Microsoft's cloud platform - strong in the enterprise segment, especially where Office 365 and Active Directory are already in use.
Definition
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform and one of the world's three dominant cloud providers. Azure offers compute (Virtual Machines, Azure Functions), databases (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB), networking, DevOps tools (Azure DevOps, GitHubMicrosoft's platform for version control and collaborative software development using Git. Actions), and AIArtificial Intelligence - technology that enables machines to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as language understanding, pattern recognition, and decision-making. services (Azure OpenAI). Azure's strength lies in deep integration with existing Microsoft products such as Windows Server, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365Microsoft's subscription-based productivity suite - includes Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and cloud storage. - making it popular in enterprise environments. Competes with AWSAmazon Web Services - Amazon's cloud platform with over 200 services; the leading cloud provider globally and widely used in the Norwegian energy sector., GCPGoogle Cloud Platform - Google's cloud platform, particularly strong in data and machine learning. and OCIOracle Cloud Infrastructure - Oracle's cloud platform, particularly used in enterprise environments with Oracle databases and ERP systems.. Norwegian and European cloud alternatives with stronger regulatory grounding and data sovereignty are also beginning to emerge for organisations with strict data residency requirements.
In practice, Azure is the most widely used cloud platform among Norwegian energy companies already on the Microsoft stack (Microsoft 365, Dynamics, Teams). Azure Integration Services is used as iPaaS for CIS-ERP integrations, and Azure API Management as an API gateway. Entra ID (Azure AD) is the identity provider most Tvimenning customers use - which SAMTYGD and RUNA support via SSO/OIDC integration.
In practice
In practice, Azure is the most widely used cloud platform among Norwegian energy companies already on the Microsoft stack (Microsoft 365Microsoft's subscription-based productivity suite - includes Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and cloud storage., Dynamics, Teams). Azure Integration Services is used as iPaaSIntegration Platform as a Service - cloud-based platform for integrating applications and data between systems. for CIS-ERPEnterprise Resource Planning - business system integrating finance, HR, logistics and operations. integrations, and AzureAPIApplication Programming Interface - standardised interface that allows two systems to communicate with each other. Management as an API gatewayComponent that acts as entry point for API traffic - handles authentication, rate limiting, and routing to backend services.. Entra IDMicrosoft's cloud-based identity and access management platform - formerly known as Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). (Azure AD) is the identity provider most TvimenningOld Norse meaning 'two bound together' - one who solves a task shoulder to shoulder with another. customers use - which SAMTYGDTvimenning platform for Elhub integration - handles all message types and processes to Elhub. and RUNATvimenning's component register for electrical installations - providing structure and traceability for the components installations are built from. support via SSOSingle Sign-On - authentication mechanism allowing users to authenticate once and access multiple systems./OIDC integration.
