As we announced at BUILD 2011 last month, Windows Azure Marketplace is now available in 26 countries and supports 17 currencies. With this release we have delivered on the promise to provide a global marketplace for cloud applications and data, with a secure commerce platform. Customers in these new markets can now discover, explore and subscribe to premium data and applications on the Windows Azure Marketplace.

Countries available (26): US, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore.

Currencies supported (17): USD, EUR, CAD, CZK, DKK, HUF, NOK, PLN, SEK, CHF, GBP, AUD, HKD, JPY, MXN, NZD, SGD.