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Azure Data Factory is a cloud-based data integration service from Microsoft. It allows organizations to create, schedule, and orchestrate data workflows for extracting, transforming, and loading data from various sources to various destinations. With Azure Data Factory, organizations can automate complex data pipelines, and ensure that their data is up-to-date and available for business intelligence…
Azure Active Directory (AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management solution from Microsoft. It provides centralized control for managing user identities, authorization, and access to applications and services. The need for Azure AD arises due to the growing number of cloud-based applications and services that organizations use, making it increasingly difficult to manage access…
Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is a cloud-based service provided by Microsoft Azure that allows users to create and manage virtualized operating systems and applications. With Azure VMs, you can run your applications and services on a highly scalable and available infrastructure, with the ability to create and configure virtual machines with custom configurations and operating…
Azure Web Apps is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering from Microsoft Azure that enables developers to quickly and easily deploy and manage web applications. Azure Web Apps provides a scalable, secure, and reliable platform for hosting web applications, allowing developers to focus on building their applications instead of managing infrastructure. In this article, we will provide…
Getting started with Azure Data Factory is relatively straightforward. Here are the general steps to follow: Create an Azure Data Factory instance Log in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/). Click on the “Create a resource” button on the left-hand menu. Search for “Data Factory” in the search bar and select “Data Factory” from the list…
If a user is not willing to open up VNET-based connectivity to connect an on-premises database to Azure, there is an option to use Azure ExpressRoute. Azure ExpressRoute is a private, dedicated, and high-speed network connection between an on-premises infrastructure and Azure data centers. ExpressRoute provides a more secure and reliable way to connect on-premises…
Table Storage and SQL Azure Table are both cloud-based database solutions offered by Microsoft Azure, but they serve different purposes and have different capabilities. Table Storage is a NoSQL storage solution that allows users to store large amounts of unstructured data in a flexible schema-less format. It is designed to handle massive amounts of data…
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Cloud computing is a model for delivering computing services over the internet, including storage, processing, and applications. It provides many benefits and advantages, including: Scalability: Cloud computing provides scalable resources that can be easily adjusted to meet changing business needs. This means that organisations can quickly and easily add or remove resources as needed, without…
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a fully-managed container orchestration service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for running, managing, and scaling containerised applications. ECS is built on top of Docker and allows you to easily deploy and manage containers at scale. In this article, we will explore the features of Amazon ECS, its architecture,…
Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) is a REST endpoint that provides a way for an Azure virtual machine (VM) to access its metadata from within the VM. This metadata includes information such as the VM’s hostname, network interfaces, location, and resource group. The IMDS is available on all Azure VMs and can be accessed through…