Manuvir Das: Introducing Windows Azure

Posted By: Charles | Oct 27th, 2008 @ 10:15 AM | 166,228 Views | 24 Comments

Manuvir Das, Director in the Windows Azure team introduces us to Microsoft's new cloud operating system, Windows Azure. Is Windows Azure a new OS from Microsoft? Well, sort of, but not in a strict sense (e.g., Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008). That said, one could say that Windows Azure extends Windows to the cloud. That is, Windows Azure provides a highly scalable virtualization fabric for server-side application execution, deployment, automatic management, and simple storage. Windows Azure provides the base infrastructure for services in the cloud.

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Check out the Windows Azure website. and Manuvir's A Lap Around Windows Azure breakout session from PDC 2008.

Tags: Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Windows Azure

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As a former Microsoftee it's terrific to see MSFT come up with a technology that will help developers in a huge (central) way. Manuvir's explanation has reeled me in!

Paul Smietan