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The Azure Services Platform provides a wide range of internet services that can be consumed from both on-premises environments or the internet.

Reviews

Microsoft Learns to Love the Net

(Financial Times) Richard Waters sets the context around the Microsoft path to Web services and highlights the company's unique leadership position for building out the infrastructure to accommodate the "services wave."

Microsoft Extends SQL Server to the Web with Data Services

(InformationWeek) SQL Server Data Services aims to help businesses avoid much of the costs and complexity of developing and provisioning data-heavy apps and mashups.

Microsoft: Software Development and
Delivery Never Had it So Good

(Ovum) "The last 24 months for Microsoft have been a period of strategic activity with no uncertain amount of innovation…unnerving key competitors in important markets, and better clarity in the company's future direction."

SOA, BizTalk, .NET, Visual Studio, and "Oslo"

(WindowsITPro.com) The Microsoft vision for developing applications that cross boundaries.

Microsoft and ALM: An Attractive Duo

(Ovum) This report focuses on Microsoft achievements, challenges, opportunities and strategy in delivering an Application Life-Cycle Management platform, and the impact that the company will have on the market and for customers.

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Microsoft Application Platform Case Study - Progressive

Progressive is one of the largest insurers of private automobiles in the United States. They are creating a new policy management application using Microsoft® SQL Server, with development being done using Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.