Chapter 1
Introducing Microsoft Azure
IN THIS CHAPTER
Introducing the cloud
Differentiating among the cloud computing models
Introducing the major Microsoft Azure services
Starting your Azure subscription
Learning how Azure deploys product updates
Welcome to cloud computing, and welcome to Microsoft Azure! I’m not sure what occurred in your professional or personal life to lead you to read this book, but I’m glad you’re here with me. In this chapter, I cover ground-level terminology, beginning with precisely what buzzwords the cloud and cloud computing mean.
By the end of this chapter, you’ll have your very own Azure subscription running at the free tier. Are you excited? I hope so!
What Is Cloud Computing?
Ask one hundred people to define cloud computing and I am confident the responses may make you laugh, cry, or think a bit. You see, many people at first think cloud technology is anything but shared compute capacity and resources using a common interface.
Most people use cloud ...
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