Microsoft Azure
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- Why Azure
- What is Azure Learn the basics about Microsoft's cloud platform
- Cloud you can trust Learn about security, privacy, transparency, and disaster recovery
- Compliance and certifications Learn about independently verified compliance certifications
- Case studies People are doing amazing things with Azure, hear their stories
- Azure vs. AWS Which public cloud is right for you?
- Azure for your business applications Learn about the benefits of running your business apps on Microsoft’s cloud platform
- Webinars Watch live online presentations about the latest features
- Get started Learn how to get started quickly with Azure
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Learn more - Solutions
- Products
- Compute
- Compute
- Virtual Machines Provision Windows and Linux virtual machines in minutes
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets Manage and scale 10s to 1000s of Linux and Windows VMs
- App Service Create web and mobile apps for any platform and any device
- Azure Container Service Use Docker based tools to deploy and manage containers
- Azure Container Registry Store images for container deployments—Docker Swarm, DC/OS, and more
- Functions Process events with serverless code
- Batch Run large-scale parallel and batch compute jobs
- Service Fabric Build and operate always-on, scalable, distributed applications
- Cloud Services Create highly available, infinitely scalable cloud applications and APIs
Get credits that enable:
4 Windows or Linux Virtual Machines
24 x 7 for a month
And much more...
Learn more - Networking
- Networking
- Virtual Network Provision private networks, optionally connect to on-premises datacenters
- Load Balancer Deliver high availability and network performance to your applications
- Application Gateway Layer 7 Load Balancer with built-in HTTP load balancing and delivery control
- VPN Gateway Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
- Azure DNS Host your DNS domain in Azure
- CDN Deliver content to end-users through a robust network of global data centers
- Traffic Manager Route incoming traffic for high performance and availability
- ExpressRoute Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
Connect Virtual Machines with Virtual Network for free.
Learn more - Storage
- Storage
- Storage Durable, highly available, and massively scalable cloud storage
- Blob Storage REST-based object storage for unstructured data
- Queue Storage Effectively scale apps according to traffic
- File Storage File shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol
- Disk Storage Persistent, secured disk options supporting virtual machines
- Data Lake Store Hyperscale repository for big data analytics workloads
- StorSimple Hybrid cloud storage for enterprises, reduces costs and improves data security
- Backup Simple and reliable server backup to the cloud
- Site Recovery Orchestrate protection and recovery of private clouds
Get credits that enable:
8 standard SQL Databases
Hadoop instance for a week
And much more...
Learn more - Web + Mobile
- Web + Mobile
- App Service Create web and mobile apps for any platform and any device
- Web Apps Quickly create and deploy mission critical Web apps at scale
- Mobile Apps Build and host the backend for any mobile app
- Logic Apps Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
- API Apps Easily build and consume Cloud APIs
- CDN Deliver content to end-users through a robust network of global data centers
- Media Services Encode, store, and stream video and audio at scale
- Search Fully-managed search-as-a-service
- See all web + mobile
- Databases
- Databases
- SQL Database Managed relational SQL Database-as-a-service
- SQL Data Warehouse Elastic data warehouse-as-a-service with enterprise-class features
- SQL Server Stretch Database Dynamically stretch on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure
- DocumentDB Managed NoSQL document database-as-a-service
- Table Storage NoSQL key-value store using semi-structured datasets
- Redis Cache High throughput, low latency data access to build fast and scalable applications
- Data Factory Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
Get credits that enable:
8 standard SQL Databases
Hadoop instance for a week
And much more...
