Azure is Microsoft's Cloud platform. For MS Technology stack developers Azure is the future and must technology as the demand is getting increased day by day. Specially for ASP.Net and related technologies developers, it's a must know technology if you want to survive with better technologies. Azure has got lot of things, cannot be learned like a course. It's integration of various services including SAAS, PAAS and IAAS. However below are the core components a developer should know to get the hands on with Azure. App Services SQL Storage Storage (Blob, Table, Queue) Azure AD Web Jobs Service Bus Queue Event Hubs API Management Service Fabric Web Role Worker Role VMs Micro Services