×

Archives

  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • September 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • August 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012

Categories

  • Bots & AI
  • Business Applications
  • Industry Solutions
  • InfoPath Replacement
  • Microsoft Teams Integration
  • News & Press Releases
  • NITRO Studio
  • Remote Workforce
  • Security Management
  • Uncategorized

HOW TO SHOP

1 Login or create new account.
2 Review your order.
3 Payment & FREE shipment

If you still have problems, please let us know, by sending an email to support@website.com . Thank you!

SHOWROOM HOURS

Mon-Fri 9:00AM - 6:00AM
Sat - 9:00AM-5:00PM
Sundays by appointment only!
Questions? Email us at sales@crowcanyon.com
  • +1 (925) 478-3110

Crow Canyon SoftwareCrow Canyon Software

Crow Canyon Software

No-Code Business Process Automation for Microsoft 365, Teams, & SharePoint!

Call: +1 (925) 478-3110
Email: sales@crowcanyon.com

Crow Canyon Software
Offices in Benicia, CA & Wakefield, RI

  • HOME
    • ARIES HOMEPAGE
    • HOMEPAGE 4
    • ATHOS ONE-PAGENEW
  • Portfolio
  • HERO
  • FEATURES
    • BLOG
    • BLOG STYLE #2
    • s
    • s
    • CUSTOM SUBHEADERS
      • Sep
  • PAGES
    • THE COMPANY
      • ABOUT US
    • WORK & STORIES
    • DYNAMICS
      • F.A.Q.
    • SYSTEM
      • 404 PAGE
Free Demo
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Security Management
  • Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Azure

Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Azure

by crowcanyon / Wednesday, April 13, 2016 / Published in Security Management
Microsoft Azure Development - Cloud Computing

Microsoft Azure allows businesses to easily offload on-premises IT functions to the cloud, helping move them towards becoming truly cloud-based enterprises. Since Azure dwells within the Microsoft ecosystem, it also tightly integrates with other Microsoft solutions, such as SQL Server, Office 365, and SharePoint.

In future articles, we will address some of the common issues that organizations face when deploying Office 365 and/or SharePoint in conjunction with Azure. This article introduces Azure and its components, and lists some of its key benefits.

Microsoft Azure: Something for Everyone

We won’t re-hash the same old pros and cons of cloud computing, as we all know the story: flexibility, scalability, and accessibility vs. security, compliance, and privacy. The bottom line is that the cloud is appropriate for many organizations, but not appropriate for others, with many finding the best of both worlds through hybrid on-premises/cloud computing.

Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based solution that offers both Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities. It contains a range of features that provide its appeal:

  • Data Management: SQL database, storage blobs, storage tables, import/export, file services;
  • Networking: Virtual network, traffic manager, ExpressRoute;
  • Developer & IT Services: Visual Studio Online, Azure SDK, Azure Tools for Visual Studio, automation, API management;
  • Identity & Access: Active directory, multi-factor authentication;
  • Mobile: Mobile services, notification hubs;
  • Backup: Site recovery, backup;
  • Messaging & Integration: Storage queues, service bus queues, service bus relay, service bus topics, Biz Talk Hybrid Connections, Biz Talk Services;
  • Big Data: HDInsight, High Performance Computing (HPC);
  • Commerce: Store and marketplace.

Cloud Computing with Azure

Microsoft Azure features a trio of computational platforms that can be used individually or in combination, as needed. The platforms are largely characterized by their scope, purpose, and need; options include:

Virtual Machines (VMs)
Azure Virtual Machines are ideal for creating and managing virtual machine instances in the cloud, typically from an available or supplied image. This approach, termed Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), provides a quick, easy, and straightforward way to take advantage of cloud computing for specific purposes. For example, development/testing, moving applications from datacenters to Azure, and using VMs as an on-premises extension of your existing data center.

Web Apps
Azure Web Apps are used to run a website application (and/or a website) in the cloud without having to manage the underlying Web server (e.g., installing patches, updating, etc.). This is essentially a managed Web environment that enables developers to move existing Web apps to the cloud or build their own from scratch using technologies such as .NET, PHP, Node.js, Java, or Python — relational storage is supported via SQL database and MySQL. Web Apps has built-in support for 3rd-party Web apps such as WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. The whole idea with Web apps is to remove the Web architecture management aspect from the equation and to facilitate the creation of scalable and low-cost websites and Web apps that reside in the cloud.

Cloud Services
Azure’s Cloud Services solution, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) option, combines the managed Web environment of Web Apps with the administration & configuration access of Virtual Machines. Cloud Services is the ideal option if you need to build a highly-scalable Web application in the cloud, need full admin capabilities (e.g., installing your own software), but don’t necessarily want to configure & manage the underlying Web server. Cloud Services is a cost-aware solution because it is designed for scalability; for example, it automatically creates more or fewer instances based on demand (i.e., you only pay for actual usage).

Azure’s Place in the Microsoft Universe

Microsoft Azure is quickly transforming the way organizations can expand by facilitating easy access to cloud platform technology. This obviously intersects with Office 365, which is also a Microsoft cloud computing platform. In future articles, we will continue our look at Microsoft Azure by examining its relationship to Office 365 and SharePoint as well as what issues come up when using Azure in conjunction with Office 365.
—
Crow Canyon Systems has 18 years of experience assisting organizations in leveraging their existing infrastructure, rather than requiring new hardware & technologies. We specialize in building upon your collaboration platforms, such as SharePoint and Office 365, in order to give your Help Desk and Support Staff the tools they need to provide assistance without the need for additional infrastructure.

Want to learn more about how our solutions can transform your SharePoint experience? Give us a call at 1-888-706-0070 or contact us by e-mail at sales@crowcanyon.com

  • Tweet
Tagged under: Microsoft Azure

What you can read next

SharePoint 2016: It’s all about the Cloud
Joint Commission EOC Compliance
Using SharePoint to Manage Security Access Requests

Categories

  • Bots & AI
  • Business Applications
  • Industry Solutions
  • InfoPath Replacement
  • Microsoft Teams Integration
  • News & Press Releases
  • NITRO Studio
  • Remote Workforce
  • Security Management
  • Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • PR: NITRO Studio Brings Business Process Automation to Microsoft 365 GCC High Users

  • Working from Home

    Crow Canyon Software Reacts to Capital’s Major Investment in Nintex

  • PR: Crow Canyon Software Awarded GSA Schedule 70 MAS Contract

  • Crow Canyon Software reacts to TPG Capital’s Major Investment in Nintex

  • Approvals: Critical Component of Many Business Process Workflows

Crow Canyon Software Logo

Crow Canyon builds upon your existing collaboration platforms in Office 365 and SharePoint to give your staff the tools they need to drive business process automation. Pick and choose the best solution for your organization.

  • Business Applications
  • Company Overview
  • NITRO Studio
  • Partners & Resellers
  • Solutions
  • Newsroom
  • Services
  • Purchase
  • Resources
  • Careers
  • Support
  • Request a Demo

Questions? Contact Us!

+1 (925) 478-3110
Email: sales@crowcanyon.com

Crow Canyon Systems, Inc.
Offices in Benecia, CA & Wakefield, RI

  • GET SOCIAL

© 2021 Crow Canyon Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Disclosure Agreement | Cookie Policy

TOP