Azure Fundamentals

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Please read through the scenario, then write your answer in the space provided.
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Scenario:

You are at a social event and someone finds out you work for
Microsoft. They tell you that they have heard of ‘some cloud
computing solution’ called Azure but don’t know what it is
about. They ask you to describe it to them and what the
benefits are. Research Microsoft Azure and provide a response
outlining what you would tell this person about Azure.

Guidance for formulating your response:

Your response needs to describe the fundamentals of Azure in a way that is

informative and interesting to the listener. You should also concisely outline the
benefits of Azure.

We suggest you follow the guidelines for an ‘elevator pitch’ to help in being
interesting, brief and memorable. This means that you can clearly articulate your
response in the time it takes to ride an elevator from the bottom floor to the top
floor of a high-rise building. To find out more about how to write an elevator pitch
read this article.

Outline your response below.

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1. Microsoft Azure, commonly referred to as Azure is a cloud computing service created

by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services
through Microsoft-managed data centres.
2. Azure was announced in October 2008, started with codename "Project Red Dog",
3. Microsoft lists over 600 Azure services some are covered below:
 Internet of Things (IoT)
 Azure Block chain Workbench
 Machine learning
 Media services
 Mobile services
 Storage services
4. You can Find answers to the business challenges you face with an Azure solution that brings
together everything you need—related products, services and third-party applications.
5. "We did look at different platforms, including Azure, Google, Amazon, and VMware. If we
wanted to put the whole city in the cloud, we needed Azure." Chris McMasters, Chief
Information Officer, City of Corona, CA this is the reason why companies are looking for
Azure.
6. Once customers subscribe to Azure, they have access to all the services included in the
Azure portal. Subscribers can use these services to create cloud-based resources, such as
virtual machines (VM) and databases.

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