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Windows Azure

Windows Azure

A familiar environment for your developers to create Cloud applications and services

Windows Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage Web applications on the internet through Microsoft datacentres. It is a flexible platform that supports multiple languages and integrates with your existing on-premises environment.

Features

Key features for your medium business:

  • Bring your ideas to market faster and pay as you go.

  • Reduce costs of building and extending on-premises resources.

  • Reduce the effort and costs of IT management.

  • Respond quickly to changes in your business and customer needs.

  • Choose an on-premises or off-premises deployment model that best suits your needs.

  • Scale your IT resources up and down based on your needs.

  • Consume computing resources ONLY when the needs arise.

  • Focus less energy on managing operational resources and constraints.

  • Remove the need to manage hardware.

  • Use your existing development skills to build cloud applications.

  • Consistent development and management experience across on-premises and the cloud.

For detailed product information on Windows Azure and to learn more, click here.