To understand Azure you have to know what the “Cloud” is. In short, the Cloud is a computing system meant for sharing, storing, and hosting data. The information that goes around in Cloud are controlled by a certain provider. For example, Apple and their iCloud. 

Windows Azure is a Cloud services platform where the information is stored in Microsoft centers. Instead of purely acting as a place for data storage, Azure is also a method for building applications that use Cloud capabilities that many coders will find suitable for it supports numerous programming languages.

 

If you were to take these abstract ideas and put them in a physical sense, imagine Azure as the binding agent that connects all the information from the Cloud, those countless servers processing data, into a single unit that provides people all they need to store, send, and create applications. Instead of focusing on building the infrastructure needed to support these applications, Azure itself is the infrastructure. 

Like any infrastructure to which you build upon, you want to make sure it’s secure. Azure boasts more certifications than any other Cloud-based system. Windows is transparent in how they manage their data, and you have the choice to know where your data is exactly located as well as who can have access to them under special conditions.
 

When it comes to building an application, you can design anything from a web app and serverless app to a data-driven one. No matter what you create you can store that data in Azure. Microsoft themselves even feature video tutorials that can be found on their official page that teaches you the basics and the unlimited potential Azure has to offer. 

 

Providing users with a rich developer experience, Windows Azure is perfect for managing and hosting servers. It has seemingly unlimited storage that scales to whatever you need it for, and on top of that, has reliable computing and networking services. Windows Azure gives you the entire cloud and programming experience where you can get straight to work instead of thinking about a platform to even work on.