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Supported Azure products
Azure Active Directory Domain Services
Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers
Azure Active Directory Domain Services
Azure API for FHIR
Easily create and deploy a FHIR service for health data solutions and interoperability
Azure API for FHIR
Azure Communication Services
Communication Services is a comprehensive set of communication APIs that enable developers to securely integrate voice, video, calling, and chat capabilities into any web, mobile or desktop application.
Azure Communication Services
Azure Data Lake Storage
Massively scalable, secure data lake functionality built on Azure Blob Storage
Azure Data Lake Storage
Azure Firewall
Native firewalling capabilities with built-in high availability, unrestricted cloud scalability, and zero maintenance
Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall Manager
Central network security policy and route management for globally distributed, software-defined perimeters
Azure Firewall Manager
Azure Fluid Relay
Easily build real-time collaborative experiences in your web applications using the Fluid Framework.
Azure Fluid Relay
Azure Front Door
Scalable, security-enhanced delivery point for global, microservice-based web applications
Azure Front Door
Azure Healthcare APIs
Pipelines that help you manage protected health information (PHI) data at scale.
Azure Healthcare APIs
Azure HPC Pack
Job scheduling and resource management for High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters on premises, hybrid and in Azure
Azure HPC Pack
Azure Internet Analyzer (Preview)
Test how networking infrastructure changes will impact your customers' performance
Azure Internet Analyzer (Preview)
Azure IoT
Microsoft-managed cloud services to security connect, monitor, and control all your IoT assets
Azure IoT
Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service (DPS)
Enables a zero-touch, just-in-time provisioning service to the right IoT hub without human intervention
Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service (DPS)
Azure Machine Learning
Bring AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform with experimentation and model management
Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning Inference
Help with Azure Machine Learning inference and deployment as well as bugs, and problem reports
Azure Machine Learning Inference
Azure Open Datasets
Cloud platform to host and share curated open datasets to accelerate development of machine learning models
Azure Open Datasets
Azure Private Link
Private access to services hosted on the Azure platform, keeping your data on the Microsoft network
Azure Private Link
Azure Remote Rendering
Render high-quality, interactive 3D content, and stream it to your devices in real time
Azure Remote Rendering
Azure Sentinel
Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise
Azure Sentinel
Azure Stack HCI
Run virtual machines on-premises and easily connect to Azure with a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution
Azure Stack HCI
Azure Static Web Apps
A modern web app service that offers streamlined full-stack development from source code to global high availability
Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Synapse Analytics
Limitless analytics service with unmatched time to insight (formerly SQL Data Warehouse)
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Web PubSub
Easily build real-time messaging web applications using WebSockets and the publish-subscribe pattern
Azure Web PubSub
Bing Custom Search
An easy-to-use, ad-free, commercial-grade search tool that lets you deliver the results you want
Bing Custom Search
Bing Entity Search
Enrich your experiences by identifying and augmenting entity information from the web
Bing Entity Search
Bing Visual Search
Get rich insights to help build compelling image applications on the device of your choice
Bing Visual Search
Custom Vision
Easily customize your own state-of-the-art computer vision models for your unique use case
Custom Vision
Farmbeats
Enables agricultural businesses to aggregate data and build AI and ML models from fused data sets
Farmbeats
Ink Recognizer (Preview)
An AI service that recognizes digital ink content, such as handwriting, shapes, and ink document layout
Ink Recognizer (Preview)
Live and On-Demand Streaming
Deliver content to virtually all devices with scale to meet business needs
Live and On-Demand Streaming
Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)
Microsoft Identity Manager helps you manage the users, credentials, policies, and access within your organization
Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)
R Server for HDInsight
Predictive analytics, machine learning, and statistical modeling for big data
R Server for HDInsight
SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
Run the largest SAP HANA workloads of any hyperscale cloud provider
SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
Security Center
Unify security management and enable advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads
Security Center
Web Application Firewall
A cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service that provides powerful protection for web apps
Web Application Firewall
AI + Machine Learning
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Anomaly Detector
Easily add anomaly detection capabilities to your apps
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Applied AI Services
Accelerate development of AI solutions for common business processes
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Azure Bot Service
Intelligent, serverless bot service that scales on demand
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Azure Cognitive Search
AI-powered cloud search service for mobile and web app development
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Azure Databricks
Fast, easy, and collaborative Apache Spark-based analytics platform
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Azure Machine Learning
Bring AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform with experimentation and model management
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Azure Machine Learning Inference
Help with Azure Machine Learning inference and deployment as well as bugs, and problem reports
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Azure Open Datasets
Cloud platform to host and share curated open datasets to accelerate development of machine learning models
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Bing Autosuggest
Give your app intelligent autosuggest options for searches
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Bing Custom Search
An easy-to-use, ad-free, commercial-grade search tool that lets you deliver the results you want
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Bing Entity Search
Enrich your experiences by identifying and augmenting entity information from the web
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Bing Image Search
Search for images and get comprehensive results
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Bing News Search
Search for news and get comprehensive results
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Bing Spell Check
Detect and correct spelling mistakes in your app
