Azure for medium and small businesses
Get the right support and step-by-step guidance to help you build highly secure, scalable, and affordable solutions in the cloud
Why Azure for your business?
Easy to get started
No matter what industry you’re in, or whether your organisation is new to the cloud or cloud-native, it’s easy to get up and running quickly and confidently on Azure:
Many ways to save
Realise major short- and long-term cost benefits by moving some or all of your resources to Azure. Pay only for what you use and take advantage of innovative savings options:
Remote work
Boost remote productivity by providing your employees with the best virtual desktop experience available for Windows 10 and Office 365—available anywhere, on any device:
Partner help and support
Get friendly, expert help at any time with a variety of support options and consulting services from verified Microsoft partners who specialise in your specific needs:
Get help with pricing and take advantage of discounts

Contact an Azure sales specialist anytime for pricing questions and quotes, help understanding your note, customised proposals for your needs, and cost-optimisation tools and strategies.
Talk or chat with SalesPay less by reserving virtual machines, purchasing unused compute capacity at a discount, and bringing your existing server licences to Azure at no additional charge. And estimate your Azure costs in advance using the Total Cost of Ownership calculator.
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Azure free account
Try Azure now by creating a free account and get 12 months of popular free services, more than 55 services free always, and a $200 credit to use in your first 30 days.
Quickstart templates
Deploy resources and Azure services in minutes with popular quickstart templates, including how to deploy basic Linux web apps, Windows Virtual Machines, and Azure Databricks Workspaces.
Azure Marketplace
Accelerate your innovation with thousands of specialised industry apps and services—and reach millions of new customers by selling your own.
See how customers are thriving on the best cloud for small businesses
Citizen Care Pod built smart testing pods for COVID-19 using Azure IoT, Azure Cognitive Services, and ingenuity in pursuit of a common goal.

Tamarin Health helps businesses create safer environments during the COVID-19 pandemic with its Gather Safely platform built on Azure.

Kodisoft helps restaurants reduce costs, drive sales, and create deeper, more engaging customer experiences with Azure IoT Hub.

Net-Inspect’s groundbreaking supply chain and quality management software connects 26,000 suppliers around the world using Azure services.

To meet high customer demand, alldata IT-Systeme quickly expanded its platform capacity with an Azure Stack HCI-based solution.

StratosMedia created an innovative platform that makes interactive media perform on virtually any screen—from smartphones to video walls—using Azure.

Big-business capabilities for medium and small businesses
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Azure Machine Learning
Use an enterprise-grade service for the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle
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Azure Cognitive Search
Enterprise scale search for app development
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Azure Cognitive Services
Add cognitive capabilities to apps with APIs and AI services
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Azure Bot Services
Create bots and connect them across channels
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Azure Databricks
Design AI with Apache Spark™-based analytics
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Kinect DK
Build for mixed reality using AI sensors
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Azure Migrate
Simplify migration and modernization with a unified platform
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Azure Site Recovery
Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service
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Azure Data Box
Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge compute
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Azure Database Migration Service
Accelerate your data migration to Azure
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Microsoft Cost Management
Monitor, allocate, and optimize cloud costs with transparency, accuracy, and efficiency
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Virtual Machines
Provision Windows and Linux VMs in seconds
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Azure Functions
Execute event-driven serverless code functions with an end-to-end development experience
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App Service
Quickly create powerful cloud apps for web and mobile
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Azure Disk Storage
High-performance, highly durable block storage
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Azure Backup
Simplify data protection with built-in backup management at scale
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Azure Files
Simple, secure and serverless enterprise-grade cloud file shares
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Azure Database Migration Service
Accelerate your data migration to Azure
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Azure SQL Database
Build apps that scale with managed and intelligent SQL database in the cloud
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Azure SQL Managed Instance
Modernize SQL Server applications with a managed, always-up-to-date SQL instance in the cloud
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL
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Azure Database for MySQL
Fully managed, scalable MySQL Database
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Azure Cosmos DB
Build or modernize scalable, high-performance apps
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Azure Backup
Simplify data protection with built-in backup management at scale
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Microsoft Sentinel
Cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Extend threat protection to any infrastructure
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Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
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Azure Site Recovery
Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Protect your multi-cloud and hybrid environments
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Azure Virtual Desktop
Enable a secure, remote desktop experience from anywhere
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VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Provision Windows desktops and apps with VMware and Azure Virtual Desktop
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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure
Provision Windows desktops and apps on Azure with Citrix and Azure Virtual Desktop
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