Microsoft Azure, commonly referred to as Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides

• software as a service (SaaS),

• platform as a service (PaaS) and

• infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Microsoft Azure supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. The Azure Data Factory service is a fully managed service for composing data storage, processing, and movement services into streamlined, scalable, and reliable data production pipelines.