Azure Services – Grouped by Purpose
A comprehensive overview of Azure services organized into 20 functional categories for easy navigation and understanding.
1. Core Compute
General purpose / parallel execution.
Virtual MachinesVM Scale SetsAzure Dedicated HostBatchSQL on VM
2. Managed App Compute
Managed runtimes & PaaS stacks.
App ServiceApp Service EnvContainer AppsAzure Spring AppsService FabricOpenShift
3. Serverless / Event Compute
Ephemeral functions & workflows.
Azure FunctionsLogic AppsDurable Functions
4. Orchestrated Containers
Container hosting & registries.
AKSAzure Container InstancesACRAzure Kubernetes Fleet
5. Messaging & Events
Async decoupling & push.
Service BusEvent GridEvent HubsQueue StorageSignalR Service
6. Relational Data
Managed SQL engines.
Azure SQL DBSQL MIPostgreSQLMySQLMariaDBDatabase Migration Svc
7. NoSQL / Multi-Model
Flexible / key-value / multi-API.
Cosmos DBTable StorageRedis CacheCassandra (Managed)
8. Big Data & Analytics
Batch, lake, orchestration.
SynapseDatabricksHDInsightData Lake StorageData FactoryData ExplorerMicrosoft Fabric
9. Real-Time Stream Proc
Continuous event analytics.
Stream AnalyticsEvent HubsKafka on HDInsightData Explorer (RT)
10. Core Object & File Storage
Durable blobs/files (hot, cool, archive) + POSIX.
Blob StorageData Lake Gen2File SharesAzure NetApp FilesArchive StorageUltra Disk
11. Networking & Delivery
Connectivity, routing, edge.
Virtual NetworkLoad BalancerApp GatewayFront DoorTraffic ManagerCDNNAT GatewayPrivate LinkVPN GatewayExpressRouteFirewallDDoS ProtectionBastionVirtual WAN
12. Identity & Access
AuthN / AuthZ.
Entra IDEntra B2CManaged IdentitiesRole Based Access Control
13. Security & Governance
Protection, catalog, policy.
Defender for CloudSentinelKey VaultManaged HSMPolicyBlueprintsPURVIEW
14. DevOps & CI/CD
Build, config, automation.
Azure DevOpsGitHub ActionsPipelinesArtifact FeedsApp ConfigurationAutomation (Runbooks)
15. Observability
Logs, metrics, traces, anomalies.
MonitorLog AnalyticsApplication InsightsMetrics AdvisorAnomaly DetectorGrafanaDashboard
16. Integration & API
API gateway & workflows.
API ManagementLogic AppsIntegration Service EnvAPI Center
17. AI & ML
Model build, cognitive, search.
Azure AI StudioMachine LearningCognitive ServicesOpenAI ServiceAI Search
18. IoT & Edge
Devices, twins, edge ops.
IoT HubIoT CentralAzure SphereEdge RuntimeDigital Twins
19. Migration & Hybrid
Move/extend workloads.
Azure MigrateDB Migration SvcArcVMware SolutionSite RecoveryBackup
20. Cost & Optimization
Spend, efficiency, rightsizing.
Cost ManagementAdvisorReservationsAutoscaleSpot VMs
Graph View (Groups as Nodes)
Simple force-directed graph: each group is a node. Edges show conceptual adjacency (e.g., serverless relates to messaging, observability touches most). Click a node to highlight neighbors.