Microsoft Azure is the cloud for all startups. With support for Windows & Linux Virtual Machines right from the gallery you'll be up and running in just minutes.

Don't want to manage the server yourself? With Azure Websites & Cloud Services you can easily deploy .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python and Java websites and web apps easily and quickly using Git, GitHub, Visual Studio Online, FTP and more.

Features of Azure

Compute & Networking

• Virtual Machines , provision Windows and Linux Virtual Machines and applications in minutes
• Azure RemoteApp , deliver your business applications from the cloud using Remote Desktop Services
• Cloud Services : create highly available, infinitely scalable cloud applications and APIs
• Virtual Networks : provision private networks, optionally connect to on-premises datacenters
• ExpressRoute: dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
• Traffic Manager : load balance incoming traffic for high performance and availability

Web & Mobile

• Websites, deploy and scale .NET, PHP, Node.JS, Python and Java web apps in seconds with Git, GitHub, Visual Studio Online, FTP and more
• Mobile Services , build and host the backend for any mobile app including iOS, Android, Windows & Web
• API Management , publish APIs to developers, partners and employees securely and at scale
• Notification Hubs , scalable mobile push notification engine for quickly sending millions of messages to iOS, Android, Windows, or Kindle devices
• Event Hubs , Ingest, persist, and process millions of events per second

Data & Analytics

• SQL Database , managed Relational SQL Database-as-a-service
• HDInsight, provision managed Hadoop clusters
• Cache, high throughput, low latency data access to build fast and scalable Azure applications
• Machine Learning , powerful cloud-based predictive analytics

Storage & Backup

• Storage, durable, highly available and massively scalable cloud storage
• Backup, simple and reliable server backup to the cloud

Media & CDN

• Media Services , encode, store, and stream video and audio at scale
• CDN, deliver content to end-users through a robust network of global data centers