Chapter 17
Top Ten Azure Technology Opportunities to Watch
IN THIS CHAPTER
Keeping abreast of Azure platform features
Remaining current with Azure product updates
Discovering new industry trends that are being integrated into Azure
Microsoft is not your everyday enterprise IT vendor. Few companies can invest over $20 billion into their product lines, with over half of the spending being invested in cloud-first initiatives in a single calendar year. As you read this chapter, you’ll quickly realize the following ten trends are industry-wide, but in this dog-eat-dog world, Microsoft leads the pack in research and development dollar spending to build the best-in-breed cloud platform. As you review the key ten areas that keep Microsoft on its toes (and many businesses up at night), recognize that the criticality and maturity of each area vary widely.
This chapter presents cutting-edge concepts, some of which may not be generally available just yet. Microsoft takes about six months to a year to make a technical capability generally available. Once the capability is generally available, ...
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