Learn more - Intelligence + Analytics
- Intelligence + Analytics
- HDInsight Provision cloud Hadoop, Spark, R Server, HBase, and Storm clusters
- Machine Learning Powerful cloud based predictive analytics tool to enable predictive maintenance
- Stream Analytics Real-time data stream processing from millions of IoT devices
- Cognitive Services Add smart API capabilities to enable contextual interactions
- Azure Bot Service Intelligent, serverless bot service that scales on demand
- Data Lake Analytics Distributed analytics service that makes big data easy
- Data Lake Store Hyperscale repository for big data analytics workloads
- Power BI Embedded Embed fully interactive, stunning data visualizations in your applications
- See all intelligence + analytics
Cortana Intelligence
Learn how to transform your business with big data and advanced analytics
Learn more - Internet of Things
- Internet of Things
- Azure IoT Hub Connect, monitor, and control billions of IoT assets
- Event Hubs Receive telemetry from millions of devices
- Stream Analytics Real-time data stream processing from millions of IoT devices
- Machine Learning Powerful cloud based predictive analytics tool to enable predictive maintenance
- Notification Hubs A scalable, push notification engine for quickly sending millions of messages
- Enterprise Integration
- Enterprise Integration
- Logic Apps Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
- BizTalk Services Seamlessly integrate the enterprise and the cloud
- Service Bus Connect across private and public cloud environments
- API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
- StorSimple Hybrid cloud storage for enterprises, reduces costs and improves data security
- SQL Server Stretch Database Dynamically stretch on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure
- Data Catalog Data source discovery to get more value from existing enterprise data assets
- Data Factory Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
- Security + Identity
- Security + Identity
- Security Center Prevent, detect, and respond to threats with increased visibility
- Identity for developers Enable one-click sign in for hundreds of millions of users
- Key Vault Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets
- Azure Active Directory Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
- Azure Active Directory B2C Consumer identity and access management in the cloud
- Azure Active Directory Domain Services Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers
- Multi-Factor Authentication Safeguard access to your data and apps with an extra level of authentication
Get credits that enable:
Store 500,000 objects in Active Directory
Multi-factor auth with 100 users
And much more...
Learn more - Developer Tools
- Developer Tools
- Visual Studio Team Services Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software
- Azure DevTest Labs Quickly create environments using reusable templates and artifacts
- Application Insights Detect, triage, and diagnose issues in your web apps and services
- API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
- HockeyApp Deploy mobile apps, collect feedback and crash reports, and monitor usage
- Developer Tools and SDKs Build, deploy, diagnose, and manage multi-platform, scalable apps and services
- Xamarin Create cloud-powered mobile apps faster
- Storage Explorer View and interact with Azure Storage resources
- Monitoring + Management
- Monitoring + Management
- Microsoft Azure portal Build, manage, and monitor all Azure products in a single, unified console
- Azure Resource Manager Simplify how you manage your app resources
- Application Insights Detect, triage, and diagnose issues in your web apps and services
- Log Analytics Collect, search and visualize machine data from on-premises and cloud
- Automation Simplify cloud management with process automation
- Backup Simple and reliable server backup to the cloud
- Site Recovery Orchestrate protection and recovery of private clouds
- Scheduler Run your jobs on simple or complex recurring schedules
- See all monitoring + management
- Microsoft Azure Stack
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- Documentation
- Pricing
- Partners
- Blog
- Resources
- Downloads Get the SDKs and command-line tools you need
- Samples Learn how to interact with Azure services through code
- Whitepapers and Analysts Reports View popular whitepapers, analyst reports and sign up for the newsletter
- Events Find an in-person event or webinar
- Training Discover training and certification programs
- Templates Deploy Azure resources through the Azure Resource Manager with community contributed templates
- Service Updates Learn about updates to Azure products
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Learn more - Support
- Support Overview
- Support Overview
- Azure Support Find the support options you need
- Compare Support Plans Explore and purchase technical support
- Forums Get answers from Microsoft and community experts
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Learn more - Trust Center
- Legal
- Legal
- Overview
- Subscription Agreement
- Services Terms
- Offer Details
- Privacy Statement
- Service Level Agreements
- Preview Supplemental Terms
- Marketplace Terms
- Website Terms Of Use
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Learn more - Azure Status Dashboard
- Support Overview
Microsoft Azure is your cloud dev/test environment
Get started with a monthly Azure credit of up to $150 for Visual Studio subscribers.
Special offers for teams of Visual Studio subscribers for dev/test workloads of all sizes.
Activate your monthly Azure creditMonthly Azure credits for Visual Studio subscribers
Active Visual Studio subscribers receive a monthly Azure credit of up to $150 for experimenting with different Azure services and running individual dev/test workloads like virtual machines and Cloud Services. Here are some examples of ways you can use just $100 per month on Azure.
Details about monthly Azure credits for Visual Studio subscribers
Special dev/test offers for teams
While the monthly Azure credit for Visual Studio subscribers is great for your personal dev/test workloads, it isn’t optimal for work you’re doing as a team. Thankfully, we’ve created a couple options for you to get lower dev/test rates, access to Windows 10 for dev/test, along with other advantages:
Enterprise Dev/Test: if your organization has an Enterprise Agreement