Azure Compute Services

• Compute Services in any cloud deal with code executions i.e. generally they require cpu + memory
• In the below image, App server and Web Server are using compute primarily.
  
• Azure Compute Services
  • Azure Virtual Machines
  • Azure Container Instances
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Azure App Services
  • Azure Batch (HPC)
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Spring Apps

Azure Compute Options

• Cloud Computing Models
  • Infrastructure as a Service
  • Platform as a Service
  • Software as a Service
    
• Azure Virtual Machines is a Service offered by Azure where we can create Windows and Linux Virtual Machines. This is IaaS offering from Azure
• Azure App service is service offered by Azure where we can deploy applications directly. This is PaaS offering from Azure.

Basic Terms

• Service: Whatever is offered by Azure to realize some component
• Resource: Using Service what we create is a Resource.
• Cloud Services Provider: Any organization who is offering cloud service (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Pay as you go: Pay for whatever you have used and generally the billing cycle is per month.
• Account
• Subscription
• Resource Group
• Management Group