Windows Azure is a Microsoft's tool for cloud computing. It was designed
to ease the management for a scalable datacenter’s of web application over the
internet. Microsoft Windows Azure can be used to create, distribute and upgrade
the web applications without the
need to maintain expensive, often misused resources onsite. Web application development companies are using window Azure for developing data center for their web
applications.
Windows Azure supports multiple
programming languages platform, including .NET, PHP, Ruby, Java and Python.
Developers can build with their preferred programming tools even including
Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio that run on both Microsoft and on the third-party
web servers. It helps you to maximize your in-house resources and reduce the
cost of creating datacenters.
The Windows Azure platform is a
set of cloud services and technologies i.e. Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Azure,
AppFabric, and the Windows Azure Marketplace. It can be used for web services,
managing data, scalability, and in the automated application deployment and
management. AppFabric helps developers to build and to connect to the cloud. It
simplifies the connection across the firewall for a flexible and secure
integration that can be implemented on the existing on-premise making it very
cost-effective.
SQL Azure provides data services,
including a relational database, reporting and data synchronization with mobile
users, remote offices, and the business partners. It is a cloud-based
relational database hosted by Microsoft data centers. It also let you to combine
the multiple data sources in the cloud and it also helps in eliminating the
costs of buying, administering, and updating on-site servers.
As mentioned earlier, with Windows Azure developers have various
developing tools that enable them to build, deploy and manage the web
applications. The platform includes Microsoft web content management, Dynamics
CRM platform, Windows Live services etc.
Using this, companies can also offer software-as-a-service (SaaS) to their
users or it can be used internally within their employees. However, Windows
Azure also provides mobile application development, social networking games and other applications; because of
cloud computing they can build web
applications which are fast and effective in a very cost effective way.
Its secured and reliable storages
make it even more desirable. A Microsoft data centers is another compelling for
the cloud benefit. SLAs for Windows Azure components guarantee at least 99.9% of
uptime. It makes it suitable for the business where giving service on-time is
the key component.
Still it’s not enough; If we talk
about to summarize the whole thing, it is suitable for most of the businesses
as it provides an affordable option for delivering high end web applications to
the end users. The pricing of Windows Azure does help in the cost cutting of
the small companies. So putting hands across this platform is worthy for every
business.
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