Azure has been available since Feb. 1, 2010 and Microsoft has been promoting it as the cloud development platform for ISVs and partners. Some observers noted the irony that it took Microsoft more than ...

Late yesterday afternoon, right on schedule, Microsoft announced the "general availability" of Windows Azure, its cloud-based hosting service for .NET applications. With a release like this, "GA" is ...

Citing an unfavorable change in tax laws, Microsoft is moving its Windows Azure cloud from a data center in Washington state to one in Texas. It's an interesting new twist in the cloud computing ...

The buzz around cloud computing got a big bump Tuesday as Microsoft's Ray Ozzie detailed the company's plans to bring its Windows Azure platform to market. Microsoft's march to bring its Windows Azure ...

Microsoft will soon launch a dedicated multi-tenant cloud environment that meets the distinct requirements of U.S. government agencies. The Windows Azure U.S. Government Cloud will be an exclusive ...

When Microsoft first unveiled its Windows Azure cloud-based platform last October, the company made clear it was not some kind of virtual hosting service -- in other words, not a place to house ...

When Satya Nadella became Microsoft's (MSFT-1.93%) third CEO in 2014, he vowed to transform the aging tech giant into a "mobile first, cloud first" company. That bold strategy boosted the company's ...

Windows Azure, Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform, became generally available in 21 countries on Monday, Microsoft bloggers said. SQL Azure, offering cloud-based relational database ...

Microsoft wants to bring developers to the cloud with Windows Azure, but is the new model all it's cracked up to be? The Tubes are atwitter with discussion of the news from PDC this week, not least of ...

Microsoft shares rose 5% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results, ...

Microsoft’s cloud business crossed a line it had never crossed before: Azure passed $100 billion in annual revenue for fiscal 2026. In the fiscal fourth quarter alone, Azure and other cloud services ...