Microsoft Azure

entrustIT are a Microsoft partner and certified Tier 1 Cloud Service Provider (CSP). Therefore, we can provide you with hosted solutions using Microsoft Azure – Microsoft’s own brand Cloud hosting service.

Azure is a collection of cloud services provided by Microsoft. These services include analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage and web. Microsoft datacentres can be found all over the world, allowing us, as hosts, to provide cloud services to areas all over the world.

We can advise on and implement Azure based systems to customers. Moreover, we will help you through every step of the process, and offer you telephone support should anything go wrong.

Which Azure services are on offer?

Microsoft categorises Azure into 11 different main product types:

Compute – Virtual machines, remote application access, cloud desktops.

Web and mobile – Development and deployment of web and mobile apps.

Analytics – Real time analytics data of any variety, volume or velocity.

Development – Help developers share code, test applications and track potential issues.

Data storage – Database as a service offer for both SQL and non-SQL databases.

Media and content delivery – Content delivery like on-demand streaming services.

Hybrid integration – Server backup, site recovery and connecting public and private clouds.

Identity and access management – Only authorised users can access Azure services, and help protect encryption keys and other confidential information.

Internet of things – Help users capture, monitor and analyse Internet of things data from sensors and other devices.

Management and security – Allows cloud administrators to manage their Azure deployment, schedule and run jobs, as well as create automation.

Networking – Services include virtual networks, traffic management, load balancing and DNS hosting.

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