Azure Intelligent App Stack
Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure created by Microsoft. The platform offers a wide range of services including computing, storage, databases, analytics, networking, AI, and IoT. Azure provides create options for building, deploying, and managing intelligent applications through its global network of data centers.
Here is the Azure Intelligent Application Stack:
Video Overview of the Azure Intelligent App Stack:
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AI
Category
Service
Description
Documentation
Models
Mistral AI
LLMs created by Mistral AI for advanced AI modeling
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Models
Meta
AI models developed by Meta e.g. Llama 2
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Models
Azure Open AI
Open source AI models provided by Azure e.g. GPT4
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Models
Hugging Face
Open source AI Models
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Models
Deci AI
Simplify and accelerate the development of computer vision, Generative AI, and NLP applications with advanced tools to build, optimize, and deploy accurate and highly efficient models.
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Models
NVIDIA
NVIDIA AI Foundation Models
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Models
Microsoft Research
Cutting-edge AI models from Microsoft Research
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AI Services
Azure Cognitive Services
Suite of AI services and cognitive APIs to help developers build intelligent applications
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AI Services
Azure Machine Learning
Service that provides a cloud-based environment you can use to develop, train, test, deploy, manage, and track machine learning models
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AI Services
Azure AI Studio
Build cutting-edge, market-ready, responsible applications for your organization with AI
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AI Services
Azure AI Search
AI-powered cloud search service for mobile and web app development
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Data
Category
Services
Description
Documentation
Managed Databases
Azure Cosmos DB
Globally distributed, multi-model database service
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Managed Databases
Azure SQL Family
Fully managed relational database with auto-scale, integral intelligence, and robust security
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Managed Databases
Postgres
Fully managed, intelligent, and flexible PostgreSQL relational database service
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Managed Databases
Azure Cache for Redis
Fully managed, open source-compatible in-memory data store to power fast, scalable applications
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Storage
Azure Storage Account
Durable, highly available, and massively scalable cloud storage
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Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics
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Analytics
Azure Event Hubs
Big data streaming platform and event ingestion service
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Compute
Category
Service
Description
Documentation
AI Orchestration
Semantic Kernel
AI orchestration SDK for .NET, Java, & Python
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AI Orchestration
LangChain
AI orchestration SDK for Python, & JavaScript
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AI Orchestration
Llama Index
LlamaIndex, Data Framework for LLM Applications
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Cloud Native Platform
Azure Container Apps
Fully managed service for running containerized apps
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Cloud Native Platform
Azure App Service
Fully managed platform for building, deploying, and scaling web apps
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Cloud Native Platform
Azure Functions
Event-driven, serverless compute platform
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Cloud Native Platform
Azure Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes service for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications
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Cloud Native Community
Kubernetes
Open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications
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Cloud Native Community
Dapr
Event-driven, portable runtime for building microservices
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Cloud Native Community
Helm
The package manager for Kubernetes
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Cloud Native Community
KEDA
Kubernetes-based event-driven autoscaling component
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Secrets & Config
Azure App Configuration
Service that centralizes app configuration and feature settings
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Secrets & Config
Azure Key Vault
Service for securely storing and accessing secrets
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Integration
Category
Service
Description
Documentation
Integration
Azure Service Bus
Fully managed enterprise message broker with message queues and publish-subscribe topics
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Integration
Azure Event Grid
Fully managed event routing service
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Integration
Azure API Management
Turnkey solution for publishing APIs to external and internal customers
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Observability
Category
Service
Description
Documentation
Observability
Azure Monitor
Full stack monitoring service for applications and infrastructure
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Observability
Azure Application Insights
Application performance management service for developers and DevOps professionals
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Observability
Azure Managed Grafana
Fully managed Grafana service for visualizing real-time analytics
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Observability
Azure Managed Prometheus
Fully managed Prometheus service for monitoring system metrics
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Category
Service
Description
Documentation
DevOps Tools
GitHub
Platform for version control and collaboration
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DevOps Tools
Azure DevOps
Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software
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DevOps Tools
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure
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DevOps Tools
Powershell
Task automation and configuration management framework
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DevOps Tools
Bicep
Infrastructure as Code tool for deploying infrastructure Azure resources
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DevOps Tools
Azure Container Registry
Managed Docker registry service for storing and managing container images
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IDEs
Visual Studio Code
Free source-code editor made by Microsoft
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IDEs
Visual Studio 2022
Integrated development environment from Microsoft
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Copilots
GitHub Copilot
AI-powered code completion tool
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Copilots
Microsoft Copilot for Azure
AI-powered tool for Azure services
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Programming Languages
.NET
Programming language that supports development of IA
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Programming Languages
Java
Programming language that supports development of IA
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Programming Languages
Python
Programming language that supports development of IA
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Programming Languages
JS/NodeJS
Programming language that supports development of IA
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