Microsoft Azure Cheat Sheet from Coding compiler. Do you know about these new Azure services:
List of Microsoft Azure Services
- Azure Web Application Development Services
- Azure Storage Services
- Azure Management Services
- Azure Services For Mobile Developers
- Azure Media and CDN Services
- Azure Network Services
- Azure Corporate Services
- Azure Big Data Services
Microsoft Azure Products and Services
Here we will discuss
Azure Web Application Development Services
If you are writing a web application, then most likely you will use these services. If comparing with AWS does not bring clarity, you can glance in the appropriate cheat sheet on the Amazon web
| Service Fabric | ||
| Should be calledAzure Microservice | Scope of application Does your code have a class? Make it a microservice! Apply it to the Service Fabric! You can ask for a promotion. | Looks like Heroku, Modulus, AWS ElasticBeanstalk, CloudFoundry |
| App Service> Web Apps | ||
| Should be called Azure PAAS, formerly called “Azure Websites” | Application Scope Manage the application, but don’t worry about system administration. | Looks like Heroku, Modulus, AWS ElasticBeanstalk, CloudFoundry |
| Cloud services | ||
| Must be called Azure IAAS | Manage the application that you have to configure and patch. | Looks like AWS EC2 |
| Virtual machines | ||
| Must be called You can not believe that this is not a real server | Application area Show off to your Devops friends that you would do everything on real hardware, but your technical director prefers the cloud. | Looks like Linode, Rackspace VPS |
| Visual studio team services | ||
| Should be called Source Control CI | Application area Write applications with other people: total source management and continuous integration | Looks like Github, Jenkins, CodeShip, BitBucket, AWS CodeCommit |
| Application insights | ||
| Must be called Crash, Burn and Report (Crush, Break and Report) | Scope of Application Monitor performance and errors in applications on ASP.NET or J2EE. Get error notifications and logs. | Looks like Honey badger, Exception.io |
| Scheduler | ||
| Should be called Cron the Barbarian (Cron-Barbarian) | Application area Perform small tasks on a schedule. Conveniently, now you do not need to keep the virtual machine constantly running. | Looks like Heroku Background Jobs, Cron |
Azure Storage Services
Azure has a single service called “Storage”, which includes all of the following and a few more on which they depend.
| Blob storage | ||
| Should be called Large File Storage | Application area Add uploaded images, logs, spiral domestic comedies and everything your application needs into an endless hard drive. | Looks like AWS S3, Rackspace Cloud Files |
| Table storage | ||
| Should be called Database Storage (Database Storage) | Looks like DynamoDB | |
| Queue storage | ||
| Must be called aQueue | Application areaConnect services in order of priority. | Looks likeAWS SQS, RabbitMQ, Sidekiqx` |
| File storage | ||
| It should be calledAttached File Storage. | Application ScopeTransfer applications to Azure that depend on the local file system. And yes, you cannot use Blob Storage. | Looks likeAWS EBS |
| StorSimple | ||
| Should be called amore complex version of “Storage” | Scope of applicationSimilar to “Storage”, but moves files from and to Azure according to the rules you set. | Looks likeAWS Storage Gateway |
| Search | ||
| Must be calledFullText Search | Scope of applicationLook for what you need in a file, site and any other text object. | Looks likeAWS CloudSearch, ElasticSearch |
| Document DB | ||
Should be calledJSON DB | Application areaStore NoSQL-structured JSON data — that is, store more data than you would if using SQL. | Looks likeDynamoDB, MongoDB |
| SQL Database | ||
| Should be calledSQL Database | Application areaStore all application data in tables and set up “relationships” between them. | Looks likeHeroku Postgres |
| Redis cache | ||
| Should be called Redis | Application area Store frequently used data in convenient structures. It looks like Memcached, but without the old stuff from LiveJournal. | Looks likeRedis2Go, RedisGreen |
Azure Management Services
Azure is becoming difficult, these services will help to understand.
| Automation | ||
| Should be called Cloud Shell | Automate Azure services using Powershell, the Gods language of Windows Server. | Looks like AWS Cloudformation |
| Operational Insights | ||
| Should be called Log Reader | Application Scope Collect, integrate and study logs to solve problems. | Looks like Splunk |
| KeyVault | ||
| Should be called Hardware Security Module | Application area Store encryption keys in a secure vault, accessible only by use. | Looks like AWS KMS, |
| Security center | ||
| Should be called Policy Minder | Set specific rules for Azure services and get notified when they are violated. |
Microsoft Azure Services for Mobile Developers
These services are needed only by mobile developers.
| App Service> Mobile Apps | ||
| Must be calledBaby’s got Backend As A Service (Yes, baby, I have Backend As A Service) | Application areaConfirm and send messages and store network data for mobile platforms. | Looks likeHeroku, Urban Airship, Parse |
| App Service> API Apps | ||
| Should be calledAzure API Proxy | Application areaCreate an API for Azure services and SDK for various client languages (PHP, Node, Java, ASP.NET). | Looks likeAWS API Gateway |
| API Management | ||
| Should be calledAPI Big Boss | Scope of applicationManage traffic and the limits of what is transmitted through the API. | Looks likeAWS API Gateway |
| Notification Hubs | ||
| Must be calledAzure Push Notifications | Application ScopeSend push notifications to iOS, Android, Windows and Kindle. Now that even the Kindle is supported, it’s even embarrassing to joke about the Blackberry. | Looks likeAWS SNS, UrbanAirship |
| Mobile engagement | ||
| Should be calledMobile Analytics (but this name has already been taken by AWS) | Application areaAnalyze why people buy bonuses in your panda bowling app, in real time. | Looks likeAWS Mobile Analytics, Flurry |
Azure Media and CDN services
Deliver content faster and customize videos for viewing on different devices.
