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Compute & Containers
VMs: Windows and Linux, hundreds of sizes, per-second billing. Spot VMs for dev/test (up to 90% discount).
AKS: Managed Kubernetes with free control plane. Fargate serverless containers available.
Azure Container Apps: Serverless containers -- K8s-powered without cluster management. Pay-per-second.
Container Instances: Fast container startup without K8s.
Azure Functions: Event-driven serverless. 1M requests free/month.
App Service: Managed PaaS for web apps and APIs. Supports .NET, Java, Node, Python, PHP.
Static Web Apps: Managed global static app hosting with integrated serverless APIs.
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AI, Data & Storage
AI: Azure OpenAI Service (same as ChatGPT API -- GPT-4o, o3, DALL-E, Whisper). Foundry Models (diverse model catalog). Foundry Agent Service for multi-agent apps. Microsoft Copilot.
Data: Microsoft Fabric (unified analytics), Azure SQL (managed SQL Server), Cosmos DB (globally distributed NoSQL), PostgreSQL/MySQL (managed), Synapse Analytics.
Storage: Blob (object), Files (NFS/SMB), Disk (managed SSDs). Azure NetApp Files for enterprise NFS.
Networking, Security & Hybrid
Networking: VNet, Azure DNS, Azure CDN, ExpressRoute (dedicated private connection), Load Balancer, Application Gateway (L7/WAF), Traffic Manager, Front Door (global LB).
Security: Defender for Cloud (CSPM), Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM), Entra ID (IAM/SSO), Key Vault, DDoS Protection, Azure Policy.
Hybrid: Azure Arc (manage any infrastructure), Azure Local (hybrid deployments), Azure Stack (on-prem cloud).
Identity & Management: Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Azure Policy, Blueprints, Management Groups, Azure Monitor, Azure Automation, DevTest Labs.
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