| Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
|---|
| Available Regions | Azure Regions | AWS Global Infrastructure |
| Compute Services | Virtual Machines (VMs) | Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) |
| Cloud Services | Azure Websites and Apps | Amazon Elastic Beanstalk |
| Azure Visual Studio Online | None |
| Container Support | Docker Virtual Machine Extension (how to) | EC2 Container Service (Preview) |
| Scaling Options | Azure Autoscale (how to) | Auto Scaling |
| Analytics/Hadoop Options | HDInsight (Hadoop) | Elastic MapReduce (EMR) |
| Government Services | Azure Government | AWS GovCloud |
| App/Desktop Services | Azure RemoteApp | Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream |
| Storage Options | Azure Storage (Blobs, Tables, Queues, Files) | Amazon Simplge Storage (S3) |
| Block Storage | Azure Blob Storage (how to) | Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) |
| Hybrid Cloud Storage | StorSimple | AWS Storage Gateway |
| Backup Options | Azure Backup | Amazon Glacier |
| Storage Services | Azure Import Export (how to) | Amazon Import / Export |
| Azure File Storage (how to) | AWS Storage Gateway |
| Azure Site Recovery | None |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN ) | Azure CDN | Amazon CloudFront |
| Database Options | Azure SQL Database | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Redshift |
| NoSQL Database Options | Azure DocumentDB | Amazon Dynamo DB |
| Azure Managed Cache (Redis Cache) | Amazon Elastic Cache |
| Data Orchestration | Azure Data Factory | AWS Data Pipeline |
| Networking Options | Azure Virtual Network | Amazon VPC |
| Azure ExpressRoute | AWS Direct Connect |
| Azure Traffic Manager | Amazon Route 53 |
| Load Balancing | Load Balancing for Azure (how to) | Elastic Load Balancing |
| Administration & Security | Azure Active Directory | AWS Directory Service, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) |
| Multi-Factor Authentication | Azure Multi-Factor Authentication | AWS Multi-Factor Authentication |
| Monitoring | Azure Operational Insights | Amazon CloudTrail |
| Azure Application Insights | Amazon CloudWatch |
| Azure Event Hubs | None |
| Azure Notification Hubs | Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) |
| Azure Key Vault (Preview) | AWS Key Management Service |
| Compliance | Azure Trust Center | AWS CLoudHSM |
| Management Services & Options | Azure Resource Manager | Amazon CloudFormation |
| API Management | Azure API Management | Amazon API Gateway |
| Automation | Azure Automation | AWS OpsWorks |
| Azure Batch, Azure Service Bus | Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF) |
| Visual Studio | AWS CodeDeploy |
| Azure Scheduler | None |
| Azure Search | Amazon CloudSearch |
| Analytics | Azure Stream Analytics | Amazon Kinesis |
| Email Services | Azure BizTalk Services | Amazon Simple Email Services (SES) |
| Media Services | Azure Media Services | Amazon Elastic Transcoder, Amazon Mobile Analytics, Amazon Cognitor |
| Other Services & Integrations | Azure Machine Learning (Preview) | Amazon Machine Learning |
| Logic Apps | AWS Lambda (Preview) |
| Service Bus | AWS Config (Preview) |