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Bing Video Search
Search for videos and get comprehensive results
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Bing Visual Search
Get rich insights to help build compelling image applications on the device of your choice
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Bing Web Search
Get enhanced search details from billions of web documents
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Cognitive Services
Add smart API capabilities to enable contextual interactions
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Computer Vision
Distill actionable information from images
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Content Moderator
Automated image, text, and video moderation
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Custom Vision
Easily customize your own state-of-the-art computer vision models for your unique use case
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Data Science Virtual Machines
Rich pre-configured environment for AI development
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Face
Detect, identify, analyze, organize, and tag faces in photos
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Farmbeats
Enables agricultural businesses to aggregate data and build AI and ML models from fused data sets
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Form Recognizer
The AI-powered document extraction service that understands your forms
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Immersive Reader
Empower users of all ages and abilities to read and comprehend text
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Ink Recognizer (Preview)
An AI service that recognizes digital ink content, such as handwriting, shapes, and ink document layout
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Kinect DK
Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors
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Language Understanding
Teach your apps to understand commands from your users
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Machine Learning Studio
Easily build, deploy, and manage predictive analytics solutions
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Metrics Advisor (Preview)
An AI service that monitors metrics and diagnoses issues
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Microsoft Genomics
Power genome sequencing & research insights
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Personalizer
An AI service that delivers a personalized user experience
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QnA Maker
Distill information into conversational, easy-to-navigate answers
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Responsible AI
Information and guidelines on how to responsibly use our AI services in your apps
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Speaker Recognition
Use speech to identify and verify individual speakers
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Speech to Text
Convert spoken audio to text for more natural interactions
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Speech Translation
Easily integrate real-time speech translation to your app
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Text Analytics
Easily evaluate sentiment and topics to understand what users want
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Text to Speech
Convert text to speech to create more natural, accessible interfaces
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Translator
Easily conduct machine translation with a simple REST API call
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Video Indexer
Unlock video insights
Analytics
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Azure Analysis Services
Enterprise-grade analytics engine as a service
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Azure Data Explorer
Fast and highly scalable data exploration service
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Azure Data Lake Storage
Massively scalable, secure data lake functionality built on Azure Blob Storage
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Azure Data Share
A simple and safe service for sharing big data with external organizations
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Azure Databricks
Fast, easy, and collaborative Apache Spark-based analytics platform
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Azure Purview (Preview)
Unified data governance to maximize the business value of data
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Azure Stream Analytics
Real-time data stream processing from millions of IoT devices
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Azure Synapse Analytics
Limitless analytics service with unmatched time to insight (formerly SQL Data Warehouse)
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Data Catalog
Get more value from your enterprise data assets
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Data Factory
Hybrid data integration at enterprise scale, made easy
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Data Lake Analytics
Distributed analytics service that makes big data easy
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Event Hubs
Receive telemetry from millions of devices
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HDInsight
Provision cloud Hadoop, Spark, R Server, HBase, and Storm clusters
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R Server for HDInsight
Predictive analytics, machine learning, and statistical modeling for big data
Azure Virtual Desktop
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Azure Virtual Desktop
The best virtual desktop experience, delivered on Azure
Blockchain
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Azure Blockchain Service (Preview)
Build, govern, and expand consortium blockchain networks
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Azure Blockchain Workbench (Preview)
Easily prototype blockchain apps in the cloud
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Azure Cosmos DB
Globally distributed, multi-model database for any scale
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Logic Apps
Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
Compute
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Azure CycleCloud
Create, manage, operate, and optimize HPC and big compute clusters of any scale
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Azure Dedicated Host
A dedicated physical server to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux
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Azure Functions
Process events with serverless code
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Azure HPC Pack
Job scheduling and resource management for High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters on premises, hybrid and in Azure
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Simplify the deployment, management, and operations of Kubernetes
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Azure Quantum (Preview)
An open ecosystem of quantum partners and technologies
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Azure Spring Cloud
A fully managed Spring Cloud service, built and operated with Pivotal
