
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform offering infrastructure, platform, and software services. It enables organizations to build, deploy, and scale applications securely using global, enterprise-grade cloud resources.
What is it?
Microsoft Azure is a comprehensive cloud platform developed by Microsoft that provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings for modern applications.
What does it do?
Azure enables hosting applications, managing data, running virtual machines, deploying containers, and building scalable cloud-native systems. It also provides security, identity management, monitoring, and analytics services.
Where is it used?
Azure is widely used in enterprise systems, SaaS platforms, data analytics, AI and machine learning workloads, IoT solutions, and hybrid cloud infrastructures across multiple industries.
When & why it emerged
Microsoft Azure was launched in 2010 to help organizations move workloads to the cloud while maintaining enterprise security and compliance. It evolved to support hybrid, multi-cloud, and cloud-native architectures.
Why we use it at Internative
We use Microsoft Azure to build secure, scalable, and enterprise-ready cloud infrastructures. Its rich service ecosystem and tight integration with Microsoft technologies make it ideal for complex business platforms.