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Azure for Decision Makers

You're reading from Azure for Decision Makers The essential guide to Azure for business leaders

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837639915

Length 146 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (3):

Jason Milgram

David Rendón

Jack Lee

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Introduction FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 2: Modernizing with Hybrid, Multicloud, and Edge Computing

3. Chapter 3: Migration and Modernization

4. Chapter 4: Maximizing Azure Security Benefits for Your Organization

5. Chapter 5: Automation and Governance in Azure

6. Chapter 6: Maximizing Efficiency and Cost Savings in Azure

7. Next Steps

8. Index

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Achieving cloud scale and maximizing performance

Achieving cloud scale and maximizing performance are critical aspects of cloud adoption. Organizations need to ensure that their cloud resources can handle high traffic and performance demands while maintaining cost efficiency.

In this section, we will discuss how Azure can help organizations achieve cloud scale and maximize performance through features such as Azure autoscaling and considerations for compute and storage performance.

Azure autoscaling

Azure autoscaling is a feature that allows organizations to automatically scale their cloud resources up or down based on changing workload demands. Autoscaling helps organizations maintain optimal performance and reduce costs by ensuring that they have adequate resources to meet demand at all times.

Azure autoscaling supports both horizontal and vertical scaling. Horizontal scaling involves adding or removing instances of an application or workload, while vertical scaling involves...

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Authors (3)

Jack Lee

Jack Lee

Jack Lee is a senior Azure certified consultant and an Azure practice lead with a passion for software development, cloud, and DevOps innovations. He is an active Microsoft tech community contributor and has presented at various user groups and conferences, including the Global Azure Bootcamp at Microsoft Canada. Jack is an experienced mentor and judge at hackathons and is also the president of a user group that focuses on Azure, DevOps, and software development. He is the co-author of Azure for Architects and Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure, published by Packt Publishing. He has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for his contributions to the tech community. You can follow Jack on Twitter at jlee_consulting.

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David Rendón

David Rendón

David Rendón, Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, is a highly regarded expert in the Azure cloud platform. With over 15 years of experience as an IT professional, he has been deeply committed to Microsoft technologies, especially Azure, since 2010. With a proven track record of leading and driving strategic success, David has over seven years of management experience, technical leadership, and collaboration skills. David delivers private technical training classes worldwide, covering EMEA, South America, and the US, and he is a frequent speaker at renowned IT events such as Microsoft Ignite, Global Azure, and local user group gatherings in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

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Jason Milgram

Jason Milgram

Jason Milgram is a Microsoft MVP since 2010 and the SVP, Azure Leader at OZ Digital, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL. As a public speaker, Jason has given over 100 presentations at conferences and user groups on cloud computing, Microsoft Azure, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and launching a tech start-up. Prior to OZ, Jason was CTO, Financial Services at Hitachi Solutions in Irvine, CA, Chief Architect at i3 in Fairfax, VA, Chief Architect at SAIC in Reston, VA, 1st VP Cloud Solutions Architect at City National Bank of Florida in Miami, and VP Platform Architecture & Engineering at Champion Solutions Group in Boca Raton, FL.

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