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Microsoft reveal Windows Azure

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Ray Ozzie from Microsoft did the honors today at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) to unveil their cloud computing service dubbed as Windows Azure. Azure as Microsoft puts it, adopts a software plus service model which means that it will enable the developers to host their applications created on Visual Studio and .NET framework on Microsoft’s data centers and charge them accordingly to the various pricing structure that will be announced after the commercial launch of Azure.

Here are the key components of Azure:

– Windows Azure for service hosting and management, low-level scalable storage, computation and networking.
– Microsoft SQL Services for a wide range of database services and reporting.
– Microsoft .NET Services which are service-based implementations of familiar .NET Framework concepts such as workflow and access control.
– Live Services for a consistent way for users to store, share and synchronize documents, photos, files and information across their PCs, phones, PC applications and Web sites.
– Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services for business content, collaboration and rapid solution development in the cloud.

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