Microsoft is making available to testers a beta of Windows Azure Drive (formerly known as XDrive), which will allow them to create automatic backups of Windows applications that they may want to move ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services switched into commercial mode as of Monday, following a month of free usage designed to allow customers to get a feel for the pay-as-you-go offering. The Azure ...

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The Windows Azure platform, Microsoft’s competitor in the cloud computing arena, achieved general availability in 21 countries starting on Feb. 1. As part of that rollout, Microsoft will begin ...

When it comes to building applications on the public cloud, you’re spoiled for storage. You’ve got SQL, NoSQL, graph databases, document databases, and even good old-fashioned file systems. Choosing ...

At this year's Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft unveiled the pay-as-you-go pricing for its Windows Azure platform, which includes a cloud services operating system, a Web-based relational ...