Microsoft Azure: the Microsoft cloud for your apps, data and AI
Discover Microsoft Azure, the cloud that runs your applications and your data
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform, bringing together compute, storage, databases and AI services to build and run your applications at scale.
Hosting an e-commerce site, centralising your subsidiaries' data in a warehouse, deploying an internal AI assistant: Azure provides the building blocks. Its native integration with Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Power BI makes it the natural choice for companies already running on Microsoft tools.
Microsoft Azure is built around four functional pillars:
From virtual machines to generative AI services, every building block is consumed on demand.
1. Compute and hosting: your applications in the cloud
Deploy your applications without buying or managing physical servers.
- Run your applications on virtual machines or in containers with Azure Kubernetes Service
- Publish websites and APIs without managing servers using Azure App Service
- Execute code on demand with Azure Functions, billed on usage
- Scale resources automatically based on your application load
2. Data and analytics: put your data assets to work
Store, transform and analyse your data in a unified environment.
- Centralise files and backups in Azure Blob Storage object storage
- Run your relational databases with Azure SQL Database or managed PostgreSQL
- Analyse large volumes with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Synapse Analytics
- Visualise your KPIs in Power BI, natively connected to your Azure data
3. Artificial intelligence: generative AI in an enterprise environment
Azure provides access to leading AI models within a secure, governed framework.
- Access OpenAI models through Azure OpenAI Service, with Azure's security guarantees
- Build chatbots and business assistants with Azure AI Foundry
- Add semantic search to your applications with Azure AI Search
- Analyse documents, images and speech with ready-to-use AI services
4. Security and governance: a cloud under control
Identities, access, encryption: Azure builds security into every layer.
- Manage identities and access centrally with Microsoft Entra ID
- Protect secrets and encryption keys with Azure Key Vault
- Monitor threats across all your resources with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Meet regulatory requirements with European regions and compliance certifications
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Les questions les plus fréquentes
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform. It offers compute, storage, database, networking and AI services to build, host and scale applications and data workloads worldwide.
Companies of every size, from SMBs to large enterprises. Azure is especially relevant for organisations already running Microsoft tools (Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Power BI), which benefit from native integration and unified identity management.
Application hosting (virtual machines, App Service, Kubernetes), storage and managed databases, analytics with Microsoft Fabric and Synapse, generative AI with Azure OpenAI Service, and security with Entra ID and Defender for Cloud.
Azure uses pay-as-you-go pricing: you only pay for the resources you consume, with discounts available for longer-term commitments. Your budget depends on the services and volumes involved; up-to-date pricing is available on the official Microsoft Azure website.
It is often the most consistent choice: shared identities through Entra ID, unified billing, and direct integration with Power BI, Teams and the Power Platform. turnK helps you shape the architecture and deploy your data and AI platform on Azure.
