Exploring Essential Azure Services for Software Developers

Welcome to our blog where we delve into the must-know Azure services for software developers. Let's dive in and explore some key services that every software developer should be familiar with.

Compute Services:

1. Azure App Service:
   • Azure App Service allows developers to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs. It supports multiple languages and frameworks, enabling rapid development and deployment.
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2. Azure Container App:

   • Azure Container Apps provides a fully managed service for deploying containerized applications without managing underlying infrastructure. It simplifies the deployment and scaling of containerized apps.
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3. Azure Functions (including Durable Functions):

   • Azure Functions allows developers to run event-driven code without provisioning or managing servers. Durable Functions extends Azure Functions to enable stateful and orchestrator-based workflows.

Database Services:

4. Azure SQL Database:
   • Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service built for the cloud. It offers high availability, security, and scalability for mission-critical applications.
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5. Azure Cosmos DB:

   • Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service designed for scalable and high-performance applications. It supports multiple data models and offers automatic scaling and low-latency access.

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Storage Services:

6. Azure Blob Storage:
   • Azure Blob Storage is a scalable object storage service for storing large amounts of unstructured data. It's ideal for serving images, videos, documents, backups, and more.
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7. Azure Queue Storage:

   • Azure Queue Storage is a message queuing service for decoupling components of cloud applications. It enables reliable asynchronous communication between components.
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8. Azure File Storage:

• Azure File Storage offers fully managed file shares in the cloud, accessible via the standard SMB protocol. It's suitable for sharing files across on-premises and cloud environments.

Azure Table Storage:

Azure Table storage stores large amounts of structured data.

Messaging and Integration Services:

9. Azure Service Bus:

   • Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise messaging service for connecting applications and services across cloud and on-premises environments. It supports queuing, topics, and subscriptions.
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   Azure Event Hubs:
10. • Azure Event Hubs is a scalable event ingestion service capable of receiving and processing millions of events per second. It's suitable for real-time analytics, telemetry, and IoT scenarios.

Identity and Access Management:

11. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD):
12. Azure Active Directory is a cloud-based identity and access management service that provides authentication and authorization capabilities for applications and users.

Application Monitoring and Insights:

12. Azure Application Insights:
    • Azure Application Insights is an application performance monitoring service that helps developers detect and diagnose issues in their applications. It provides real-time metrics, logs, and traces.

Security Services:

13. Azure Key Vault:
    • Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for securely storing and managing sensitive information such as cryptographic keys, secrets, and certificates. It helps safeguard cryptographic keys used by cloud applications and services.

Other Services:

14. Azure Logic Apps:
    • Azure Logic Apps is a cloud-based workflow automation service that allows developers to build scalable workflows for integrating applications, data, and services.
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    Azure API Management:
15. • Azure API Management enables organizations to publish, secure, manage, and analyze APIs in a scalable manner. It provides features for API versioning, access control, and analytics.

Collaboration and Project Management:

16. Azure Boards:

    • Azure Boards is a service for planning, tracking, and discussing work across teams. It provides agile tools for managing tasks, backlogs, sprints, and dashboards.
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    Azure DevOps (CI/CD):
17. • Azure DevOps provides a set of services for software development including version control, build automation, release management, and agile planning. It enables Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.

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