A curated list of awesome Azure Resources, libraries, open source repos, guides, blogs, and other resources.
Access cloud compute capacity, scale on demand, and pay only for what you use.
- Virtual Machines: Deploy Windows & Linux VMs in seconds.
- Linux Virtual Machines: Run Ubuntu, Red Hat, and more.
- Azure Dedicated Host: Dedicated physical servers for your VMs.
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Managed Kubernetes for scalable workloads.
- Container Instances: Serverless containers on Azure.
- Azure VMware Solution: Run VMware workloads natively on Azure.
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Auto-scale thousands of VMs.
- Azure Spot Virtual Machines: Leverage discounted, unused compute capacity.
- Azure Compute Fleet: Efficiently provision and manage compute at scale.
- App Service: Build & host powerful web & mobile apps.
- Static Web Apps: Full-stack development with global availability.
- Batch: Cloud-scale job scheduling & compute management.
- Cloud Services: Scalable, highly available cloud applications.
- Azure Virtual Desktop: Secure, remote desktop access from anywhere.
- Azure Functions: Serverless compute with event-driven functions.
- Azure VM Image Builder: Streamlined VM image creation.
- Azure CycleCloud: HPC & big compute cluster management.
- Service Fabric: Microservices orchestration.
- Azure Modeling & Simulation Workbench: Collaborative research & engineering workspace.
Leverage AI to build smart applications for any use case.
- Azure Cognitive Services: Deploy AI models as APIs.
- Computer Vision: Extract insights from images.
- Custom Vision: Train custom image classification models.
- Face API: Facial recognition & analysis.
- Speech-to-Text: Convert spoken audio to text.
- Text-to-Speech: Transform text into natural-sounding speech.
- Language Understanding (LUIS): Train AI to understand user input.
- Translator: Machine translation via REST API.
- Azure AI Content Safety: Automate harmful content moderation.
- Azure Cognitive Search: AI-driven search for applications.
- Azure Form Recogniser: Extract data from forms.
- Azure Metrics Advisor: Monitor and diagnose metrics issues.
- Azure Video Indexer: AI-powered video analysis.
- Azure Anomaly Detector: Detect irregularities in data patterns.
- Azure Bot Service: Build intelligent conversational bots.
- Azure AI Personalizer: AI-driven user personalization.
- Azure Applied AI Services: Pre-built AI for business solutions.
- Health Bot: Virtual healthcare assistants.
- QnA Maker: AI-powered Q&A systems.
- Azure AI Studio: Develop, test, and deploy AI solutions.
- Azure AI Document Intelligence: AI-driven document processing.
- Azure Machine Learning: End-to-end machine learning service.
- Azure Databricks: AI & big data analytics with Apache Spark.
- Data Science Virtual Machines: Pre-configured AI dev environments.
- Azure Open Datasets: Curated datasets for ML models.
- Microsoft Genomics: AI-powered genome sequencing.
- Azure OpenAI Service: Use advanced language models like GPT.
Gather, store, process, analyze, and visualize data of any variety, volume, or velocity.
- Azure Analysis Services: Enterprise-grade analytics engine as a service.
- Azure Data Factory: Hybrid data integration at enterprise scale.
- Azure Data Lake Storage: Secure, scalable data lake for high-performance analytics.
- Azure Databricks: AI and big data analytics with Apache Spark.
- Azure Synapse Analytics: Limitless analytics service with unmatched time to insight.
- Azure Data Explorer: Fast and highly scalable data exploration service.
- Event Hubs: Receive telemetry from millions of devices.
- Power BI Embedded: Embed Power BI analytics into your applications.
Develop and manage your containerized apps faster with integrated tools.
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Managed Kubernetes for scalable workloads.
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift: Fully managed OpenShift service.
- Container Instances: Easily run containers without managing servers.
- Container Registry: Store and manage container images.
- Web App for Containers: Deploy and run containerized web apps.
- Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager: Manage multiple Kubernetes clusters across environments.
🗄️ Databases
Support rapid growth and innovate faster with secure, enterprise-grade, and fully managed database services.
- Azure SQL: Flexible, fully managed SQL database solutions.
