I came across the following resources that are found useful for planning SharePoint 2013 on Microsoft Azure. I thought of collating and making a post around this.

IOPS

Performance Considerations for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines

Performance Guidance for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

High Availability:

High Availability and Disaster Recovery for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Approach with Custom Log shipping:

Deploying highly available SharePoint Internet Sites on Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Geo-DR for SQL Server on Windows Azure Infrastructure Services using Log Shipping

SharePoint 2013 on Windows Azure Infrastructure

SharePoint 2013 on Windows Azure Infrastructure Services

IOPS:

Performance Considerations for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines

Performance Guidance for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

High Availability

High Availability and Disaster Recovery for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Approach with Custom Log shipping:

Deploying highly available SharePoint Internet Sites on Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Geo-DR for SQL Server on Windows Azure Infrastructure Services using Log Shipping

SharePoint 2013 on Windows Azure Infrastructure

SharePoint 2013 on Windows Azure Infrastructure Services

Authentication

Windows Azure Active Directory with SharePoint 2013

Internet Sites in Windows Azure using SharePoint Server 2013

Azure Compute and Storage Price Reductions

Windows Azure Active Directory with SharePoint 2013

Internet Sites in Windows Azure using SharePoint Server 2013

Azure Compute and Storage Price Reductions

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