Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform offering many cloud services. This includes computing, analytics, storage, and networking. A major advantage for end users is the ability to use any service to develop new applications or run existing applications in the public cloud.

With migration and networking tools, single sign on, and identity management, hybrid storage devices can be deployed on-prem. A hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment made up of one or more public and private clouds. Data, apps, and workloads are shared across the clouds as a unified system. This allows clients to scale workloads into the public cloud when private cloud resources are exceeded. Azure enables scalability and flexibility of public cloud systems while maintaining the security of business critical data and applications.

Read on as we take a look at the Azure hybrid cloud benefits.

Features of a hybrid cloud

Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform offering many cloud services. This includes computing, analytics, storage, and networking. A major advantage for end users is the ability to use any service to develop or scale new applications.

There are even tools to migrate apps to your public clouds. With the Azure Hybrid Benefit program, you can transfer existing licenses for SQL Server and Windows Server.

Additionally, you can run apps across on-prem, cloud, and edge environments. These apps are either run as they are, or they can be refactored to run with cloud scalability and portability features. Azure provides advanced analytics and automated migration options for ease of use.

By using Azure in your systems, you’ll be able to take advantage of Microsoft’s expansive global network, and be able to utilise 100 Gbps connections with Azure ExpressRoute. Plus, you can connect thousands of users and endpoints with Azure Virtual WAN. Azure Firewall and DDoS Protection services come as standard to ensure secure connection management.

As an Azure customer, you’ll also have access to the high-performance resources that Microsoft offers, including enterprise-grade security and availability. With Single Sign-On (SSO) across on-prem, cloud, and mobile apps, you can centralise identity management and promote standardised access.