Let us start with the basics: Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud service. Azure is one of the most well-known cloud providers, ranking with GCP and AWS. Azure's unique features include hybrid ...

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, ...

Microsoft this morning released a third technical preview for its Azure Stack hybrid technology, which will let businesses and developers run a version of the company’s cloud computing platform on ...

Microsoft has revealed cost and service-level details for its Azure cloud platform for the first time. On Tuesday, the software giant set out pricing options and service-level commitments for Azure, ...

With the increasing number and sophistication of cloud instance types and pricing options, it can be painfully difficult to compare costs from the three largest public cloud providers—Amazon Web ...

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Microsoft has announced general availability of Windows Azure Web Sites and Mobile Service, accentuating the emphasis on development using the Azure cloud service. According to Microsoft, Windows ...

Microsoft made a promise some time ago by way of a commitment to match Amazon Web Services prices for services such as compute, storage and bandwidth. Given that AWS dropped its pricing last week, ...

Microsoft on Monday responded to last week's Amazon Web Services cloud price cuts by lowering the price of its Azure virtual server and storage services across the board. And Microsoft now says it's ...