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Implementing Azure Solutions

You're reading from   Implementing Azure Solutions Eliminate the pain point of implementation

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786467850
Length 518 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jan-Henrik Damaschke Jan-Henrik Damaschke
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Florian Klaffenbach Florian Klaffenbach
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Oliver Michalski Oliver Michalski
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Azure Implementation FREE CHAPTER 2. Azure Resource Manager and Tools 3. Deploying and Synchronizing Azure Active Directory 4. Implementing Azure Networks 5. Implementing and Securing Azure Storage Accounts 6. Planning and Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure 7. Implementing Azure Cloud Services 8. Implementing Azure Container Service 9. Implementing Azure Security 10. Skill Wrap Up and Migration Scenario

Azure Cloud Services versus other Azure PaaS offerings, such as Azure App Services


Azure Cloud Services and Azure App Services are parts of the PaaS offer from the Azure platform. Both services support applications that are scalable, reliable, and easy to handle. Both services are hosted in a VM. Is everything the same?

Of course not, because Azure Cloud Services also offer more possibilities for influencing the VM. These possibilities of influence are:

  • The selection of a Guest OS and an update level
  • The selection of an Azure series (that is, VM size)

In Cloud Services it is also possible to build a remote desktop connection to the VM for diagnose and troubleshoot issues. This is not possible in App Services

Let's take a closer look at these selections.

Selection of a Guest OS and an update level

What does this point mean?

The answer is really very simple: you can, if necessary, influence the OS edition (that is, the OS family) and the version (that is, the update level) for the host VM of your...

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