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Microsoft Azure, launched as Windows Azure on 1 February 2010, is Microsoft's cloud computing platform, offering the management, access and development of applications and services to individuals, companies and governments through Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. It spans infrastructure, platform and software as-a-service offerings, from raw virtual machines to managed databases and AI services, and it competes directly with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform as one of the three dominant public cloud providers. Azure integrates closely with Microsoft's other enterprise software, including Windows Server, Active Directory and the Microsoft 365 suite. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year
2010 1
Significance
Microsoft's cloud computing platform, launched as Windows Azure, offering global infrastructure for building and managing applications and services. 1
Status
Status
Active / In Use 1
FAQs

Was Microsoft Azure always called Azure?

It was called Windows Azure until the rename that began on April 3, 2014.

No. Microsoft announced that Windows Azure would be renamed Microsoft Azure beginning April 3, 2014. The company said the change reflected its focus on Azure as the public cloud platform for customers and for its own services.
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Source Wikipedia: Microsoft Azure
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Source Wikipedia: Microsoft Azure
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Microsoft

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1. Wikipedia: Microsoft Azure
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Microsoft Azure, sometimes stylized Azure, and formerly Windows Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It offers management, access and development of applications and services to individuals, companies, and governments through its global infrastructure.
  • Lead sentence
    Microsoft Azure, sometimes stylized Azure, and formerly Windows Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft.
  • Licensed Under: Proprietary Software, Infobox: license
    Proprietary for platform, MIT License for client SDKs
  • Licensed Under: MIT License, Infobox: license
    Proprietary for platform, MIT License for client SDKs
  • In Group: Cloud Computing Platforms, Lead
    Microsoft Azure, sometimes stylized Azure, and formerly Windows Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft.
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