Summary of How does Microsoft Azure work?

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Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform that uses virtualization to provide users with access to virtual machines. The platform is managed by a piece of software called the orchestrator, which responds to user requests. Once a user makes a request, the fabric controller creates the virtual machine and the user can connect to it.

• 00:00:00 Azure is a private and public cloud platform that uses virtualization to separate the CPU and operating system from a computer. Azure data centers have many racks filled with servers, each of which has a hypervisor to run multiple virtual machines. A network switch provides connectivity to the servers. One server in each rack runs a special piece of software called a fabric controller, which is connected to another special piece of software called the orchestrator. The orchestrator is responsible for managing everything that happens in Azure, including responding to user requests. Users make requests using the orchestrator's web API. When a user makes a request to create a virtual machine, the orchestrator packages everything that's needed, picks the best server rack, and sends the package and request to the fabric controller. Once the fabric controller has created the virtual machine, the user can connect to it.