Azure Storage
Azure Storage is a Microsoft-managed cloud storage service that provides scalable, durable, and highly available data storage for a variety of data types, including blobs, files, queues, and tables. It is designed to handle massive amounts of unstructured and structured data with features like geo-replication, encryption, and integration with other Azure services. Developers use it for applications ranging from simple file storage to complex big data and IoT solutions.
Developers should learn Azure Storage when building cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure that require reliable and scalable data persistence, such as web apps storing user files, media streaming services, or data analytics pipelines. It is particularly useful for scenarios needing high availability with global redundancy, cost-effective archival storage with tiered options, or seamless integration with Azure services like Azure Functions or Azure Data Lake. Use cases include storing application logs, hosting static websites, managing message queues for microservices, or handling large datasets for machine learning.