Description Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure
Billing container Account Subscription
Security Principal Root Account Subscription/Account Admin
Access Control Identity and Access Management (IAM) Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Directory Service AWS Directory Service Azure Active Directory (AD)
Geo locations Region Region
User Interfaces Management Console Management Portal
Management & Monitoring Cloud Watch Azure Diagnostics + App Insights
Infrastructure as Code Cloud Formation Azure Resource Manager
Grouping Mechanism Resource Groups Resource Groups
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Automation AWS SDK, PowerShell + CLI Azure SDK, PowerShell + CLI
