Azure has supported a storage emulator for a while, but the storage emulator was Windows only.
Without the ability to run Azure Blob storage on your machine, it is not very easy to develop purely locally.
With all their offerings, you might be able to do nearly all development locally, except for Azure Blob Storage (where you can store files, SPAs, and temporary files). One thing Azure does well is providing emulators for many of their services. Now sometimes, you can’t get away without requiring developers to use the cloud while developing a system. This way, developers can code while having a minimal impact on other developers. Creating a good local development experience allows for developers to run independently, with no shared resources and few online connections.
