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- Virtual Machines Provision Windows and Linux Virtual Machines and applications in minutes
- Cloud Services Create highly available, infinitely scalable cloud applications and APIs
- Batch Run large-scale parallel and batch compute jobs
- RemoteApp Deploy Windows client apps in the cloud, run on any device
- Service Fabric Build highly scalable, reliable, and easily managed applications composed of microservices
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- App Service Create web and mobile apps for any platform and any device
- Web Apps Quickly create and deploy mission critical Web apps that scale with your business
- Mobile Apps Build and host the backend for any mobile app
- Logic Apps Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
- API Apps Easily build and consume Cloud APIs
- API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
- Notification Hubs Scalable, cross-platform push notification infrastructure
- Mobile Engagement Data-driven user engagement platform to maximize performance
- Data & Storage
- Data & Storage
- SQL Database Managed Relational SQL Database-as-a-service
- DocumentDB Managed NoSQL document database-as-a-service
- Redis Cache High throughput, low latency data access to build fast and scalable applications
- Storage: Blobs, Tables, Queues, Files and Disks Durable, highly available and massively scalable cloud storage
- StorSimple Hybrid cloud storage for enterprises, reduces costs and improves data security
- Azure Search Fully-managed search-as-a-service
- SQL Data Warehouse Elastic data warehouse-as-a-service with enterprise-class features
Get credits that enable:
8 standard SQL Databases
Hadoop instance for a week
And much more...
Learn more - Analytics
- Analytics
- HDInsight Provision managed Hadoop clusters
- Machine Learning Powerful cloud-based predictive analytics
- Stream Analytics Real-time stream processing
- Data Factory Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
- Event Hubs Ingest, persist, and process millions of events per second
- Data Catalog Data source discovery to get more value from existing enterprise data assets
Get credits that enable:
8 standard SQL Databases
Hadoop instance for a week
And much more...
Learn more - Internet of Things
- IoT services
- Event Hubs Receive telemetry from millions of devices
- Stream Analytics Real-time data stream processing from millions of IoT devices
- Machine Learning Powerful cloud based predictive analytics tool to enable predictive maintenance
- Notification Hubs A scalable, push notification engine for quickly sending millions of messages
Sign-up for free and get $200 to spend on all Azure services
Learn more - Networking
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- Virtual Network Provision private networks, optionally connect to on-premises datacenters
- ExpressRoute Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
- Traffic Manager Route incoming traffic for high performance and availability
- Load Balancer Deliver high availability and network performance to your applications
- DNS Host your DNS domain in Azure
- VPN Gateway Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
- Application Gateway Highly scalable websites with HTTP load balancing and delivery control
Connect Virtual Machines with Virtual Network for free.
Learn more - Media & CDN
- Media & CDN
- Media Services Encode, store, and stream video and audio at scale
- CDN Deliver content to end-users through a robust network of global data centers
Get credits that enable:
Encoding 100GB of media
Transfer up to 1600GB of content
And much more...
Learn more - Hybrid Integration
- Hybrid Integration
- BizTalk Services Seamlessly integrate the enterprise and the cloud
- Service Bus Connect across private and public cloud environments
- Backup Simple and reliable server backup to the cloud
- Site Recovery Orchestrate protection and recovery of private clouds
- Identity & Access Management
- Identity & Access Management
- Azure Active Directory Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
- Multi-Factor Authentication Safeguard access to your data and apps with an extra level of authentication
Get credits that enable:
Store 500,000 objects in Active Directory
Multi-factor auth with 100 users
And much more...
Learn more - Developer Services
- Developer Services
- Visual Studio Application Insights Diagnose problems and track usage to improve web and mobile apps
- Visual Studio Online Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software – for any language
Each free account includes:
Five free Basic licenses
Unlimited private code repos
And more!
Learn more - Management
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- Microsoft Azure preview portal Explore the new Microsoft Azure preview portal
- Scheduler Run your jobs on simple or complex recurring schedules
- Automation Simplify cloud management with process automation
- Operational Insights Collect, search and visualize machine data from on-premises and cloud
- Key Vault Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets
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