Microsoft Azure – Cloud Platform and Services

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                  -Bill Gates

This chapter covers details about the basics of cloud computing, a DevOps overview, the benefits of PaaS in the DevOps culture, and Microsoft Azure – cloud platform and services.

It will cover the required PaaS offering from Microsoft that is necessary for deploying a web application. This chapter also covers basic concepts of Microsoft Cloud that are important to create, use, and manage platform services effectively for deploying applications.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following topics:

• Overview of PaaS and Application PaaS
• Role and benefits of PaaS and aPaaS in DevOps
• Overview of Microsoft Azure Services
• Overview of concepts related to Microsoft Azure

First, let's see what we will cover in this book and then go ahead with the plan step by step.