The feature, part of Microsoft's Azure cloud service, makes it easy to create file shares in the public cloud. In its effort to make its cloud service more appealing as an alternative or companion to ...

Those using Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service now have access to a new security option that lets them block unauthorized users from accessing virtual machines. The new security feature, which ...

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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 ...

This week, Microsoft announced enhancements to its Windows Azure cloud platform that affect what developers can do with the PaaS offering, as well as the scalability options and costs for using Azure ...

The company is also making changes to Azure pricing, including reducing data transfer prices and setting a price cap for large SQL Azure databases. Azure, launched in February 2010, is Microsoft's ...

In its effort to make its cloud service more appealing as an alternative or companion to on-premises-based storage, Microsoft has launched several new enhancements to its Microsoft Azure cloud service ...