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Azure Data Box family now enables import to Managed Disks 

Azure Data Box offline family lets you transfer hundreds of terabytes of data to Microsoft Azure in a quick, inexpensive, and reliable manner. Today, we are excited to share that support for managed disks with the Azure Data Box family of devices is now available and includes support for Data Box, Data Box Disk, and Data Box Heavy.

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Microsoft continues to build the case for data estate modernization on Azure 

With the latest release of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft doubles-down on Azure SQL DW as one of the core data services for digital transformation on Azure. In addition to the fundamental benefits of agility, on-demand scaling and unlimited compute availability, the most recent price-to-performance metrics from the GigaOM report are one of several the compelling arguments they have made for customers to adopt Azure SQL DW.

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Microsoft opens first datacenters in Africa with general availability of Microsoft Azure 

Today, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Microsoft Azure from our new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Nedbank, Peace Parks Foundation, and eThekwini water are just a few of the organizations in Africa leveraging Microsoft cloud services today and will benefit from the increased computing resources and connectivity from our new cloud regions.