Microsoft Azure Training

Among the many cloud platforms that are available, Microsoft Azure is a premier cloud platform. It has strong credentials as a ‘platform-as-a-service’. It has the double advantage of currently being only the major cloud platform which is also in the forefront of providing ‘infrastructure-as-a-service’ or IaaS. Among IT professionals, Microsoft Azure is fast becoming the favorite in its class and for a host of good reasons.

Advantages of Azure:

• The Microsoft Azure cloud platform has been closely integrated with the other Microsoft tools available. This ensures a seamless hassle free environment. An organization which relies on Microsoft tools such as SharePoint, Office 365, Outlook etc. will find it advantageous to shift to Azure due to seamless integration between the tools and the cloud platform. The organization can use their current virtual machines using Windows and Linux in the Azure cloud.
• Microsoft, being one of the oldest and largest IT Majors, has a good reputation in providing service and technical back-up. This strong brand reliability, gives Microsoft a premium tag which attracts customers.
• Since the Azure cloud platform offers both PaaS and IaaS, organizations using Azure can outsource their cloud computing infrastructure as a ‘pay for what you use’ model of business. Using the PaaS allows an organization to take advantage of the following:
• Create their own Web Apps and/or Software without the costs involved in creating infrastructure
• It is possible to customize their cloud software such as Office 365 etc. to meet their specs
• Since Azure is an industry leader in PaaS and IaaS, Apps can be created and launched at a faster pace and will be easier to manage
• The Azure cloud platform is backed by Microsoft Data Centers, located round the world in 19 regions. This makes it is one of the few organizations that can boast of 99.95% availability, backed up by 24x7 technical support and constant monitoring of the health of the system. With such back-up, an organization using Azure, need not worry about operational and technical glitches leading to downtime and loss of production.
• Another advantage of Azure is that it provides SQL & NoSQL data services. It has built in support for deep analysis of data, which enables an organization to gather Business Intelligence. With this Business Intelligence, an organization gets an insight into business trends, customer preference etc. With such vital inputs, it can fine tune its business to take advantage of current and emerging market scenarios.