- Azure SQL Database: Intelligent, scalable cloud database.
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: Managed SQL Server instance in the cloud.
- Azure Cosmos DB: Fast NoSQL database with open APIs for any scale.
- Azure Database for MySQL: Fully managed MySQL database.
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Intelligent and scalable PostgreSQL.
- Azure Cache for Redis: High-throughput, low-latency data caching.
- Azure Database Migration Service: Accelerate your data migration to Azure.
Build, manage and continuously deliver cloud applications – using any platform or language.
- App Configuration: Fast, scalable parameter storage for app configuration.
- Azure DevTest Labs: Quickly create environments using reusable templates and artifacts.
- SDKs: Get the SDKs and command-line tools you need.
- Visual Studio Code: A powerful, lightweight code editor for cloud development.
- Azure DevOps: Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software.
- Azure Pipelines: Continuously build, test, and deploy to any platform and cloud.
- Visual Studio: Powerful and flexible environment to develop apps in the cloud.
🚀 DevOps
Deliver innovation faster with simple, reliable tools for continuous delivery.
- Azure Artifacts: Create, host, and share packages with your team.
- Azure Boards: Plan, track, and discuss work across your teams.
- Azure Repos: Get unlimited, cloud-hosted private Git repos for your project.
- Azure Test Plans: Test and ship confidently with an exploratory test toolkit.
- DevOps Tool Integrations: Use your favorite DevOps tools with Azure.
- Azure Monitor: Full observability into your apps, infrastructure, and network.
Get Azure innovation everywhere—bring the agility and innovation of cloud computing to your on-premises workloads.
- Azure Active Directory (Azure AD): Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on.
- Azure Arc: Secure, develop, and operate infrastructure, apps, and Azure services anywhere.
- Azure ExpressRoute: Dedicated private-network fiber connections to Azure.
- Azure Sentinel: Cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics.
- Azure Stack: Build and run hybrid apps across cloud boundaries.
🔐 Identity
Manage user identities and access to protect against advanced threats across devices, data, apps, and infrastructure.
- Azure Active Directory (Azure AD): Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single sign-on.
- Azure Information Protection: Protect your sensitive information anytime, anywhere.
- Azure Active Directory Domain Services: Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers.
- Azure Active Directory External Identities: Manage consumer identity and access in the cloud.
Seamlessly integrate on-premises and cloud-based applications, data, and processes across your enterprise.
- API Management: Publish APIs securely at scale for developers, partners, and employees.
- Event Grid: Reliable event delivery at massive scale.
- Service Bus: Connect across private and public cloud environments.
- Azure Health Data Services: Unify and manage health data and PHI in the cloud.
- Logic Apps: Automate the access and use of data across clouds.
- Azure Web PubSub: Build real-time messaging applications using WebSockets.
Bring IoT to any device and platform without changing your infrastructure.
- Azure Digital Twins: Model and analyze physical environments with IoT spatial intelligence.
- Azure IoT Edge: Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices.
- Azure Machine Learning: Enterprise-grade service for the ML lifecycle.
- Azure SQL Edge: Small-footprint, edge-optimized SQL database with built-in AI.
- Azure IoT Hub: Connect, monitor, and manage billions of IoT assets.
- Azure Maps: Add location data and mapping visuals to business applications.
- Azure Sphere: Secure IoT devices from the edge to the cloud.
- Azure Stream Analytics: Real-time analytics on fast-moving streaming data.
Simplify, automate, and optimize the management and compliance of your cloud resources.
- Azure Automation: Simplify cloud management with process automation.
- Azure Backup: Protect data and guard against ransomware.
- Azure Monitor: Gain full observability into your apps, infrastructure, and network.
- Azure Service Health: Personalized guidance when Azure service issues affect you.
- Azure Policy: Enforce corporate governance and compliance standards at scale.
- Azure Site Recovery: Built-in disaster recovery service to keep your business running.
- Microsoft Cost Management: Monitor, allocate, and optimize cloud costs effectively.
- Azure Automanage: Automate and optimize IT management operations.
🎬 Media
Deliver high-quality video content anywhere, at any time, and on any device.
