Microsoft Azure

How does Azure work?

  • Azure uses Virtualization technique and has Hypervisor in all their servers distributed in the datacenters throughout the globe.

  • A network switch provides connectivity to all those servers.

  • And one server in each rack runs a special piece of software called a Fabric Controller.

  • Each Fabric Controller is connected to another piece of the software known as the Orchestrator.

  • Orchestrator is responsible for managing everything that happens in Azure, including responding to user requests.

  • Users make requests using the Orchestrators Web API in the user interface of the Azure Portal.

Virtualization separates the tight coupling between a computer's hardware and operating system, using an abstraction layer called a hypervisor.

Hypervisor emulates all the functions of a real computer and its CPU in a Virtual Machine.

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