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Understanding the Difference Between Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS

Choosing a public cloud provider is a big decision. This course will teach you how the Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) clouds are similar and different.

Intermediate
6h 16m
(67)

Created by Tim Warner

Last Updated Dec 26, 2024

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Understanding the Difference Between Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS

Choosing a public cloud provider is a big decision. This course will teach you how the Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) clouds are similar and different.

Intermediate
6h 16m
(67)

Created by Tim Warner

Last Updated Dec 26, 2024

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Which public cloud service provider is best for your business? Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are the market leaders, but what differentiates one vendor from another? In this comprehensive course, Understanding the Difference Between Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, you'll walk away being able to: discuss intelligently the similarities and differences between Azure and AWS, determine which cloud (or clouds) is/are best for your company's requirements, and save your company money by provisioning only those cloud services you actually need. The goal of this course is to help you surmount your initial learning curve with AWS/Azure terminology, place their services in context, and equip you with confidence to make an effective purchase decision. By the end this course, you'll have a clear picture as to how Azure and AWS are both similar to and different from one another. You'll be comfortable with all the requisite lingo and be able to participate meaningfully in cloud architecture discussions.

Understanding the Difference Between Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS
Intermediate
6h 16m
(67)
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Tim Warner is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and Microsoft Certified Trainer (since 1997) with nearly three decades of experience as an IT professional and technical educator.

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