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Azure Virtual Desktop
The best virtual desktop experience, delivered on Azure
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Azure Virtual Machines
Provision Windows and Linux virtual machines in seconds
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Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple
Run your VMware workloads natively on Azure
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Batch
Cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management
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Cloud Services
Create highly-available, infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs
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Container Instances
Easily run containers on Azure without managing servers
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SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
Run the largest SAP HANA workloads of any hyperscale cloud provider
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Service Fabric
Develop microservices and orchestrate containers on Windows or Linux
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SQL Server on Virtual Machines
Host enterprise SQL Server apps in the cloud
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Web Apps
Quickly create and deploy mission critical web apps at scale
Containers
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Azure Functions
Process events with serverless code
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Simplify the deployment, management, and operations of Kubernetes
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Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Fully managed OpenShift service, jointly operated with Red Hat
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Container Instances
Easily run containers on Azure without managing servers
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Container Registry
Store and manage container images across all types of Azure deployments
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Service Fabric
Develop microservices and orchestrate containers on Windows or Linux
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Web Apps
Quickly create and deploy mission critical web apps at scale
Databases
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Azure API for FHIR
Easily create and deploy a FHIR service for health data solutions and interoperability
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Azure Cache for Redis
Power applications with high-throughput, low-latency data access
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Azure Cosmos DB
Globally distributed, multi-model database for any scale
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Azure Database for MariaDB
Managed MariaDB database service for app developers
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Azure Database for MySQL
Managed MySQL database service for app developers
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Managed PostgreSQL database service for app developers
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Azure Database Migration Service
Simplify on-premises database migration to the cloud
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Azure SQL Database
Managed, intelligent SQL in the cloud
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Azure SQL Database Edge
Small-footprint, edge-optimized data engine with built-in AI
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SQL Server on Virtual Machines
Host enterprise SQL Server apps in the cloud
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Table Storage
NoSQL key-value store using semi-structured datasets
Developer Tools
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App Configuration
Fast, scalable parameter storage for app configuration
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Azure DevTest Labs
Quickly create environments using reusable templates and artifacts
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Azure Lab Services
Set up labs for classrooms, trials, development and testing, and other scenarios
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Developer tool integrations
Use the development tools you know—seamlessly integrated with Azure
DevOps
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Azure DevTest Labs
Quickly create environments using reusable templates and artifacts
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Azure Monitor
Full observability into your applications, infrastructure, and network
Hybrid
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Azure Active Directory (AD)
Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
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Azure Arc
Bring Azure services and management to any infrastructure
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Managed PostgreSQL database service for app developers
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Azure ExpressRoute
Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
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Azure IoT Edge
Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices
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Azure Sentinel
Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise
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Azure SQL Database
Managed, intelligent SQL in the cloud
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Azure Stack HCI
Run virtual machines on-premises and easily connect to Azure with a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution
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Azure Stack Hub
Build and run innovative hybrid applications across cloud boundaries
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Security Center
Unify security management and enable advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads
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Windows Azure Pack
Bring Windows Azure technologies to your datacenter
Identity
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Azure Active Directory (AD)
Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
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Azure Active Directory Domain Services
Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers
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Azure Active Directory External Identities
Consumer identity and access management in the cloud
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Azure Information Protection
Better protect your sensitive information—anytime, anywhere
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Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)
Microsoft Identity Manager helps you manage the users, credentials, policies, and access within your organization
Integration
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API Management
Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale
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Azure API for FHIR
Easily create and deploy a FHIR service for health data solutions and interoperability
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Azure Healthcare APIs
Pipelines that help you manage protected health information (PHI) data at scale.
