What is Windows azure platform?

Windows azure platform provides cloud computing services, including Windows azure , SQL azure and Windows
Azure appfabric .

 

 

Windows azure --Cloud Operating System

Windows azureIs the operating system of cloud services. It provides development, service host, and service configuration management functions. 

 

It provides a scalable development environment, managed service environment, and service management environment, including providing virtual machine-based computing services and Blobs , Tables , Queues , Drives And other storage services. Windows azure It provides developers with managed, scalable, and on-demand application computing and storage resources, and provides developers with cloud platform management and dynamic resource allocation control measures. Windows azure Is an open platform that supports both Microsoft and non-Microsoft languages and environments. Developers are building Windows azure ApplicationProgramAnd services, you can not only use Microsoft Visual Studio , Eclipse And other development tools. Windows
Azure Also supports various popular standards and protocols, including Soap , Rest , XML , And HTTPS .  

 

Windows azure Computing services are provided by assigning computing tasks to multiple virtual servers at the same time as needed. Windows azure Virtual Machine running 64 Bit Windows Server 2008 , Hyper-V Products are transformed from the cloud. Developers only need to access Windows azure Portal, Windows Live
ID To start using the services provided by the platform.  

 

Windows azure Storage is not a relational data system, and its query language is not SQL It is mainly designed to support Windows azure It provides more simple and scalable storage. Storage Service applications can use data in many different ways, Windows azure
Storage The Service provides a variety of options, including Blobs , Tables , Queues And Drives .  

 

SQL azure --Relational databases on the cloud 

Microsoft SQL azure Database Is created in SQL Server Technical cloud computing-based relational database service. SQL azureBased onSQL ServerThe technology is built and managed by Microsoft Based on the cloud. It provides scalable, multi-tenant, and highly available database services. 

Azure appfabric

Appfabric The connection is established. Windows azure And SQL azure The middleware provides secure connections as a service to help developers build bridges between cloud deployment, internal deployment, and hosting deployment. This bridge provides two services: Service Bus (Service Bus) and Access Control (Access Control ).  

Windows azure platform appfabric Allows developers to connect to applications and cloud computing services on the cloud. Windows azure , Windows Server Or other platforms (Java , Ruby And PHP) .