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We use Azure and rate it very highly. We host all our web services on Azure as well as using Azure Service Bus and Azure Functions and WebJobs. Very easy to configure and with loads of articles and documentation. If you get stuck there is also loads of help on StackOverflow 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I recently did an AWS certification. I hadn't done much Cloud before and I was really impressed by the platform. It's really amazing and as they have over 90% of the market and massive ongoing investment, it's a great choice. I'm not aware of any backup restriction with any of their database services. What Database are you using? If none of the AWS DB services suit, you can always run your own DB instances on EC2 and backup to S3.
Tired of over zealous filters claiming your good email is spam? Then try Email Saviour, it's toasted hosted. (Thanks Don Draper)
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<Edit>Brainfreeze removed, my apologies</edit>
modified 27-Jan-17 8:31am.
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I think that Bryan mentioned that it was an AWS certification ...
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Nope.  
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Have looked at AWS in attempting to move a client to the cloud. I find their pricing outrageous, their support abysmal, and their attitude towards small businesses that have to be concerned about the cost of the service one of "Don't call us, we won't call you." It really seems like they do not want our business, which is a shame as I have several other clients I would like to move to the Cloud.
The documentation seems to be deliberately misleading and confusing (Think the language in your insurance policy.) Can you tell I am frustrated?
On the plus side, the VB6/ADO.net applications I have developed run well on the Windows 2016 virtual server and the database performs well on the MS SQLServer2016. (I do attribute this more to Microsoft than Amazon, however.)
A giraffe is a horse designed by a committee....
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Having deployed several .Net applications to Azure and AWS (standard type of web app with asp.net, sql server, some background services, some queuing, blob storage, caching, CDN) I'd say that if you're in the .Net world then you'll get a lot more productivity out of Azure (unsurprisingly).
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I've used both Azure and AWS and find Azure to be easier and more friendly to use and use it for my side projects. That being said AWS has been around longer (it's interface still looks pretty much like it did back when it first came out). In the company I'm currently with we have a lot of constraints around data privacy and regulations to follow and have been using AWS as we found Azure didn't fully meet those needs yet (parts of AWS are off limits to us as well due to the same issues). I'd recommend Azure if you don't have an regulatory constraints as it's the easier product to use. If you do have constraints then you'll have to sit down with the lawyers and figure out which one will work best (probably AWS).
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I've used Azure, AWS, and Rackspace (VM hosting, Sites, Cloudfiles).... but all on different projects, so not really a good comparison.
I will say Rackspace's customer service is by far the best. They even sent me a package as a 'Sorry' when it took them longer than normal to respond to a message (package contained a leather bag with embossed rackspace logo, a bluetooth speaker, a leather notebook with embossed logo, some pens, a shirt, a water bottle, and a few other things). But as for everything else, it was 3-4 years ago so I'm not sure if my experience is even relevant anymore. VM hosting worked well. CDN worked well.
Azure was nice and simple. Autoscaling worker roles worked most the time and the uptime on our stuff never had any issues. And I have the luxury of working with a guy that worked on both Azure AD and Azure table storage at Microsoft, so we have thoroughly abused the table storage system. VM hosting worked well, though felt expensive. Table storage was dirt cheap (which was why we abused the hell out of it to store several TB of CSV data). Wouldn't recommend using Azure Web Sites for anything complex, as we ran into a bunch of issues (though again this was a few years back, so may not be relevant).
On AWS we used Lambda (to mock up some APIs and serve a static Angular front end out of an S3 bucket), DynamoDB, and EC2 (for stream processing) for a quick PoC, which seemed to work really well. But again, I work with several ex-Amazon employees who actually worked on ECS, Lambda, Dynamo, and Route53. Our current project right now is 100% container based microservices on ECS, which we haven't really had any issues once we got the ELBs and CLBs configured (persistent TCP connections can be a b*tch). Auto scaling wasn't working for us, but that was due more to the nature of our services rather than an issue with AWS.
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Got back from IKEA sale (to keep home quiet) and had to deal with a lot of computations about sizes, to see if and how many of those shelves fit...
And as I'm on my way to solve IKEA puzzles for the rest of the night here a really simple one...
HOW MANY EIGHTS CAN YOU PUT IN 1000
All you have is an infinite supply of eights and pluses (8 and +)... You have to get to 1000
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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To make 1000, the ones digit has to add up to something ending in a zero. That's 40, which means "88888888" will need to be divided into 5 numbers.
When you add the ones digits to 40, you'll need to carry the 4 into the tens place. The tens place will also need to add to something ending in a zero to make 1000. With carrying the 4, you'll need two 8's to make 16.
Now you'll need to carry a 2; add an "8" to that, and you'll get 10, which looks a lot like the start of 1000. Let's see where we are - we need five numbers with a ones digit, two with a tens digit, and one with a hundreds digit.
This gives us 8+8+8+88+888, which equals 1,000.
Or just quickly search the web for the answer and copy/paste it in... after all, since it's a "Who Cares" puzzle, who cares how the answer is arrived at? Exactly.
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Normally I would say: "I new it is easy...", but I actually I have to say: "Very smart!!!"
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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While I like your answer better!
1000/8= 125
so
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8
Buckrogerz
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In fact, your answer is accurate.
The equation called for "infinite number of 8s and +'s, not 8++ or 88+888, etc. 
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Long ago, in days of yore.
It all began with a god named Thor.
There were Vikings and boats
and some plans for a furniture store
It's not a bodega, it's not a mall
They sell things for apartments smaller than mine
As if there were apartments smaller than mine
-- Jonathan Coulton, "Ikea"
I've had this stuck in my head for a week... And you just HAD to remind me.
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The god of war rode out one day
Upon a handsome filly.
"I'm Thor", he cried;
The horse replied:
"Well, you forgot your thaddle, thilly!"
There, maybe that will "unstick" the Ikea poem for you.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Poem? Song.
Probably on YouTube... Go get hooked.
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Alternate... Two 8's, and one plus.
Solution:
1) Break off the sides of the plus, rotate them ninety degrees, and stick them to the top and bottom to make a "1"
2) Break the 8's in half, so they each form two zeroes. Use three of those to make the "000", and throw the last one at one of your coworkers.
Done.
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Your other comment made more sense
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You're right... Technically, you asked how many 8's and +'s would FIT in 1000... You can really only fit one eight, not both of them... So the answer should really be one and a half 8's, not two.
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I had thought on very similar lines, but I'd put the spare 0 on top of one of the other 0s so it looks as though there are only three 0s there. I had considered squashing the extra 0 so it flattened to a 1, but that was messy - I don't know what they have inside.
But how do you get the comma between the 1 and the 0s?
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How about 125 eights and 124 plusses? ...and you still have an infinite number left over.
...or did I misunderstand the question? Quite likely - still on first coffee.
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