- Azure Media Player: A single player for all your playback needs.
- Content Protection: Securely deliver content using AES, PlayReady, Widevine, and Fairplay.
- Live and On-Demand Streaming: Deliver content to virtually all devices with the ability to scale.
- Content Delivery Network: Fast, reliable content delivery network with global reach.
- Encoding: Studio-grade encoding at cloud scale.
- Media Services: Encode, store, and stream video and audio at scale.
Simplify and accelerate your migration to the cloud with guidance, tools, and resources.
- Azure Database Migration Service: Accelerate your data migration to Azure.
- Azure Site Recovery: Keep your business running with a built-in disaster recovery service.
- Azure Data Box: Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge computing.
- Azure Migrate: Simplify migration and modernization with a unified platform.
- Microsoft Cost Management: Monitor, allocate, and optimize cloud costs with transparency, accuracy, and efficiency.
Blend your physical and digital worlds to create immersive, collaborative experiences.
- Azure Digital Twins: Use IoT spatial intelligence to create models of physical environments.
- Remote Rendering: Render high-quality, interactive 3D content with real-time streaming.
- Object Anchors PREVIEW: Automatically align and anchor 3D content to objects in the physical world.
- Kinect DK: Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors.
- Spatial Anchors: Create multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality experiences.
📱 Mobile
Build and deploy cross-platform and native apps for any mobile device.
- API Management: Publish APIs securely and at scale.
- App Service: Quickly create powerful cloud apps for web and mobile.
- Azure Maps: Add location data and mapping visuals to business applications.
- Notification Hubs: Send push notifications to any platform from any back-end.
- Visual Studio App Centre: Build, test, release, and monitor mobile and desktop apps.
- Azure Communication Services: Build rich communication experiences.
- App Configuration: Fast, scalable parameter storage for app configuration.
- Azure Cognitive Services: Deploy high-quality AI models as APIs.
- Xamarin: Create cloud-powered mobile apps faster.
Connect cloud and on-premises infrastructure and services for a seamless experience.
- Application Gateway: Secure and scalable web front ends.
- Azure DDoS Protection: Protect Azure resources from DDoS attacks.
- Azure ExpressRoute: Dedicated private-network fiber connections to Azure.
- Load Balancer: High availability and network performance.
- Azure Front Door: Cloud CDN for optimized user experiences.
- Azure Private Link: Private access to Azure services.
- Virtual Network: Scalable, secure cloud networking.
- VPN Gateway: Secure, cross-premises connectivity.
- Azure Firewall: Cloud-native network firewall security.
- Azure DNS: Host your DNS domain in Azure.
- Azure Route Server: Dynamically exchange routes with virtual networks.
- Web Application Firewall: Advanced security for web applications.
- Content Delivery Network: Fast, reliable global content delivery.
- App Configuration: Fast, scalable parameter storage for app configurations.
- Azure Active Directory (Azure AD): Synchronize on-prem directories & enable seamless single sign-on (SSO).
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Multi-cloud & hybrid security solution.
- Azure DDoS Protection: Protect against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
- Azure Firewall: Cloud-native, AI-driven network firewall security.
- Azure Front Door: Global cloud CDN ensuring optimized user experiences.
- Azure Sentinel: AI-driven cloud-native SIEM & security analytics.
- Security Center: Unified security management across hybrid workloads.
- Web Application Firewall: Intelligent cloud-native WAF for web apps.
- Microsoft Azure Attestation: Verify platform trustworthiness remotely.
- Application Gateway: Secure & scalable web front-end management.
- Azure Bastion: Fully managed, secure remote VM access.
- Azure Key Vault: Securely store and manage sensitive information.
- VPN Gateway: Secure cross-premises connectivity.
- Azure Confidential Ledger: Tamper-proof, cryptographically verifiable data store.
- Azure Blob Storage: Massively scalable object storage.
- Azure Disk Storage: High-performance, durable block storage.
- Azure Files: Serverless, secure enterprise-grade file shares.
- Azure Backup: Ransomware-resistant data protection.
- Azure Data Lake Storage: Secure, scalable lake for big data analytics.
