1. Introduction

Today's businesses face significant challenges, from enabling remote work and responding to increased cyberattacks to managing reduced cash flow. Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud platform designed to help you empower productivity, ensure security, drive efficiency, and save money, enabling you to deliver resiliency, cost savings, and the impact your company requires. Whether you are a start-up or a multinational enterprise operating all over the world, you can start deploying and migrating workloads to Azure with an approach that meets your business needs.

The first step in taking advantage of the many capabilities offered by Azure is careful planning. This book has been created to help you undertake this planning successfully by providing you with a foundational understanding of Azure infrastructure, its core capabilities and benefits, and best practices that will help you successfully use Azure, whether you decide to fully migrate or run a hybrid...