Azure is a cloud services platform that provides highly available and scalable hosting of applications and services. It offers data storage, web hosting, and worker roles that can be deployed across Microsoft's global datacenters. Developers can build applications using familiar .NET and Visual Studio tools, with options to deploy on-premises, to the cloud, or in hybrid environments.
5. Datacenter Business logic Respond to hardware failures Add storage capacity Handle increase in traffic Diagnose service failures Apply OS patches Perform live upgrade for new feature Expand to new locale Service “glue” and operations …