Get to know Microsoft Azure cloud platform: An overview for business professionals

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe what the cloud is and what Microsoft Azure is.
• Describe the basics of cloud economics, and how the consumption-based, operational expenditures model opens new business opportunities.
• Describe the basic financial and operational benefits of cloud over a traditional, off-cloud IT system.
• Cite real examples of businesses that have used Azure to transform their operations and improve their bottom lines.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe how your business can be more cost-efficient with Microsoft Azure and cloud economics.
• Envision growth and innovation strategies for your company with Azure.
• Imagine how Azure can make your workforce more agile and responsive.
• Describe how your business’s data and services can be highly secure and reliable with Azure.
• Describe how Azure empowers you to monitor your business’s cloud activities for compliance and reporting.
• Describe how Azure can ease your business’s regulatory compliance.
• Describe how Azure can decrease your business’s carbon footprint.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Identify and categorize your business’s motivations for transitioning to the cloud.
• Describe the major categories of Azure services and what each enables a business to do.
• Describe public, private, and hybrid cloud arrangements, and the reasons for adopting each.
• Look ahead to the technical and organizational considerations you will encounter when planning a cloud transition.