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# Big Compute in Azure: Technical resources for batch and high performance computing (HPC)

This is a guide to technical resources to help you run your large-scale parallel, batch, and HPC workloads in Azure. Extend your existing batch or HPC workloads to the Azure cloud, or build new Big Compute solutions in Azure using a range of Azure services.



## Solutions options



Learn about Big Compute options in Azure, and choose the right approach for your workload and business need.



* [Batch and HPC solutions](batch-hpc-solutions.md)



* [Video: Big Compute in the cloud with Azure and HPC](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/videos/teched-europe-2014-big-compute-in-the-cloud-with-high-performance-computing-on-azure/)





## Azure Batch



[Batch](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/batch/) is a platform service that makes it easy to cloud-enable your Linux and Windows applications and run jobs without setting up and managing a cluster and job scheduler. Use the SDK to integrate client applications with Azure Batch through a variety of languages, stage data to Azure, and build job execution pipelines.



* [Documentation](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/batch/)



* [.NET](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/mt348682.aspx), [Python](http://azure-sdk-for-python.readthedocs.io/latest/), [Node.js](http://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-node/azure-batch/latest/), [Java](http://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-java/), and [REST](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn820158.aspx) API reference



* [Batch management .NET library](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt463120.aspx) reference



* Tutorials: Get started with [Azure Batch library for .NET](batch-dotnet-get-started.md) and [Batch Python client](batch-python-tutorial.md)



* [Batch forum](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=azurebatch)



* [Batch videos](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/videos/index/?services=batch)



## HPC cluster solutions



Deploy or extend your existing Windows or Linux HPC cluster to Azure to run your compute intensive workloads.  



### Microsoft HPC Pack



HPC Pack is Microsoft's free HPC solution built on Microsoft Azure and Windows Server technologies, capable of running Windows and Linux HPC workloads.  



* [Download HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=49922)



* [Documentation](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj899572.aspx)





* [Linux](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-hpcpack-cluster-options.md) and [Windows](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-hpcpack-cluster-options.md) HPC Pack cluster options in Azure



* [Burst to Azure worker instances with HPC Pack](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/gg481749.aspx)



* [Burst to Azure  Batch with HPC Pack](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt612877.aspx)





* [Windows HPC forums](https://social.microsoft.com/Forums/home?category=windowshpc)



### Linux and OSS cluster solutions



Use these Azure templates to deploy Linux HPC clusters.



* [Spin up a SLURM cluster](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/templates/slurm/)

 and [blog post](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowshpc/archive/2015/06/06/deploy-a-slurm-cluster-on-azure.aspx)



* [Spin up a Torque cluster](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/templates/torque-cluster/)



* [Intel Cloud Edition for Lustre Software - Eval](https://azure.microsoft.com/marketplace/partners/intel/lustre-cloud-edition-evaleval-lustre-2-7/)



## Microsoft MPI



[Microsoft MPI](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb524831.aspx) (MS-MPI) is a Microsoft implementation of the Message Passing Interface standard for developing and running parallel applications on the Windows platform. The latest version is MS-MPI v7.





* [Download MS-MPI](http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/p/?LinkID=389556)



* [MS-MPI reference](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dn473458.aspx)



* [MPI forum](https://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=windowshpcmpi)



## Compute intensive instances



Azure offers a [range of sizes](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-sizes.md), including compute intensive [A8 and A9](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-a8-a9-a10-a11-specs.md) instances capable of connecting to a back-end RDMA network, to run your Linux and Windows HPC workloads.





* [Set up a Linux RDMA cluster to run MPI applications](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-classic-rdma-cluster.md)



* [Set up a Windows RDMA cluster with Microsoft HPC Pack to run MPI applications](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-classic-hpcpack-rdma-cluster.md)







## Samples and demos



* [Azure Batch C# and Python code samples](https://github.com/Azure/azure-batch-samples)



* [Test drive SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for HPC](https://azure.microsoft.com/marketplace/partners/suse/suselinuxenterpriseserver12optimizedforhighperformancecompute/)



## Related Azure services



* [Data Factory](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/data-factory/)



* [Machine Learning](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/machine-learning/)



* [HDInsight](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/hdinsight/)



* [Virtual Machines](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/virtual-machines/)



* [Virtual Machine Scale Sets](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/virtual-machine-scale-sets/)



* [Cloud Services](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/cloud-services/)



* [Media Services](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/media-services/)



## Architecture blueprints



* [HPC and data orchestration using Azure Batch and Azure Data Factory](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=717686) (PDF) and [article](../data-factory/data-factory-data-processing-using-batch.md)



## Industry solutions



* [Banking and capital markets](https://finance.azure.com/)



* [Engineering simulations](https://simulation.azure.com/) 



## Customer stories



* [ANEO](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=4168) 



* [d3View](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=22088)



* [Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=5830)



* [Microsoft Research](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=15634)



* [Milliman](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=14967)



* [Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=26266)



* [Schlumberger](http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/big-compute-for-large-engineering-simulations)



* [Towers Watson](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=18222)



* [UberCloud](https://simulation.azure.com/casestudies/Team-182-ABB-UC-Final.pdf)







## Next steps



* For the latest announcements, see the [Microsoft HPC and Batch team blog](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowshpc/) and the [Azure blog](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/tag/hpc/).

* Also see [what's new in Batch](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?service=batch) or subscribe to the [RSS feed](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/feed/?service=batch).