Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform offering computing, storage, networking, databases, identity and many managed services across regions. Available features, resilience and pricing depend on the selected service, region, tier and configuration. Microsoft operates the underlying platform to an agreed boundary, while customers retain responsibilities for identities, data, access, workloads, configuration and cost control. Moving a server to Azure does not automatically make it scalable, secure or highly available. Architecture should define subscriptions, ownership, network boundaries, logging, backup, recovery, quotas and exit. Native integration with Microsoft products can help but also needs explicit permissions and lifecycle management. Validation should include deployment, failure, restore and billing scenarios. A green resource status does not prove that the business application or its dependencies are healthy.