More than 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies use Azure
Businesses and organizations around the world—small and large, old and new—rely on Azure to provide trusted cloud services.
Pay less with Azure
AWS is 5 times more expensive than Azure for Windows Server and SQL Server.
Get peace of mind with the most trusted cloud
Compare AWS and Azure and you’ll find that Azure has the most comprehensive set of compliance offerings of any cloud service provider. Take advantage of the most global regions of any public cloud to help ensure compliance with data residency requirements. Reduce risk and exposure to intellectual property lawsuits with comprehensive IP protection.
"At e-Share, we handle the most sensitive data shared by the world's largest companies and government organizations—everything from PHI medical records to ITAR nuclear information. Our customers place that level of trust in us because we create best-in-class solutions built on our trust in Azure."
NICHOLAS STAMOS, FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT E-SHARE
Turn your ideas into solutions faster
Gain unparalleled productivity with end-to-end development and management tools to monitor, manage, and protect your cloud resources—tools that are only available on Azure—and use any of the development tools and languages you already know. Take advantage of the industry’s most innovative container offerings and more than 100 services that accelerate your ability to innovate.
"Proactively using Azure to create our own cloud services will boost our agility and be key to our continued support for digital transformation."
Gain true consistency across your hybrid environment
Help reduce risk and complexity with the only hybrid cloud for building and deploying solutions with true consistency across your entire technology stack. Give users a consistent experience with a common identity and get a holistic view that enables you to optimize and help secure your hybrid infrastructure—capabilities that no other cloud offers.
"Azure is a great hybrid cloud enabler. We can move some applications to the cloud and leave others running at Smithfield facilities while providing consistent authentication wherever applications run."
More global regions than any other provider
With the most global regions of any cloud provider, Azure offers the scale you need to bring your applications close to your users around the world.
54 regions
140 countries
