Azure Batch Services

An Azure Batch Service is a PaaS service provided by Azure and used for batch processing. This service is useful when you need to run compute-intensive and large-scale parallel applications and processes in the cloud or when you need to process large volumes of data.

You can run batches on demand or via a scheduler and all these tasks are executed on a managed collection of virtual machines. The batch workloads are split into multiple tasks that works in parallel on many servers:

Let's learn how to create an Azure Batch service by performing the following steps: 

1. To create a new batch service, from the Azure Portal navigate to  New | Compute | Batch Service:

   

2. In the New Batch account panel, you have to provide these parameters:

   • Account name: This is the batch account name, unique for the region that you select

   • Subscription: This is the Azure subscription where you create the batch account

   • Resource group: This selects an existing resource group or creates a new one

   • Location...