What is Azure Market Place?
Definition: Azure Market Place is an online market where users can find thousands of applications and services made by specialized developers from various organizations.
IMP: Azure market Place includes solutions that are either built on Azure or going to be used on Azure.
- Here, you will find free or paid apps and services to cater to your business requirements. You can talk to the vendors for consultations, some apps also offer free trials (depends on app/service).
- In Azure Market Place, you can search apps >> Try >> Buy >> and deploy them.
- Here, you will find large categories of apps and services like AI + Machine Learning, Blockchain, Database, Developer Tools, DevOps, Integration, Network, Security, Storage, etc.
- To export and deploy solutions from Azure Market Place, you need an active Azure Subscription, having a payment method associated with it. If you don’t have one, then at the time of buying it will ask you to create one.
- Ratings and Reviews: The users who buy an app, can leave feedback. Next time when other users come, they can judge the product by ratings and review comments.
- If you are a Microsoft Partner, you can upload your solutions and earn money.
- You will find Microsoft Preferred Solutions These are the apps marked as preferred by Microsoft experts and deployed by Microsoft partners according to industry-specific standards. As shown in the Screenshots below, you can find the preferred solution badge either on the app card or on the app detail page.
What are the benefits of Azure Marketplace?
- All the apps listed in the Marketplace are certified and you don’t need to worry about the maintenance. It is plug-and-play. No tension of break-down or up-gradation. Everything is handled by the vendor.
- Just a few clicks and you can buy an app/service >> you integrate it within your own solution. This way, delivering your own business solutions become very quick and easy.
- Sufficient support is provided when you want to upload your own solution in Market Place.
- Before purchasing, you can try the solution for free in your azure portal and once you are 100% confirmed about the product, then only you can purchase.