So we've taken a look at Virtual Machines.
Another compute service that you'll probably
find very interesting, is Azure Websites.
Azure Websites are a PAAS offering.
The server infrastructure is going to be handled completely by Microsoft, so
you don't have to worry about patching the OS or patching IAAS.
Or anything that you would need to set up your website.
It's also highly scalable.
So if you've ever
set up a website, or a blog, very, very quickly, only to find that you didn't
subscribe to enough power to hold up to getting high traffic on Twitter.
Or one of the tech blogs, and you immediately came down, Azure
Websites is one of those offerings that'll be very interesting to you.
Another powerful feature is, in addition to creating your
own website, or custom website, you've got a complete
list of websites apps inside of the Gallery.
This gallery includes a host of
solutions, and they're not just Microsoft.net solutions.
For example, you can set up a WordPress blog very
easily here inside Azure websites completely free in the free tier.
And not be charged anything in the monthly fees.
You also have the ability to set up other things
like Drupal.
If you've been looking at different type of website apps, this is a
one click solution to deploy that website up on that web app infrastructure.
And not worry about changing anything.
Another area of Azure websites, is the ability to deploy directly from Source
Control, so whether you're using Team Foundation Server, Github or a local
Git, Dropbox, Bit Bucket, or CodePlex.
You can set it up so that any changes you make inside of
that source control will get deployed as a new repo to your website.
For example, if I'm running a WordPress blog out of
my Dropbox, and I edit one of the CSS files.
That all immediately get deployed up to the website.
I also have the ability to manage things directly
in my website through the dashboard and then scale them up based on traffic.