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Microsoft Azure

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Microsoft Azure, often referred to as Azure (/ˈæʒər, ˈʒər/ AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈzjʊər/ AZ-ure, AY-zure),[2][3][4] is a cloud computing platform operated by Microsoft that provides access, management, and development of applications and services via around the world-distributed data centers. Microsoft Azure has multiple capabilities such as software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.

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Microsoft Azure
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseOctober 27, 2008; 14 years ago (2008-10-27)[1]
Operating systemLinux, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android
TypeWeb service, cloud computing
LicenseProprietary for platform, MIT License for client SDKs
Websiteazure.microsoft.com
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Azure, announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October 2008, went by the internal project codename "Project Red Dog",[5] and was formally released in February 2010 as Windows Azure, before being renamed Microsoft Azure on March 25, 2014.[6][7]