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AWS Cloud vs Microsoft Azure

The published figures from each course's own page, side by side — duration, fees, tools, careers and starting pay — so you can compare without opening two tabs.

 AWS CloudMicrosoft Azure
What it isdesigning, deploying and securing infrastructure on Amazon Web Services, mapped to the AWS Solutions Architect Associate syllabusdeploying and managing infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, mapped to the AZ-900/AZ-104 syllabus
Duration3 Months3 Months
Fees₹20,500 – ₹25,500₹20,500 – ₹25,500
Fresher salary (Punjab)₹22,000 – ₹38,000 / month₹20,000 – ₹36,000 / month
ModeClassroom, Weekend & 1-on-1Classroom, Weekend & 1-on-1

AWS Cloud's published band tops out higher (₹38,000 vs ₹36,000 for a fresher) — though the gap closes fast with a portfolio, and both climb well past these figures with experience.

AWS Cloud

AWS remains the default cloud in Indian hiring, and IT services companies across the Tricity and NCR are hiring AWS-skilled freshers faster than colleges are producing them.

Careers

  • AWS Cloud Engineer
  • Cloud Support Associate
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Solutions Architect (Associate)

Tools taught

AWS EC2AWS S3AWS LambdaAWS IAMCloudWatchTerraform (basics)

What you cover

  • AWS core services: EC2, S3, VPC and IAM
  • Compute, load balancing and auto-scaling
  • Storage and databases: RDS and DynamoDB
  • Networking and security groups
  • Serverless computing with Lambda
  • Monitoring and alerting with CloudWatch
Microsoft Azure

Azure leads in enterprises already running Microsoft stacks, and Punjab's larger BFSI and manufacturing employers increasingly specify it by name over AWS.

Careers

  • Azure Cloud Engineer
  • Cloud Administrator
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Systems Administrator

Tools taught

Azure PortalAzure CLIAzure DevOpsAzure Active DirectoryPowerShell

What you cover

  • Azure core services and resource groups
  • Azure virtual machines and networking
  • Azure Active Directory and identity management
  • Azure storage solutions
  • Azure DevOps and CI/CD basics
  • Monitoring with Azure Monitor

Questions

Still deciding?

Yes — plenty of students do, usually one after the other rather than at the same time. Finish the first with a working portfolio before starting the second; running both together tends to leave you half-finished on each.

AWS Cloud's published band tops out higher (₹38,000 vs ₹36,000 for a fresher) — though the gap closes fast with a portfolio, and both climb well past these figures with experience.

Both start at Module 01 with nothing assumed, so "easier" really comes down to which kind of work you'd rather be doing daily — see the tools and topics compared above before deciding on difficulty alone.

You don't have to decide from this page alone. A free counselling session maps your own background to one of these two directly, in about 20 minutes.

Read the full course pages: AWS Cloud · Microsoft Azure · or start with a free counselling session.

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