AWS VS AZURE (1)

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AWS VS AZURE If you are a professional in cloud
computing, then these two brands AWS AZURE
would sound very familiar. But if you are new to
the world of cloud computing, then you would want
to select a cloud platform that will help you to
easily begin your journey of learning cloud
computing. So let me make your search easier by
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certification for your career path Thinking which
one is better? Let me help you in understanding
which one is better for you by providing below
the key comparisons.

• Compute Power
• AWS The users of AWS can configure their own VMs
  and can also choose to pre-configured machine
  images and can even customize machine images.
  They can also choose the required size, power,
  memory capacity and the number of VMs. They also
  have the flexibility to choose from the various
  region and available zones that they wish to
  launch from.
• AZUREThe virtual hard disk can be configured
  either by Microsoft, the users or a third party.
  However, only the amount of cores and memory must
  be specified.
• Data Storage
• AWS It has temporary storage. It will be
  allocated once an instance is initiated and will
  be destroyed post the termination of an
  instance. Block storage is also provided. Block
  storage can be separate or it can be attached to
  an instance.

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• AZURETemporary storage has been provided by
  AZURE through D drive and block storage through
  page blobs for VMs. It also offers site recovery,
  AZURE backup for additional archiving and
  recovery options.
• Network
• AWS Users can create isolated networks within
  the cloud as Amazon offer VPC (Virtual Private
  Cloud). VPC enables users to create private IP
  address ranges, network gateways, route tables
  and subnets.
• AZUREAzure also offers the option of isolated
  networks through VNET (Virtual Network).
• Pricing
• AWS It has pay-as-you-go model. The charge is
  per hour
• AZUREAzure also has pay-as-you-go model but the
  charge is per minute. It also offers some short
  term plans by making prepaid or monthly charges
  options available.
• Support plans
• AWS Since the pricing is based on monthly usage,
  so the bill could be quite high in case if you
  are a heavy user.
• AZUREWhereas, AZURE users are billed flat on
  monthly rate.
• Open source and Integrations
• AWS This has a better relationship with the open
  source community, hence the more number of open
  source integration are available.

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• AWS Amazons compliance is very strong and they
  allow only screened persons for accessing the
  cloud. This further strengthens the security of
  the data especially for the agencies with
  sensitive information.
• AZUREMicrosoft says that it has more than 50
  complaint offerings and it also allows only
  screened person for accessing the government
  level cloud.
• User - friendly
• AWS It offers lot of power, it is flexible in
  nature and there is a lot of room for
  customization along with the support for many
  third-party integrations. However, learning curve
  exists with AWS.
• AZUREIt will be easier to use if you have a
  windows platform as it doesnt require any new
  learnings.
• Licensing
• AWS It offers various options for licensing in
  the cloud. The customers can either purchase new
  license or can show up the license which was
  purchased prior as a part of their partnership
  with Mircosoft.
• AZUREIt also offer the mobility in licensing
  however the users must first check if their
  servers
• fit the requirements for mobility so that they
  dont need to pay for extra licensing.
• Summary
• The facilities or the benefits provided by Amazon
  and Microsoft are more over on the same lines.
  Hence, the question of which one is better
  depends on what are your business requirements.
  Whether you choose AWS or AZURE you will get the
  benefits of the hyper scalable cloud solution
  that will definitely meet your growing business
  needs.
• So choose wisely!!!!