While we use Azure SQL (PaaS) anywhere it is feasible, we have applications that just aren't supported on Azure SQL (PaaS) or we have a need for more performance than the shared nature of the PaaS ...

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 ...

Microsoft also said it's reducing the costs of its virtual machines and cloud services by 21 to 33 percent, promising to match Amazon Web Services (AWS) prices for cloud compute and storage services.

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 ...

In a bid to take on Amazon and other giants of public cloud infrastructure, Microsoft announced on April 16 that it has launched its own Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering as part of Windows ...