Microsoft compares AWS and Azure in new Cloud Service Map

Dave W. Shanahan

Today, Microsoft released a cloud service map showing users why they should choose Microsoft Azure over Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud service map goes over the cloud capabilities of Azure and AWS in all categories. Depending on what service, you choose, Microsoft shows what you need ot keep in mind when choosing either available cloud service.

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Excerpt from the Compute Section from the Cloud Service Map for AWS and Azure

The cloud service map lays out 13 areas that pits AWS against Microsoft Azure and shows the pros and cons of each cloud service. Here are the 13 areas that the cloud service map covers.

  1. Marketplace
  2. Compute
  3. Storage
  4. Networking & Content Delivery
  5. Database
  6. Analytics and big data
  7. Intelligence
  8. Internet of Things (IoT)
  9. Management & monitoring
  10. Mobile services
  11. Security, identity, and access
  12. Developer tools
  13. Enterprise integration

Microsoft provides a very informative cloud service map to help you make the choice that is right for your organization.