Microsoft's Azure platform has a vast array of features: cloud hosting, web hosting, data analytics, data storage, machine learning, and more—all integrated with Visual Studio, the tool that .NET developers already know. With such a large number of offerings, it can be daunting to know where to start. In this O'Reilly report, experienced .NET developer John Adams breaks down the options in plain language, so that you can quickly get up to speed on Azure.

Whether you want to know what Azure offers for your next project, or you want to convince management to go with Azure, this report has the information you need in a nutshell.