The document discusses Azure services, emphasizing their application in cloud environments compared to AWS and GCP, while highlighting the importance of focusing on business outcomes rather than just technological outcomes. It provides guidance on choosing appropriate Azure services based on application requirements, data types, and operational needs. Additionally, it encourages a serverless mindset that prioritizes agility and innovation in IT practices.

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Azure for AWS & GCP Pros:
Which Azure services to use?

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“Serverless is a state of mind. It’s about how you make
decisions, not what your choices are.” – Ben Kehoe
…even your On-Prem
Data Centre
Serverless is a direction, not a destination
It’s about avoiding
Dogma – this:

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16. Run your application in Azure Store your data in Azure
Running Applications and Storing Data

17. Which functionality do I
need?
What usage model
do I need?
Where do I need my
app to run?
How much control
do I need?
Running Your App in Azure: Questions to Ask

18. How Much Control Do I Need?
Control and Responsibility
Working on business value
• App configuration
• Application
• Server configuration
• Operating system
• Antivirus
• Network
• App configuration
• Application
• Server configuration
• App configuration
• Application
• App configuration
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
LaaS (Serverless)

19. • Azure Public Cloud
• Azure Stack
• On-premises
• Local development computer
• Other clouds
Where Do I Need My App to Run?

20. How will my app be used?
All the time
Occasionally
Classic model
• always on
• pay per month
Serverless
• runs when needed
• pay per execution

21. Which functionality do I
need?
What usage model
do I need?
Where do I need my
app to run?
How much control
do I need?
Questions to Ask

22. • I trust Azure to scale for me
• My app needs to run in Azure and on-premises
• My app only needs to run once every hour

23. Options for Running Your Application in Azure
VM Container
Instances
Kubernetes
Service
(AKS)
Web App for
Containers
Service
Fabric
(Mesh)
Cloud Services
Web
App
Mobile
App
Functions
Logic
App
Batch
Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS)
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Logic-as-a-Service
(LaaS, serverless)

24. Options for Running Your Application in Azure
VM Container
Instances
Kubernetes
Service
(AKS)
Web App for
Containers
Service
Fabric
(Mesh)
Cloud Services
Web
App
Mobile
App
Functions
Logic
App
Batch
Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS)
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Logic-as-a-Service
(LaaS, serverless)
Business value
Control & responsibility

25. Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS)
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Logic-as-a-Service
(LaaS, serverless)
Stay Vendor Agnostic (Run Anywhere)
VM Container
Instances
Kubernetes
Service
(AKS)
Web App for
Containers
Service
Fabric
(Mesh)
Cloud Services
Web
App
Mobile
App
Functions
Logic
App
Batch

26. Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS)
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Logic-as-a-Service
(LaaS, serverless)
Run Occasionally (serverless)
VM Container
Instances
Kubernetes
Service
(AKS)
Web App for
Containers
Service
Fabric
(Mesh)
Cloud Services
Web
App
Mobile
App
Functions
Logic
App
Batch

30. Run your application in Azure Store your data in Azure
Running Applications and Storing Data

31. Which functionality do I
need?
What type of data
am I going to store?
What will I use the
data for?
Storing Your Data in Azure: Questions to Ask

32. OLTP
Online Transactional Processing
OLAP
Online Analytical Processing
What Will I Use the Data For?

33. What Type of Data Am I Going to Store?
Relational Data Unstructured Data
Document
data
Graph
Data
Key/value
Data

34. • My app is an online reservation system
• My app needs to store and retrieve document data

35. Options for Storing Data in Azure
Azure SQL
Database
Azure Synapse
Analytics
Azure Data Lake
Store
Azure Storage
File
Blob
Queue
Table
Disk
Azure Databases
for MySQL
Azure Databases
for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos
DB
Azure Databases
for MariaDB

36. Application or Data Analytics?
Azure SQL
Database
Azure Synapse
Analytics
Azure Data Lake
Store
Azure Storage
File
Blob
Queue
Table
Disk
Azure Databases
for MySQL
Azure Databases
for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos
DB
Azure Databases
for MariaDB
Online Transactional Processing (OLTP)
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

37. Relational Data
What Type of Data?
Azure SQL
Database
Azure Synapse
Analytics
Azure Data Lake
Store
Azure Storage
File
Blob
Queue
Table
Disk
Azure Databases
for MySQL
Azure Databases
for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos
DB
Azure Databases
for MariaDB

38. Unstructured / document data
Relational Data
What Type of Data?
Azure SQL
Database
Azure Synapse
Analytics
Azure Data Lake
Store
Azure Storage
File
Blob
Queue
Table
Disk
Azure Databases
for MySQL
Azure Databases
for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos
DB
Azure Databases
for MariaDB

39. Data Analytics
Unstructured / document data
Relational Data
What Type of Data?
Azure SQL
Database
Azure Synapse
Analytics
Azure Data Lake
Store
Azure Storage
File
Blob
Queue
Table
Disk
Azure Databases
for MySQL
Azure Databases
for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos
DB
Azure Databases
for MariaDB

42. How to choose Azure services to speed up your
application

44. Does my app use
audio, video or
images?
Does my app use data
that is used a lot and
doesn’t change often
Are my users
globally
distributed?
Speeding up Your App in Azure: Questions to Ask

45. Are user globally
distributed?
Yes
No
Is traffic
between user
and app HTTP-
based?
Yes
No

46. Does my app use
audio ,video or
images?
Does my app use data
that is used a lot and
doesn’t change often
Are my users
globally
distributed?
Speeding up Your App in Azure: Questions to Ask

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49. Does my app use
audio ,video or
images?
Does my app use data
that is used a lot and
doesn’t change often
Are my users
globally
distributed?
Speeding up Your App in Azure: Questions to Ask

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55. How to choose Azure services to monitor your
application

57. Which functionality do I
need?
What is the scope
that I need to
monitor?
Monitoring Your App in Azure: Questions to Ask

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