What are the identity, networking, and monitoring service equivalents across AWS, Azure, and GCP?
Quick Answer
Identity: IAM / Entra ID (Azure AD) / Cloud IAM. Virtual network: VPC / VNet / VPC Network. Monitoring: CloudWatch / Azure Monitor / Cloud Monitoring. DNS: Route 53 / Azure DNS / Cloud DNS. Secrets: Secrets Manager / Key Vault / Secret Manager.
Detailed Answer
Identity & access: AWS IAM ≈ Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) ≈ GCP Cloud IAM. Networking: VPC ≈ VNet ≈ VPC Network, with load balancers ELB ≈ Azure LB ≈ Cloud Load Balancing. Observability: CloudWatch ≈ Azure Monitor ≈ Cloud Monitoring (+ Log Analytics / Cloud Logging). CI/CD: CodePipeline ≈ Azure DevOps ≈ Cloud Build. These mappings are the most common cloud-round interview questions.
Interview Tip
Note Azure AD is now Entra ID — using the current name signals you follow the ecosystem.