customer-centric. While deploying the Azure data migration service, we ensure that the best practices are followed. Moreover, a cloud migration blueprint is developed as well as the cost-effective Cloud migration Azure services are identified in such a way that it should go well with your budget and requirement.

Wrap Up

Gartner recently revealed that more than $1.3 trillion in IT spending will be directly or indirectly affected by the shift to the cloud by 2023 and it is no wonder if 94% of enterprises use the cloud. Are you too planning to save big on your IT expenses by migrating to the cloud? Do your homework well before you step into the arena of Microsoft Azure. You can get a FREE POC (proof of concept) for your project.