Microsoft has revealed the root cause of the recent outage affecting Azure, which lasted about an hour and was due to a surge in Domain Name System (DNS) requests coupled with a code defect. Users ...

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Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

Microsoft launched Azure in 2008 to provide cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) tools to large companies. Instead of installing more on-site servers -- ...

Azure Local, powered by Azure Arc, is reshaping the landscape of distributed computing by bringing cloud capabilities to affordable hardware at remote locations. This innovative approach addresses ...

Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, is offering an integration with Microsoft’s services that will render cloud-based access to Pasqal’s technology—enabling customers of the ...

As enterprises ramp up edge computing deployments, the big three clouds are ponying up a surprising array of edge options for a broad range of needs. It might surprise you to learn that the big three ...

The EU is moving towards placing Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud computing businesses under its landmark digital competition law ...

Efficiency and innovation are often touted as hallmark attributes of generative AI. But as more enterprise businesses look to integrate the technology into their workflows, confidentiality — in data ...

Hardware-backed confidential computing in Microsoft Azure now includes protected environments for VMs, containers, and GPUs, without the need to write specialized code. One of the biggest challenges ...