In the previous chapters, we had a brief overview of Azure Web Apps, the different App Service plans that are available to us, and the characteristics of each of them.
This chapter introduces the objective of compute-intensive applications. We will cover how to design High-Performance Computing (HPC) and other compute-intensive applications using Azure services, how to determine when to use Azure Batch, and how to design stateless components to accommodate scale and containers within Azure Batch.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Working with HPC VMs
- Understanding Microsoft HPC pack
- Understanding Azure Batch