{"id":82382,"date":"2009-12-08T17:57:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T00:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infraops.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/08\/windows-azure-simple-explanation\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T20:26:49","slug":"windows-azure-simple-explanation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows-azure-simple-explanation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Azure Simple Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are often asked what is Windows Azure, and how does it help the business.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Explaining what an application hosting platform is, and how it can help it is not as simple as it sounds\u2026 Microsoft Azure is an application hosting environment rather than a server-based like Amazon\u2019s AWS environment. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Azure is a service that allows you to upload an application and run it. <\/li>\n<li>Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2)&#160; is a service that allows you to rent one or more virtual machines running Linux\/Windows or some other operating system .<\/li>\n<li>Both services charge based on usage parameters like CPU usage, number of requests, data transferred, and other variables. (consider and understand these carefully)<\/li>\n<li>Both services provide &quot;behind the scene\u201d reliability, scalability and capacity, so you do not have to worry about it <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In doing some of the research, I came across a nice presentation&#160; made by Steve Marx, which I had&#160; to share with all.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:425px;display:block;float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding:0;\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:7c9479bd-dc9f-4f31-8e44-bcb773c21c36\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=poDRw_Xi3Aw]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>I went to Steve\u2019s blog:&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.smarx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">http:\/\/blog.smarx.com<\/a>&#160;&#160; and found it to be a wealth of very relevant information on the Azure topic.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Thanks Steve! \u2013 We have marked your blog as one to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are often asked what is Windows Azure, and how does it help the business.&#160; Explaining what an application hosting platform is, and how it can help it is not as simple as it sounds\u2026 Microsoft Azure is an application hosting environment rather than a server-based like Amazon\u2019s AWS environment. 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