# 3. Getting started with azure

Today i am going to create an account in azure, explore regions and read about IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

### Creating an account

We can go this link [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account) and click on try for free if you just want to try and learn azure, the other option is pay as you go but i don't recommend that for someone who is just starting to learn azure.

After clicking on try for free, we have to fill up our personal details

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After logging in, we get to the homepage

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Now that we have created the account lets move on to the next topic regions.

### Why are the data centers(availability zones) spread across different regions?

latency and downtime. We want minimum latency and downtime.

### IaaS,PaaS,SaaS

Azure provides many different services , it is upto the user how they want to use it, as a **Infrastructure as a Service** model**(**Example- vm, networking , stoarage and thden use third party apps inside them.**)** or **Product as a Service** model**(**Example- mysql database , configure it yourself**)** or **Software as a service** model**(**Example- outlook email service, just use a software**)**

**The content of this blog are notes of the video linked below**

[https://youtu.be/e99QsTsJPJs?si=n2-e2Zxu4vlS3NbT](https://youtu.be/e99QsTsJPJs?si=n2-e2Zxu4vlS3NbT)

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