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Event Grid
Get reliable event delivery at massive scale
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Logic Apps
Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
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Service Bus
Connect across private and public cloud environments
Internet of Things (IoT)
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API Management
Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale
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Azure Cosmos DB
Globally distributed, multi-model database for any scale
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Azure Digital Twins
Build next-generation IoT spatial intelligence solutions
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Azure Functions
Process events with serverless code
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Azure IoT
Microsoft-managed cloud services to security connect, monitor, and control all your IoT assets
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Azure IoT Central
Accelerate the creation of IoT solutions
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Azure IoT Edge
Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices
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Azure IoT Hub
Connect, monitor and manage billions of IoT assets
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Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service (DPS)
Enables a zero-touch, just-in-time provisioning service to the right IoT hub without human intervention
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Azure IoT SDKs
Build applications that connect to Azure IoT services
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Azure Machine Learning
Bring AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform with experimentation and model management
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Azure Maps
Simple and secure location APIs provide geospatial context to data
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Azure Percept
Edge intelligence from silicon to service
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Azure RTOS
Makes embedded IoT development and connectivity easy
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Azure Sphere
Securely connect MCU-powered devices from the silicon to the cloud
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Azure SQL Database Edge
Small-footprint, edge-optimized data engine with built-in AI
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Azure Stream Analytics
Real-time data stream processing from millions of IoT devices
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Azure Time Series Insights
Explore and analyze time-series data from IoT devices
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Event Grid
Get reliable event delivery at massive scale
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IoT Plug and Play
Simplify IoT by adding Plug and Play to IoT devices and solutions
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Kinect DK
Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors
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Logic Apps
Automate the access and use of data across clouds without writing code
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Machine Learning Studio
Easily build, deploy, and manage predictive analytics solutions
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Notification Hubs
Send push notifications to any platform from any back end
Management and Governance
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Automation
Simplify cloud management with process automation
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Azure Automanage
Simplify and optimize IT management with automated operations
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Azure Backup
Simplify data protection and protect against ransomware
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Azure Blueprints (Preview)
Enabling quick, repeatable creation of governed environments
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Azure Lighthouse
Empowering service providers to manage customers at scale and with precision
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Azure Managed Applications
Simplify management of cloud offerings
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Azure Migrate
Easily discover, assess, right-size, and migrate your on-premises VMs to Azure
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Azure Mobile App
Effortlessly manage and monitor your Azure environment from your mobile device
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Azure Monitor
Full observability into your applications, infrastructure, and network
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Azure Policy
Implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources
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Azure Resource Mover
Simplify how you move multiple resources between Azure regions
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Azure Site Recovery
Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service
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Cost Management + Billing
Optimize what you spend on the cloud, while maximizing cloud potential
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Network Watcher
Network performance monitoring and diagnostics solution
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Scheduler
Run your jobs on simple or complex recurring schedules
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Traffic Manager
Route incoming traffic for high performance and availability
Media
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Azure Media Player
A single player for all your playback needs
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Content Delivery Network
Ensure secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach
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Content Protection
Securely deliver content using AES, PlayReady, Widevine, and Fairplay
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Encoding
Studio grade encoding at cloud scale
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Live and On-Demand Streaming
Deliver content to virtually all devices with scale to meet business needs
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Media Services
Encode, store, and stream video and audio at scale
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Video Indexer
Unlock video insights
Migration
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Azure Database Migration Service
Simplify on-premises database migration to the cloud
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Azure Migrate
Easily discover, assess, right-size, and migrate your on-premises VMs to Azure
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Azure Site Recovery
Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service
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Cost Management + Billing
Optimize what you spend on the cloud, while maximizing cloud potential
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Data Box
Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge compute
Mixed Reality
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Azure Digital Twins
Build next-generation IoT spatial intelligence solutions
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Azure Remote Rendering
Render high-quality, interactive 3D content, and stream it to your devices in real time
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Kinect DK
Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors
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Object Anchors
Automatically align and anchor 3D content to objects in the physical world
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Spatial Anchors
Create multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality experiences
Mobile
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API Management
Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale
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Azure Maps
Simple and secure location APIs provide geospatial context to data
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Notification Hubs
Send push notifications to any platform from any back end
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Web Apps
Quickly create and deploy mission critical web apps at scale
