Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform. It includes many services that do not require you to buy and configure your own devices. Azure allows you to quickly develop and get resources for solving problems that would be economically inexpedient to allocate in a local environment. The Azure platform includes many services that provide access to computing and network resources, storage and applications. With them, you don't have to worry about physical infrastructure and focus on developing solutions. This book discusses the basics of using Azure. After studying them, you can immediately start developing solutions. We will not look at all the features and services of the Azure platform, but only those that are most in demand among developers.