Microsoft's Windows Azure team has typically held its momentum and sales numbers fairly close to the vest. But this week at the TechEd conference, execs did share a couple of interesting data points.

Microsoft unveiled new capabilities for Azure that move the cloud offering from a platform as a service into the competitive landscape of infrastructure as a service, while embracing open-source ...

For the third straight year, Microsoft Azure ranks just behind Amazon Web Services in the coveted upper-right corner of Gartner’s annual “Magic Quadrant” ranking of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) ...

Microsoft today rolled out infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself to compete with IaaS provider Amazon Web Services. The general availability of the new ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself as a competitor against IaaS provider Amazon Web ...

At its Professional Developers Conference this week, Microsoft made the long-awaited debut of its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution, under the guise of the “VM-role” putting the service in ...

Over the last three months I've looked at how to deploy VMs to Azure, how to pick the right virtual machine (VM) size and other optimizations, followed by network and security best practices. And ...

It’s time to bid farewall to Microsoft Azure’s humble beginnings as a mere PaaS. The big Redmond machine is lifting the curtain on previews of new services and updates today, aimed at injecting a ...

Grab some popcorn. Microsoft has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), upgrading its Azure cloud service for direct competition with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Analyst firm cites ‘deep investments’ and “innovative roadmap” as crucial factors in Microsoft’s market standing Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 17, 2016. Gartner has identified Microsoft Azure ...

Microsoft today rolled out infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself to compete with IaaS provider Amazon Web Services. The general availability of the new ...