====== Microsoft Azure ====== [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] ===== Discussion ===== Microsoft Azure is a commercial cloud computing platform that provides computing, storage, networking, database, security, management, application, and related technology services through Microsoft-operated infrastructure. Within Crucible, Microsoft Azure can serve as a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_platform|Deployment Platform]] on which Crucible creates and manages Infrastructure Environments. Microsoft Azure provides proprietary service interfaces, resource models, identity mechanisms, configuration formats, and operational services. A Crucible Provider Implementation can isolate those provider-specific dependencies from provider-independent Crucible Descriptions and Infrastructure Baselines. ===== Definition ===== *commercial cloud computing platform provided by Microsoft Corporation* ===== Source ===== * [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/intro/azure-developer-overview|Microsoft, Azure for Developers Overview]] * [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/|Microsoft, Azure Documentation]] ===== Note ===== The shortened name **Azure** refers to Microsoft Azure. Microsoft Azure identifies a named Cloud Provider and Deployment Platform. The term does not identify a specific Azure service, subscription, tenant, region, availability zone, or deployed Infrastructure Environment. ===== Example ===== A Crucible Provider Implementation translates a provider-independent Infrastructure Baseline into Azure resources, including virtual networks, virtual machines, storage resources, managed identities, and security controls. ---- © 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.