application monitoring data
Data about the performance and functionality of code regardless of its platform.
archive tier
Storage that is
... [Show More] optimized for data that is rarely accessed and stored for at least 180 days with flexible (hours) latency requirements.
authentication (AuthN)
The act of challenging a party for legitimate credentials, providing the basis for creation of a security principal to be used for identity and access control.
authorization (AuthZ)
The act of granting an authenticated security principal permission to do something.
Availability Zone
A physically separate location made up of one or more datacenters within an Azure region.
Azure account
A global unique entity that grants access to Azure services and subscriptions.
Azure Active Directory (AD)
A cloud-based authentication repository that supports a multi-tenant, cloud-based directory and multiple identity management services within Azure.
Azure Active Directory B2C
An identity management service that enables control over how customers sign-up, sign-in, and manage their profiles when using Azure-based applications.
Azure Active Directory Domain Services
A cloud-based and managed version of Active Directory Domain Services.
Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
A cloud-based security solution that leverages on-premises Active Directory signals to identify, detect, and investigate advanced threats, compromised identities, and malicious insider actions.
Azure Advisor
A personalized cloud consultant that helps with following best practices to optimize Azure deployments by analyzing resource configuration and usage telemetry then making recommendations.
Azure App Service
On-demand, auto-scaling web app, mobile back end, API hosting.
Azure Application Gateway
An advanced web application load balancer that can route based on URL and perform SSL-offloading.
Azure Application Insights
Monitors the availability, performance, and usage of web applications whether they are hosted in the cloud or on-premises.
Azure Application Proxy
An authenticating front-end used to secure remote access for web applications hosted on-premises.
Azure Backup
An Azure-based service used to back up and restore data in the Azure cloud.
Azure Blob Storage
Massively scalable object storage for unstructured data.
Azure Client-Side Encryption
A client-side encryption solution that encrypts data inside client applications before uploading to Azure Storage; also decrypts the data while downloading.
Azure Content Delivery Network
Efficiently caches then delivers static web content from locations that are close to end users to minimize latency.
Azure Cosmos DB
A globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database service.
Azure Cost Management
Tool for viewing costs over time against a predefined budget.
Azure Data Lake Analytics
An on-demand analytics job service.
Azure Data Lake Storage
A massively scalable (petabytes) service for storing Big Data.
Azure Database Migration Service
Enables seamless migrations from multiple database sources to Azure Data platforms with minimal downtime.
Azure Databricks
An Apache Spark-based analytics for AI service.
Azure DDoS Protection
Provides defense against distributed denial of service attacks through traffic monitoring and real-time mitigation of common attacks.
Azure Dev/Test Labs
A service that helps developers and testers quickly create environments in Azure while minimizing waste and controlling cost.
Azure Disk Storage
Persistent, high-performance disk storage for Virtual Machines.
Azure Event Grid
A fully managed intelligent event routing service that allows for uniform event consumption using a publish-subscribe model.
Azure Event Hub
A streaming platform and event ingestion service that can transform and store data using any real-time analytics provider or batcihng/storage adapters.
Azure ExpressRoute
A dedicated WAN link between on-premises networks and Azure Virtual Networks.
Azure File Shares with SMB 3.0 Encryption
A network security technology that enables automatic networ encruption for the Server Message Block (SMB) file sharing protocol.
Azure Files
Fully managed cloud file shares that are accessed using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.
Azure Firewall
A managed, cloud-based network security service that protects Azure Virtual Network resources by controlling traffic between Virtual Networks, on-premises resources, and the Internet.
Azure Forums
An online resource for connecting with other Azure customers and experts to ask questions, share experiences, or find solutions.
Azure Front Door
Routes Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) traffic to the fastest and most available backend for best performance and instant global failover.
Azure Functions
Event-driven, consumption-based, abstracted compute resources. [Show Less]