Some notes on Microsoft Azure

3 type of services provided

1. App Service –  Scalable Web Apps, Mobile Apps, API Apps, and Logic Apps for any device
2. Cloud Service – Highly available, scalable n-tier cloud apps with more control of the OS
3. Virtual Machines – Customized Windows and Linux VMs with complete control of the OS

Important steps you should know in creating an application

1. Create a “resource group”. All your services will be grouped under this resource group
2. Create an “app service plan” – package of data center location, cpu and memory size
3. Create an “web app service” – based on plan and under resource group created in step 1 and 2

More resources and references

1. More info on services
2. Azure calculator
3. VM sizing options – compute, memory
4. Azure roadmap – see what’s in preview and what have gone generally available (GA)

Summary of Azure services (click to enlarge)

Other readings/resources:

1. Running a High Volume Website on Azure Infrastructure Services
2. Azure documentation
3. Step by step PHP on azure (starting from create resource, web app, transfer file via git, mysql etc)