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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