Welcome to the tag category page for Azure!
Databricks is an enterprise software company that combines data warehouses and data lakes into a lakehouse architecture. It was founded by the creators of Apache Spark and provides a web-based platform for working with Spark, offering automated cluster management and IPython-style notebooks. Databricks is used for processing, storing, cleaning, sharing, analyzing, modeling, and monetizing datasets, with solutions ranging from business intelligence to machine learning. It is available on two cloud platforms, Azure and AWS, and is infinitely scalable and cost-effective. The Databricks platform can handle all types of data and everything from AI to BI, making it popular among data scientists and data engineers.
Microsoft Power Automate is a low-code, cloud-based workflow and process automation platform within the Microsoft Power Platform. It enables business users and IT teams to build automated flows that connect Office 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and many third-party services, supporting tasks such as approvals, notifications, data synchronization and routine IT processes. The product emphasizes ease of use for “citizen developers,” offers prebuilt templates and connectors, and increasingly incorporates AI-driven actions to streamline decision points and document processing. Power Automate’s tight integration with Microsoft’s productivity suite can speed adoption inside organizations already using Microsoft software, while licensing tiers and a free trial lower the barrier to evaluation. The market for automation spans robotic process automation and workflow orchestration, where Microsoft competes with dedicated automation vendors and platform providers; examples of public market participants in this space include Microsoft itself as well as UiPath and ServiceNow, which offer complementary or competing automation and orchestration capabilities.
Pulumi is an open source infrastructure as code tool for creating, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure. Pulumi works with traditional infrastructures like VMs, networks, and databases, in addition to modern architectures, including containers, Kubernetes clusters, and serverless functions. The Pulumi Service is free to use, now and forever, for individuals. You get all of the convenience of automatic state management, unlimited deployments, and many other great features without needing to pay anything at all for it.
Azure Dragon is a mythical creature in Chinese mythology, often associated with the east and the element of wood. It is one of the Four Symbols that represent the cardinal directions and is said to bring prosperity and good fortune. In Feng Shui, the Azure Dragon is believed to protect the east and bring harmony to the environment. Many references to Azure Dragon can be found in various forms of Chinese art, literature, and culture. Overall, Azure Dragon is a symbol of power, strength, and benevolence in Chinese mythology.
