Exploring Azure compute services

Understanding Microsoft Azure Architecture and Services

Florin Angelescu

Azure Architect

Azure compute services

• Resources and services that enable processing and app execution and workloads in Azure
• Provide the computing power to run apps, process data, and perform various tasks

Azure compute services

• Infrastructure as a Service
• Platform as a Service
• Serverless

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Provides virtualized computing resources over the Internet
• Alternative to traditional on-premises infrastructure
• Includes virtual machines and networking

IaaS in practice

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Forget about the operating system and software components
• Provides a ready-made platform to use

PaaS in practice

Serverless computing

• Shifts more responsibility to the cloud provider
• Users focusing mainly on writing code
• Applications are broken down into smaller, standalone components
• They get executed in response to events

Azure functions

• Allow to run code in response to events
• No need to manage infrastructure
• Characterized by low complexity
• Used to address specific requirements

Azure functions in practice

Containers

• Lightweight, standalone, and executable software package
• Includes everything required to run a piece of software
• Forget about all software pre-requisites

When to use containers?

• Build solutions through a microservice architecture
• Breaking down complex applications into smaller, independent components
• Enables independent maintenance, scaling, or updating

Azure container services

Azure container instances

• Quickly run containers
• Test or run applications
• Different operating systems

Azure Kubernetes

• Container orchestrator
• Deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications

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Understanding Microsoft Azure Architecture and Services