| Encoding | ||
| Thename should be called and so good, but it would be better called “VHS” – the charm of antiquity | Scope of applicationEncrypt video in formats for playback on mobile devices, on the web, on home theaters with a resolution of 4K, etc. | Looks likeAWS ElasticTranscoder |
| Media player | ||
| Should be calledRealPlayer (TM) | Application areaSimply embed videos without thinking about various platforms. | |
| Media indexer | ||
| Should be calledClosed Captioner (Almost Accurate Translator) | Application ScopeAutomatically generate text / subtitles from audio and video files. | |
| Content Protection | ||
| Should be calledAzure DRM | Application areaProtect your videos with cats from copyright infringers and pirates. | |
| Live and On Demand Streaming | ||
| Should be calledMobile Analytics (but this name has already been taken by AWS) | Application areaControl streaming video, making sure that only the right people who have already paid you for it are watching it | |
| Content Delivery Network | ||
| Should be calledA (zure) kami | Scope of applicationFast delivery of sites, files and videos to people who need it. | Looks likeCloudfront, MaxCDN |
Microsoft Azure Network Services
Depending on what you do, these services can improve performance or security.
| Virtual network | ||
| Should be | Scope of applicationLet everything look as if the new Azure services appeared by chance in the company’s internal network. Take your IP address with you. | Looks likeAWS VPC |
| Express route | ||
| Should be calledand so come down | Scope of | Looks likeAWS Direct Connect |
| VPN gateway | ||
| Must be calledI can’t afford the Express Route | Application areaSet up a VPN connection between your data center and Azure. | Looks likeOpenVPN |
| Traffic manager | ||
| Must be calledGeo Load Balancer (GeoPosition Load Balancer) | Application areaIncrease productivity by distributing traffic between data centers depending on the location of requests. | Looks likeAWS ELB |
| Load balancer | ||
| Should be calledLocal Load Balancer (Local Load Balancer) | Scope of | Looks likeAWS ELB |
| Application gateway | ||
| Should be calledWeb Load Balancer (Network Load Balancer) | Application areaOptimize web server load. All optimized HTTP tricks included. | Looks likeAWS ELB |
Microsoft Azure Corporate Services
Services for business and networks.
| Remoteapp | ||
| Should be calledApps on Cloud | Application ScopeDownload the application to and give users access via RDP. | Looks likeCitrix |
| BizTalk | ||
| Should be calledApp Communicator | Application areaCombine Enteprise applications (like SAS or Peoplesoft). It sounds funny. | |
| Service bus | ||
| Should be calledNetwork Message Queue | Application areaSend commands and data to a queue that allows you to connect multiple devices, servers and clients to optimize processing. | Looks likeRabbitMQ, AWS SQS |
| Backup | ||
| Must be calledBetter than a drive | Application areaProtect the data center from erasing all backups. | Looks likeGlacier, Backblaze |
| Site Recovery | ||
| Should be calledPlan B | Application areaSave a copy of all critical infrastructure in Azure. | Looks likeAWS CloudConfig |
| Active Directory | ||
| Should be calledHybridactive Directory | Application areaConfigure Active Directory As A Service, which can synchronize with your active Enterprise directory or replace it. |
Microsoft Azure Big Data Services
Services for the absorption, control and other fraud data.
| Batch | ||
| Should be calledBunch-of-VMs.bat (heap-virtual-machines.bat) | Application areaDo many different things on several systems at once, but not always. Use the word “parallel” more often than a geometry teacher at school. | Looks likeAWS Elastic Map Reduce |
| App Service> Logic Apps | ||
| Should be calledCloud Lego Flowchart (Cloud Lego for flowcharts) | Application areaSet up a workflow for your cloud data. | Looks likeIFTTT, Zapier |
| SQL Data Warehouse | ||
| Should be calledAnd you are not bad, SQL Data Warehouse, you are not bad. | Application areaDownload data to your dream SQL Server and process it completely. | Looks likeAWS Redshift |
| Data lake analytics | ||
| Should be calledUber-SQL Data Warehouse | Application areaStore data exabytes (don’t worry about how much it is – if you had so much data you would know). | |
| Data lake store | ||
| Should be calledETL Query (IOS query) | Application ScopeExtract, process and save all data from Data Warehouse with Hadoop. | Looks likeAWS ElasticMap Reduce |
| HDInsight | ||
| Should be calledApache Apps | Application ScopeAssure your boss that Svintus, Roy, Eychbeys, Storm and Spark (Pig, Hive, HBase, Storm, Spark) are not the names of the superheroes from the new movie about the Avengers. | |
| Machine learning | ||
| Should be calledCortana AI Edition | Application ScopeFind out what non-gamers think about everything related to Cortana. Well, use the service so that the AI takes you on its side when the Singularity arrives. | Looks likeAWS Machine Learning |
| Stream analytics | ||
| Should be calledReal Time Analytics | Application ScopeCollect thousands of analytics streams at the same time. | Looks likeAWS Kinesis |
| Data Factory | ||
| Should be calledData Pipeline | Scope of applicationMake a plan for transferring data between services. | Looks likeAWS DataPipeline |
| Data Catalog | ||
| Should be calledData Sharing | Application ScopeGive access to some data from other services to everyone in your organization. Looks like a SQL View for cross-service data. | Looks likeChartio |
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