Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,580 --> 00:00:07,820 So we talked a lot about cloud in general, and now it's time to meet Microsoft Azure. 2 00:00:08,650 --> 00:00:18,010 So Azure is Microsoft's public cloud, which was announced in October 2008 and was released in February 3 00:00:18,550 --> 00:00:19,660 2010. 4 00:00:20,380 --> 00:00:27,190 This is currently the second largest public cloud, as we discussed, and it's closing the gap quite 5 00:00:27,190 --> 00:00:27,640 quickly. 6 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:34,600 Now, what's important to know about Azure is that when it was first released, it focused mainly on 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,610 past services and that was to counter a WSS s focus. 8 00:00:39,940 --> 00:00:47,350 It was focused mainly on iOS or on virtual machines and was quite weak on the passive front. 9 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:53,460 And Azure wanted to compete with it using sophisticated and well-developed bus services. 10 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,890 Later, of course, it added its services to. 11 00:00:57,850 --> 00:01:04,090 Currently, Azure offers the largest variety of cloud services, as we will see in a few minutes. 12 00:01:04,570 --> 00:01:08,740 Now, here are some of the major client of Azure worldwide. 13 00:01:08,740 --> 00:01:13,410 And as you can see, these are quite large and respected companies. 14 00:01:14,290 --> 00:01:16,770 So this is Azure and its history. 15 00:01:17,020 --> 00:01:20,380 And now let's dive in and talk about Regions'. 1602