Service Fabric

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Definition

Azure platform for building and managing microservices and container applications. Like a framework for building complex applications from many small, independent pieces.

Real-World Example

A large enterprise uses Service Fabric to build a customer management system from dozens of interconnected microservices.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

Azure Service Fabric is similar to AWS ECS/EKS and GCP's GKE in that they all provide platforms for managing microservices and containerized applications, though Service Fabric offers unique features for stateful services.

AWS
AWS ECS or AWS EKS
AZ
Azure Service Fabric
GCP
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
OCI
Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes

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