Integrated Environment: Aws & Azure
Integrated Environment: Aws & Azure
Integrated Environment: Aws & Azure
1. Integrated Environment
Azure brings to the table an integrated environment for developing, testing, and deploying
cloud apps. The choice of frameworks lies with the client, and open development languages
further add to the flexibility for Azure migration. Additionally, readymade services like web,
mobile, media in addition to APIs and templates can be leveraged to kick start Azure
application development. Azure PaaS brings together all the applications, data, devices, and
partners, both on-premises and in the Cloud. Its flexible toolset is ideal for solving integration
needs ranging from connecting mobile apps with on-premises LOB systems to coordinating
B2B payments with partners.
AWS is widely perceived as being complicated. This is evident by the numerous tutorials,
user guides, and troubleshooting documents that are out there. Conversely, Azure allows the
utilization of the same tried and trusted technologies that several businesses have used in the
past and are still using today. These include Windows and Linux, Active Directory, and
virtual machines. Moreover, it provides useful tools like XCode, Hadoop, GitHub, Visual
Studios, Eclipse, etc. It also provides several third-party tools, solutions, and apps developed
by partner-developers on the Azure Marketplace. As a result, the learning curve for the Azure
Cloud is gentle.
If an organization already uses Microsoft software, then it likely has the ‘Enterprise
Agreement’ with Microsoft. It is entitled to obtain discounts on the Microsoft software being
used as Microsoft usually tweaks these agreements to lower the pricing of Azure. Thus, with
the enterprise agreement, enterprises can typically obtain significant incentives for using
Azure.
Applications that run easily, unaffectedly, and scale from 10 to 10 million users can be
created without any additional coding by using Azure. Azure Storage provides ductile, safe,
secure, and performance-efficient storage services in the cloud. It becomes simpler to change
settings and use more processors for the application to use.
Azure facilitates SQL and NoSQL data services and built-in support for digging deeper into
data and uncovering key insights for improving business processes and decision making.
Azure is the only cloud platform that offers Blockchain as a Service (BaaS), Machine
Learning, Bots, and Cognitive APIs capabilities.
Azure offers secure IAM capabilities with Azure Active Directory service to enable the right
users to access the right information. With Azure, Enterprises can adopt mature IAM
capabilities to reduce identity management costs and become more agile, thus supporting
innovative business initiatives.
Other public cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform also
provide similar capabilities like Microsoft Azure. However, with the sheer speed at which
Microsoft is launching new components in Azure, it is apparent that it is scored higher in the
marketplace soon.