Microsoft Azure offers a wide range of cloud services and products that cater to various IT and business needs. These products are categorized into different service categories, including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, artificial intelligence, developer tools, and more. Below is an overview of some of the core Azure products within these categories:

1. Compute Services:

   • Azure Virtual Machines (VMs): On-demand scalable virtual machines for running applications and workloads.
   • Azure App Service: A platform for building, deploying, and managing web and mobile applications.
   • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Managed Kubernetes container orchestration service.
   • Azure Functions: Serverless compute service for running event-driven code.
   • Azure Batch: Cloud-based job scheduling for parallel and batch processing.

2. Storage Services:

   • Azure Blob Storage: Object storage service for storing and managing unstructured data.
   • Azure File Storage: Fully managed file shares for cloud or hybrid scenarios.
   • Azure Table Storage: NoSQL data store for semi-structured data.
   • Azure Disk Storage: Managed disks for virtual machines.

3. Database Services:

   • Azure SQL Database: Managed relational database service.
   • Azure Cosmos DB: Globally distributed, multi-model database service.
   • Azure Database for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB: Managed database services for these open-source database systems.
   • Azure Cache for Redis: Fully managed, in-memory data store.

4. Networking Services:

   • Azure Virtual Network: Isolated network environments for deploying services.
   • Azure Load Balancer: Load balancing service for distributing traffic to resources.
   • Azure VPN Gateway: Securely connect on-premises networks to Azure.
   • Azure Firewall: Cloud-native network security service.
   • Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN): Content delivery and acceleration service.

5. Analytics and Big Data Services:

   • Azure Synapse Analytics: Analytics service for data warehousing and big data processing.
   • Azure Databricks: Analytics and AI platform built on Apache Spark.
   • Azure HDInsight: Managed big data analytics service.
   • Azure Data Factory: ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) service for data integration.

6. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning:

   • Azure Machine Learning: End-to-end machine learning platform.
   • Azure Cognitive Services: APIs and services for adding AI capabilities to applications.
   • Azure Bot Service: Platform for building and deploying chatbots.
   • Azure Personalizer: Reinforcement learning service for personalizing content.

7. Developer Tools:

   • Azure DevOps Services: Tools for building, testing, and deploying applications.
   • Azure DevTest Labs: Service for creating development and testing environments.
   • Azure Functions: Serverless compute service for event-driven code.

8. Identity and Security:

   • Azure Active Directory (Azure AD): Identity and access management service.
   • Azure Security Center: Unified security management system.
   • Azure Key Vault: Securely manage keys, secrets, and certificates.

9. Internet of Things (IoT):

   • Azure IoT Hub: Service for connecting, monitoring, and managing IoT devices.
   • Azure IoT Central: SaaS solution for building and managing IoT applications.

10. Containers and Serverless:

    • Azure Container Registry: Private Docker container registry.
    • Azure Logic Apps: Workflow automation and integration service.