Windows Azure Platform is the cloud offering from Microsoft that encompasses many independent services for compute, storage, networking, monitoring and reporting among others. IT professionals ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a Basic edition of the Azure Firewall service, which is available at the preview stage. Azure Firewall is Microsoft's "stateful firewall as a service," ...

In part 1 of an in-depth look at Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, we survey the cloud computing landscape, and then take the first steps toward developing a cloud application of our very own. Can't ...

At the end of last month, Microsoft execs said they would be adding a new "basic" pricing tier to the company's Azure cloud line-up. On April 21, Microsoft added the Basic option for production sites, ...

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