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 ...

When Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reports again later this month, one line will draw more attention than the rest: how fast Azure grew. That’s a lot of weight for a single business inside a company that ...

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’s cloud business crossed a line it had never crossed before: Azure passed $100 billion in annual revenue for fiscal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For U.S. government agents and contractors, two flavors of Microsoft's cloud platform are available: Azure Government and the general-purpose commercial cloud, Microsoft Azure. But which flavor will ...