Introducing Microsoft Azure
After describing the Microsoft 365 offering, we will now turn our attention to Microsoft Azure as the other cloud service heavily used in conjunction with Power Platform solutions.
Microsoft Azure is a Microsoft cloud platform consisting of hundreds of different cloud services, primarily Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) types. There are around 60 Azure regions worldwide covering around 140 countries, with new data centers appearing every year.
In this section, you will get an overview of the Microsoft Azure services that are most relevant for a Power Platform solution. By implementing, integrating, and using these services, the Power Platform solution can be easily extended with many new capabilities, including artificial intelligence, IoT, integration, and automation.
The overview of the Azure services covered in this chapter is documented in the following diagram:
Figure 2.2: Microsoft Azure components...
