Introduction to AzureEng Teong Cheah

Microsoft MVP in Windows

Development & Malaysia

Xamarin Group Leader

Agenda

• What is Cloud Computing?

• What is Microsoft Azure?

What is Cloud Computing?

• Cloud computing is a term used

to describe network access to on-

demand shared, configurable

computing resources from some

remote client

• Management and facilities cost is

all taken on by the cloud provider

– saving time and money

The shift to cloud computing

Traditional data center

management is expensive in

both time and money – IT staff

spends much of their time

managing the infrastructure

Cloud computing formal definition

According to the NIST definition, every cloud

computing platform has essential characteristics

What is Azure?• Azure is Microsoft's

subscription-model public

cloud computing platform

which offers processing,

storage, networking and API

service

• Announced in 2008 and

released in 2010, it has grown

and changed dramatically in

the last several years

Statistics for 1Q 2016

Services provided by Azure

Azure provides several pillars which can used

independently or together to provide a fully

comprehensive cloud offering

Categorizing cloud computing

Services can be grouped into three cloud computing

categories

Services provided by Azure

Services can be grouped into three cloud computing

categories

Services provided by Azure

Services are built in layers – higher level layers depend

on layers below

Where are these services located?

Azure has regional data centers all over the world to

support your app’s infrastructure needs

See: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/#services for current list

Why use Azure?

There are several key benefits to moving your systems

to Azure

Build mobile appsfor any device

Build andconsume APIs

in the cloud

Automate businessprocesses across SaaSand on-premises

Listen and react toevents across your

stack

Mobile AppsAPI Apps

Logic Apps Functions

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Access Azure services

Azure supports a variety of client access technologies –

SDKs are all available from

https://azure.Microsoft.com/dswnloads/

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