Microsoft Azure
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Microsoft Azure, or simply Azure, is a cloud computing platform managed by Microsoft and distributed to individuals, companies and governments through its global infrastructure.
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History and timeline
- October 2008 (PDC LA) – Announced the Windows Azure Platform.[2]
- March 2009 – Announced SQL Azure Relational Database.
- November 2009 – Updated Windows Azure CTP, Enabled full trust, PHP, Java, CDN CTP and more.
- February 1, 2010 – Windows Azure Platform commercially available.[3]
- June 2010 – Windows Azure Update, .NET Framework 4, OS Versioning, CDN, SQL Azure Update.[4]
- October 2010 (PDC) – Platform enhancements, Windows Azure Connect, improved Dev / IT Pro Experience.
- December 2011 – Traffic manager, SQL Azure reporting, HPC scheduler.
- June 2012 – Websites, Virtual machines for Windows and Linux, Python SDK, new portal, locally redundant storage.
- April 2014 – Windows Azure renamed Microsoft Azure,[5] ARM Portal introduced at Build 2014.
- July 2014 – Azure Machine Learning public preview.[6]
- November 2014 – Outage affecting major websites including MSN.com.[7]
- September 2015 – Azure Cloud Switch introduced as a cross-platform Linux distribution. Currently known as SONiC[8]
- December, 2015 – Azure ARM Portal (codename "Ibiza") released.[9]
- March, 2016 – Azure Service Fabric is Generally Available (GA)[10]
- May 7, 2018 - Azure Maps is Generally Available (GA)[11]
- July 16, 2018 – Azure Service Fabric Mesh public preview[12]
- September 24, 2018 – Microsoft Azure IoT Central is Generally Available (GA)[13]
- October 10, 2018 – Microsoft joins the Linux-oriented group Open Invention Network.[14]
- April 17, 2019 – Azure Front Door Service is now available.[15]
- March 2020 – Microsoft said that there was a 775% increase in Microsoft Teams usage in Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company estimates there are now 44 million daily active users of Teams worldwide.[16]
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