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Discussion on: Explain Microsoft Azure Like I'm 5!

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Kieran Pilkington

They host computers (servers) that run programs; either their own programs, community created programs, or ones you create. You pay them to run and maintain the computers that run these programs so that you don't have to, saving you time and effort. Azure is Microsoft's version of Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.