- Superset of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
- PaaS also includes Middleware and Tools
- PaaS supports web application life cycle and databases
- Avoids software license hell
- Resources are virtualized and can easily be scaled up or down as needed
- Services often assist with the development, testing and deployment of applications
- Multi-user access via the same development application
- Examples:
- App services
- Azure CDN
- Cosmos DB