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In 2008, Microsoft Azure services were first introduced, later commercially available in 2010. In the past few decades, the demand for Azure App services has increased and today approximately 90% of Fortune 500 companies use the services of Microsoft Azure as priorities. As a cloud service provider, Azure offers numerous services, initiating from building project repositories to managing code, tasks, deployment, and service maintenance.

Azure offers technical support in more than 40+ geographies and more than 600 different services, making it the market leader. Coming to the top 10 most used Microsoft Azure services in 2023, I would like to list them along with a brief description of each.

1. Azure DevOps

Among all services, Azure DevOps is the ever-green of all times. It is the most reliable and intelligent tool to manage projects, test and deploy code via CI/CD. Currently, Azure DevOps is a comprehensive set of different Azure services such as Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards, Azure Test Plans, Azure Artifacts, etc. At Hexad, we have DevOps which provides the best and most custom software development services as per our client’s requirements.

2. Azure Virtual Machines

A virtual machine is a computer-like environment. Microsoft Azure offers the possibility of creating virtual machines with Windows and Linux operating systems according to client’s requirements to meet their business needs. Azure allows the creation of virtual machines (VMs) such as compute-optimized VMs, memory-optimized VMs, stretchable VMs, and compute-optimized VMs. As per the knowledge and expertise of our Azure developers, each virtual machine has its own virtual hardware and specifications depending on the chosen plan.

3. Azure Blob Storage

Blob storage is a service for storing large amounts of unstructured data that does not fit a specific data model or definition. Finally, it is used to add images or documents to the browser and write log files simultaneously. It is a storage device that also offers streaming media files. Our Azure experts have found that it is used to back up and restore database backup files.

4. Azure AD

Azure Active Directory handles authentication and authorization for any system from any location and provides user credentials for users who log in. At Hexad, we have done some Azure projects where Azure AD service has allowed employees of the organization to access resources from both external and internal sources.

5. Azure CosmosDB

At Hexad, Azure developers offer a fully managed NoSQL database service. We have utilized Cosmos DB, which aims for faster response times to queries and is also used to manage large archive databases with guaranteed speed at any scale. Besides, Cosmos DB stores data in JSON documents and provides API endpoints for managing these documents via the SDK.

6. Logic Apps

In recent years, technology has enhanced and the Azure Logic Apps slowly gained popularity, but it is still a powerful integration solution for a few apps. It will help connect applications, data, and devices from anywhere, further allowing almost all types of B2B transactions to be carried out most efficiently through electronic data interchange standards.

7. Azure Data Factory

Our Azure developers have used the Azure data factory, which helps to accept data from various input resources and automates data transfer through various pipelines. Depending on the data processing, the result can be published to Azure Data Lake for business analytics applications. Thus, at Hexad, our developers have found that Data Factory is an Azure service that utilizes compute to monitor workflows and perform better data analysis rather than data storage.

8. Azure CDN

The Azure Content Delivery Network has intended its wings with a variety of service integrations such as web applications, Azure Storage, or Azure Cloud Services. In addition, it is holding a powerful position via its security mechanism, which allows a developer to spend less time in managing security solutions. One of the main advantages of using this service is the fast response time and low content load times.

9. Azure Backup

Azure Backup service has solved most companies' problems by providing privacy protection and a solution to reduce some human errors. We follow the backup SQL workloads as well as Azure VMs. Besides, providing unlimited data transfer and multiple storage options, this Azure service provides consistent backup for all applications. With its extensive use, our software developers have addressed one of the biggest issues is storage scalability and data backup management.

10. Azure API Management

This Azure service allows users to manage and publish web APIs with just a few clicks. API Management secures all APIs using filters, tokens, and keys, freeing a developer from various security vulnerabilities. It also provides API access to the microservices architecture. One of the features of this service is its consumer-based user model, which offers automatic scaling and high availability.