Key Azure Services for .NET developers

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03/24/2023

While Azure contains over 100 services, the following Azure services are the services you will use most frequently as a .NET developer.

Icon	Service	Description
	Azure App Service	Azure App Service is a fully managed platform for hosting web applications and APIs in Azure. It features automatic load balancing and auto-scaling in a highly available environment. You pay only for the compute resources you use and free tiers are available.
	Azure Container Apps	Azure Container Apps are fully managed environments that enable you to run microservices and containerized applications on a serverless platform. Applications built on Container Apps provide scalability, resiliency, and other advantages of complex container orchestrators while leaving behind many of the complexities.
	Azure Functions	Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that lets you write small, discrete segments of code that can be executed in a scalable and cost-effective manner, all without managing any servers or runtimes. Functions can be invoked by a variety of different events and easily integrate with other Azure services through the use of input and output bindings.
	Azure SQL	Azure SQL is a fully managed cloud based version of SQL Server. Azure automatically performs traditional administrative tasks like patching and backups for you and features built-in high availability.
	Azure Cosmos DB	Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database with single digit response times, automatic scaling, and a MongoDB compatible API.
	Azure Blob Storage	Azure Blob Storage allows your applications to store and retrieve files in the cloud. Azure Storage is highly scalable to store massive amounts of data and data is stored redundantly to ensure high availability.
	Azure Service Bus	Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise message broker supporting both point to point and publish-subscribe integrations. It is ideal for building decoupled applications, queue based load leveling, or facilitating communication between microservices.
	Azure Key Vault	Every application has application secrets like connection strings and API keys it must store. Azure Key Vault helps you store and access those secrets securely, in an encrypted vault with restricted access to make sure your secrets and your application are not compromised.
	Cognitive Services	Azure Cognitive Services are a collection of cloud-based services that allow you to add AI based capabilities to your application. Examples include computer vision, speech recognition, language understanding, and anomaly detection.