A Review of Azure Services through Comparison Charts & Summary Tables

I find comparison charts/summary tables a very useful tool for learning. They summarize key information & help structure complex & lengthy topics for better memory retention

I have been annotating comparison charts derived from official or reliable online sources on my blog as part of my continuous learning, to review them for certification exams & refer back when needed. Note that as Azure offerings and practices are constantly evolving, always refer back to the attributed original source. I compiled the list below to track comparisons which are already covered in the official Azure documentation:

Compute:

• Azure Basic Tier vs Standard Tier VMs 
• Criteria for choosing an Azure compute service  
• Compared: App Service, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, and Service Fabric
• Azure Service Fabric & Azure Cloud Services 
• # Comparison of Azure Functions hosting plans
• Azure Functions & Logic Apps
• Azure Container Registry Service Tiers

Networking:

• Public and Private IP Addresses in Azure 
• ExpressRoute Routing Domains 
• Compared: Azure Load Balancer,  Application Gateway, Traffic Manager  
• Compared: Azure Front Door, Traffic Manager, Application Gateway & Load Balancer

Storage & Data:

• Deciding when to use Azure Blobs, Azure Files, or Azure Disks 
• # Azure Managed Disk types - Annotated
• Azure Storage Replication options 
• Azure Blob Storage tiers - Hot, Cool, & Archive (preview) storage 
• Premium vs Standard options for both Unmanaged & Managed Disks 
• Azure Data Lake Store vs Azure Blob Storage 
• Azure Table Storage vs Azure SQL Database 
• Azure Storage Tables vs Azure Cosmos DB

Web:

• Azure App Service Plans 
• Azure Web Job vs Worker Role 

Databases:

• Azure SQL Database vs SQL Server on Azure VM 
• Azure SQL Database Geo-Restore vs Geo Replication 
• Backup and Restore Options for SQL Server in Azure VMs 
• Azure Redis Cache - Basic, Standard, Premium Tiers
• Azure NoSQL offerings 
• Azure SQL Database Service Tiers 

Management Tools:

• Azure Site Recovery vs other DR strategies
• Azure IoT Hub vs Azure Event Hubs 

Monitoring:

• Azure Monitor agents for Windows and Linux

Security:

• # Azure Firewall versus Network Virtual Appliances

Integration:

• # What are Microsoft Flow, Logic Apps, Functions, and WebJobs?

Polycloud: 

• AWS vs Azure vs GCP 
• GKE vs AKS vs EKS 
• AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) vs Azure Virtual Network (VNet)

General:

• On-Premises vs Azure Virtual Machines 
• Containers vs. Virtual Machines 
• Comparison of options for migrating Azure VMs from ASM (v1) to ARM (v2)
• Azure Management Models: ASM vs ARM 

Links marked with # are direct links to Microsoft documentation

Related:

• When to Use What Services

work in progress...