Conclusion

We've now reached the end of our exploration of Microsoft's Azure platform. Together, we've built a simple application making use of many of the features of Azure. We've explored Azure's Compute and Storage services, SQL Azure, Access Control, and Service Bus, and we've seen how our existing skills in .NET and SQL Server can be leveraged on Azure. We have tried to provide a sufficient overview of all the technologies, but some of these topics deserve entire books dedicated to them.

We hope you’ve found the information useful, and you now have a better understanding of the advantages and challenges presented when developing for Azure. We are positive that you can now confidently guide the technologies in your enterprise onto the platform that best serves your business needs and architectures best. Whether you choose Azure, on-premises, a mix of the two, or some other platform completely, our goal was to help you make the choice best suited for your enterprise.

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