# Microsoft Azure

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Azure, Azure cloud, Microsoft cloud, Asure, MS Azure

[Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft)'s [cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider). It offers [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server), storage, [databases](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) and many other services for building, deploying and managing software. It is a [hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler), the same kind of company as [AWS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/aws) and [Google Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gcp).

**For example:** A startup sells to a large company that runs everything on [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft) software. The customer asks that the product be [hosted](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting) on Azure.

Official site: <https://azure.microsoft.com>

## Connects to (8)

- [Cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider): A company that rents out computing services, such as servers, storage and databases, over the internet and on demand.
- [Hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler): An informal name for the very largest cloud providers, which run huge fleets of data centers.
- [Amazon Web Services](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/aws): Amazon's cloud provider, usually called AWS.
- [Google Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gcp): Google's cloud provider.
- [Region](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/region): A geographic location where a cloud provider groups its data centers.
- [Tulsa.Net](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-dotnet): A Tulsa user group for developers who use Microsoft's .NET tools, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [.NET](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dotnet): A free, open-source platform from Microsoft for building apps for the web, Windows, phones and the cloud, mostly in C#.

## Follow

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/microsoft-azure)
- [X](https://x.com/azure)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/microsoftazure)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/microsoftazure)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/windowsazure)


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