Networking
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Application Gateway
Build secure, scalable, and highly available web front ends in Azure
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Azure Bastion
Private and fully managed RDP and SSH access to your virtual machines
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Azure DDoS Protection
Protect your applications from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
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Azure DNS
Host your DNS domain in Azure
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Azure ExpressRoute
Dedicated private network fiber connections to Azure
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Azure Firewall
Native firewalling capabilities with built-in high availability, unrestricted cloud scalability, and zero maintenance
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Azure Firewall Manager
Central network security policy and route management for globally distributed, software-defined perimeters
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Azure Front Door
Scalable, security-enhanced delivery point for global, microservice-based web applications
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Azure Internet Analyzer (Preview)
Test how networking infrastructure changes will impact your customers' performance
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Azure Private Link
Private access to services hosted on the Azure platform, keeping your data on the Microsoft network
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Content Delivery Network
Ensure secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach
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Load Balancer
Deliver high availability and network performance to your applications
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Network Watcher
Network performance monitoring and diagnostics solution
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Traffic Manager
Route incoming traffic for high performance and availability
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Virtual Network
Provision private networks, optionally connect to on-premises datacenters
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Virtual WAN
Optimize and automate branch to branch connectivity through Azure
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VPN Gateway
Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
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Web Application Firewall
A cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service that provides powerful protection for web apps
Security
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Application Gateway
Build secure, scalable, and highly available web front ends in Azure
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Azure Active Directory (AD)
Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on
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Azure Active Directory Domain Services
Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers
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Azure Active Directory External Identities
Consumer identity and access management in the cloud
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Azure DDoS Protection
Protect your applications from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
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Azure Dedicated HSM
Manage hardware security modules that you use in the cloud
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Azure Information Protection
Better protect your sensitive information—anytime, anywhere
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Azure Sentinel
Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise
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Key Vault
Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets
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Security Center
Unify security management and enable advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads
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VPN Gateway
Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity
Storage
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Archive Storage
Industry leading price point for storing rarely accessed data
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Avere vFXT for Azure
Run high-performance, file-based workloads in the cloud
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Azure Backup
Simplify data protection and protect against ransomware
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Azure Data Lake Storage
Massively scalable, secure data lake functionality built on Azure Blob Storage
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Azure Data Share
A simple and safe service for sharing big data with external organizations
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Azure Disk Encryption
Protect your data on virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets
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Azure Files
File shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol
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Azure FXT Edge Filer
Hybrid storage optimization solution for HPC environments
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Azure HPC Cache
File caching for high-performance computing (HPC)
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Azure NetApp Files
Enterprise-grade Azure file shares, powered by NetApp
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Blob Storage
REST-based object storage for unstructured data
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Data Box
Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge compute
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Data Box Family
Durable, highly available, and massively scalable cloud storage
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Disk Storage
Persistent, secured disk options supporting virtual machines
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Managed Disks
Persistent, secured disk storage for Azure virtual machines
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Queue Storage
Effectively scale apps according to traffic
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Storage
Get secure, massively scalable cloud storage for your data, apps, and workloads
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Storage Accounts
Durable, highly available, and massively scalable cloud storage
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Storage Explorer
View and interact with Azure Storage resources
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StorSimple
Lower costs with an enterprise hybrid cloud storage solution
Web
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API Management
Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale
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Azure Cognitive Search
AI-powered cloud search service for mobile and web app development
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Azure Communication Services
Communication Services is a comprehensive set of communication APIs that enable developers to securely integrate voice, video, calling, and chat capabilities into any web, mobile or desktop application.
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Azure Fluid Relay
Easily build real-time collaborative experiences in your web applications using the Fluid Framework.
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Azure Maps
Simple and secure location APIs provide geospatial context to data
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Azure SignalR Service
Add real-time web functionalities easily
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Azure Spring Cloud
A fully managed Spring Cloud service, built and operated with Pivotal
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Azure Static Web Apps
A modern web app service that offers streamlined full-stack development from source code to global high availability
-
Azure Web PubSub
Easily build real-time messaging web applications using WebSockets and the publish-subscribe pattern
-
Content Delivery Network
Ensure secure, reliable content delivery with broad global reach
-
Notification Hubs
Send push notifications to any platform from any back end
-
Web Apps
Quickly create and deploy mission critical web apps at scale