# Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is the cloud platform that provides the infrastructure and services needed to run applications and workloads that you don't want to host on-premises. These services include:

<table><thead><tr><th width="289">Capability</th><th>Examples</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Compute</td><td>Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service</td></tr><tr><td>Storage</td><td>Blob Storage, File Storage</td></tr><tr><td>Database</td><td>Azure SQL Database</td></tr><tr><td>Networking</td><td>Virtual Networks, Load Balancers</td></tr><tr><td>Application Hosting</td><td>App Service, Container Apps</td></tr></tbody></table>