- Azure NetApp Files: Enterprise-grade Azure file shares powered by NetApp.
- Azure Data Box: Hybrid cloud data transfer solutions.
- Queue Storage: Scalable message queuing for apps.
- API Management: Securely publish APIs for developers & partners.
- App Service: Rapid cloud app development for web & mobile.
- Azure Maps: Enhance apps with location-based intelligence.
- Content Delivery Network (CDN): Global, low-latency content delivery.
- Azure Web PubSub: Real-time messaging & WebSocket-based apps.
- Web App for Containers: Deploy & run containerized web apps.
- Azure SignalR Service: Real-time web functionality integration.
- Notification Hubs: Multi-platform push notifications.
- Azure Communication Services: Secure, enterprise-grade voice, video & chat solutions.
- Azure Virtual Desktop: Secure, remote desktop experience from anywhere.
- Azure Lab Services: Set up labs for education & training.
- VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure: Provision Windows desktops & apps with VMware.
- Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops for Azure: Citrix-powered cloud desktop solutions on Azure.
Stay ahead with the latest Azure announcements, insights, and future developments:
- 🔹 Azure Updates – Centralized official news.
- 🔹 Azure Blog – Deep dives & RSS feed.
- 🔹 Azure Roadmap – Upcoming features & innovations.
- 🔹 Azure Weekly – Community-curated newsletter.
- 🔹 Microsoft Azure Newsletter – Direct updates in your inbox.
- 🔹 Interactive Azure Platform Overview – Explore Azure visually.
- 🔹 aka.ms Azure Shortcuts – Quick links to essential Azure resources.
Build robust, scalable cloud solutions with Microsoft’s architecture guidelines:
- 🏛 Cloud Design Patterns – Proven architectural blueprints.
- 🏛 Azure Reference Architectures – Predefined solution templates.
- 🏛 Azure Well-Architected Framework – Core design principles.
- 🏛 Azure Naming Conventions – Standardized naming practices.
Accelerate learning with ready-to-use solutions:
- 🛠 Azure DevOps Demo Generator – Preconfigured DevOps environments.
- 🛠 Azure Serverless Library – Pre-built serverless patterns.
- 🛠 Azure CosmosDB Learning Hub – Deep dive into CosmosDB.
- 🛠 Azure App Migration Tool – Assess & migrate .NET and PHP apps.
Enhance productivity with these must-have utilities:
- 💾 Azure Storage Explorer – GUI for managing Azure Storage.
- 🎨 Azure Symbol & Icon Set – Visio & PowerPoint templates.
- 🚀 Azure Speed Test – Latency measurement tool.
- 🔄 ASM to ARM Migration Guide – Migration strategy from Classic to ARM.
Automate Azure operations efficiently:
- ⚡ Azure PowerShell – Command-line automation.
- ⚡ Azure CLI GitHub – Cross-platform CLI.
- ⚡ Azure PowerShell Install Guide – Setup instructions.
Keep your Azure costs under control:
- 💲 Azure Pricing Calculator – Estimate cloud expenses.
- 📊 Billing API Reference – Monitor and optimize billing.
- 📉 Azure Usage & Billing Insights – PowerBI billing dashboards.
Seamless migration planning & infrastructure automation:
- 🛠 VM Readiness Assessment – Assess VM migration.
- 📜 Azure Quickstart Templates – Pre-built ARM templates.
- 📍 Azure Services by Region – Regional service availability.
Ensure best-in-class cloud security:
- 🔒 Azure Trust Center – Security and compliance standards.
- 🌍 Azure Datacenter Locations – Global data residency map.
Master Azure with these learning platforms:
- 🎓 Microsoft Learn – Hands-on Azure training.
- 📺 Azure YouTube Channel – Official Azure videos.
- 🎙 Azure Friday – Weekly developer talks.
- 🏆 Azure Certifications – Advance your career with certifications.
Get expert insights on Azure innovations:
- 🎤 Azure Podcast – Bite-sized Azure discussions.
- 🎤 Microsoft Cloud Show – Deep dives into Azure & Office365.
- ✍ Build Azure – Community-driven Azure content.
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