The following are some important aspects wherein Azure scores over AWS. 1. Pay less with Azure AWS is 5 times more expensive than Azure for Windows Server and SQL Server. Compare the costs of running Windows Server virtual machines (VMs): Other cloud service providers may claim to have similar savings to the Azure Hybrid Benefit,…
What is Azure? Microsoft Azure is a cloud service platform by Microsoft, which provides services in different domains such as compute, storage, database, networking, developer tools and other functionality which help organizations to scale and grow their businesses. Azure services are broadly categorized as the Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS)…
What is Azure? Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform—with solutions including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) that can be used for services such as analytics, virtual computing, storage, networking, and much more. Azure provides an ever-expanding array of products and services designed…
This blog gives a brief overview of newly service added in Microsoft Azure i.e. Azure Sentinel (In preview while writing this blog). Azure Sentinel provides intelligent security analytics at cloud scale for your entire enterprise. Azure Sentinel makes it easy to collect security data across your entire hybrid organization from devices, to users, to…
Introduction: Today many companies have their data which resides not only on the on-premises but also on cloud hosted at the Microsoft Azure data centre. There is an increasing need to maintain the sync between both the servers. In order to maintain the same Microsoft SQL has supported replication services. Transactional replication is a…
In our previous blog Azure API Management (Part 1 – Introduction), we saw the basic features of API and the need to implement Azure API Management. This article gives an overview of Azure API Management (APIM) components and the common user scenarios. Now, let us discuss the components of API. There are three components of…
This blog gives an introduction of Azure API Management (APIM) and its features along with the advantages. So basically, what are APIs? Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the most efficient way of sharing data and can also be used to implement functionality or interact with data from the third-party sources. It means one can use…
In our previous blog SQL Database Managed Instance, we saw an overview of Managed Instance of SQL database. In this article, we compare Azure SQL database and SQL Database Managed Instance and walk you through database migration. The following table outlines key differences and envisioned usage scenarios between SQL IaaS, Azure SQL Database, and SQL…
Introduction Azure SQL Database Managed Instance (preview) is a new capability of Azure SQL Database, providing near 100% compatibility with SQL server on-premises and a native virtual network (VNet) implementation that addresses common security concerns. With this, existing SQL Server customers can lift and shift their on-premises applications to the cloud with minimal database changes…
Our previous blogs- Azure Services- Intro (Part 1), gives an overview of Azure Services. Azure Services- IaaS (Part 2), speaks about Azure IaaS Services. Azure Services- PaaS (Part 3), speaks about Azure PaaS Services. In this article, we will talk about Azure SaaS services. Software as a Service allows users to connect to and use…
