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- Redis Cache High throughput, low latency data access to build fast and scalable applications
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Hadoop instance for a week
And much more...
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- Machine Learning Powerful cloud-based predictive analytics
- Stream Analytics Real-time stream processing
- Cognitive Services Add smart API capabilities to enable contextual interactions
- Data Lake Analytics Distributed analytics service that makes big data easy
- Data Lake Store Hyperscale repository for big data analytics workloads
- Data Factory Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
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- BizTalk Services Seamlessly integrate the enterprise and the cloud
- Service Bus Connect across private and public cloud environments
- API Management Publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
- StorSimple Hybrid cloud storage for enterprises, reduces costs and improves data security
- SQL Server Stretch Database Dynamically stretch on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure
- Data Factory Orchestrate and manage data transformation and movement
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- Azure Active Directory Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
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Azure Virtual Machine Disk Encryption using CloudLink
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Bryon Surace Principle Program Manager, Azure Compute
It has been only two months since my TechEd session on Azure Security, where we announced several new partner security solutions in Azure Virtual Machines. As part of this announcement, we…