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Published inJan 2023
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ISBN-139781803234618
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Eric Chou
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Eric Chou

Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 20 years of experience. He has worked on some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon, Azure, and other Fortune 500 companies. Eric is passionate about network automation, Python, DevOps, and helping companies build better security postures. In addition to being the author of Mastering Python Networking (Packt), he is the author or co-author of other top-selling books and highly-rated online classes. Eric is the primary inventor or co-inventor for three U.S. patents in IP telephony and networking. He shares his deep interest in technology through his books, classes, blog, and contributes to some of the popular Python open source projects.
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Azure and AWS Network Service Comparison

When Azure launched, they were more focused on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), with less of a focus on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). For SaaS and PaaS, the networking services at the lower layers are often abstracted away from the user. For example, the SaaS offering of Office 365 is often offered as a remotely hosted endpoint that can be reached over the public internet. The PaaS offering of building web applications using Azure App Services is often made via a fully managed process via popular frameworks such as .NET or Node.js.

The IaaS offering, on the other hand, requires us to build our infrastructure in the Azure cloud. As the undisputed leader in the space, much of the target audience already has experience with AWS. To help with the transition, Azure provides an "AWS to Azure Service Comparison" (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure...

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Eric Chou

Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 20 years of experience. He has worked on some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon, Azure, and other Fortune 500 companies. Eric is passionate about network automation, Python, DevOps, and helping companies build better security postures. In addition to being the author of Mastering Python Networking (Packt), he is the author or co-author of other top-selling books and highly-rated online classes. Eric is the primary inventor or co-inventor for three U.S. patents in IP telephony and networking. He shares his deep interest in technology through his books, classes, blog, and contributes to some of the popular Python open source projects.
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