cloud services: Azure vs AWS

Excellent comparison of AWS and Azure services

Azure and AWS services compared - multicloud | Microsoft Docs

Azure for AWS Professionals | Microsoft Docs

Visual Studio (Code) + Anaconda

For doing Data Science, Anaconda tools for Python are the most popular platform.
In recent versions of Visual Studio 2017 Anaconda started appearing as a (large) option.
Now, there is also option to get VS Code with Anaconda.

VS Code in Anaconda Distribution 5.1 | Anaconda


Anaconda and Microsoft Partner to Deliver Python-Powered Machine Learning | Business Wire