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Develop production-scale modern web apps quickly with Azure Static Web Apps

May 12, 2021

Azure Static Web Apps was first announced in preview in May 2020 and today we are announcing the general availability of Azure Static Web Apps, including a free plan for easy product exploration and a standard plan for advanced capabilities supported by an enterprise Service Level Agreement (SLA). The Azure Static Web Apps hosting service aligns with the growing demand from consumers and businesses to establish a web presence with global reach and minimal effort.

Principal PM Manager, Azure Static Web Apps
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Easily build real-time apps with WebSockets and Azure Web PubSub—now in preview

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Today, we are announcing the preview of the Azure Web PubSub service for building real-time web applications with WebSockets. WebSocket is a standardized protocol that provides full-duplex communication. It is key to building efficient real-time web interactions and is supported by all major browsers as well as web servers.

Partner Director of Product Management

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – April 2021

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

April builds on top of past releases. From an expansion of the Retail Prices API to cover non-USD currencies to a new custom date picker based on your feedback. There's also new guidance for building out your cloud architecture for enterprises and operators as well as the usual cost optimization tips, videos, and documentation updates.

Program Manager, Azure Cost Management

Discover the latest Red Hat on Azure innovations—sign up for the Red Hat Summit

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Microsoft is excited to join Red Hat Summit 2021. During the event, we will share the latest developments that enable Red Hat customers to operate natively in Azure. We will cover innovations across migration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) workloads, building cloud-native apps with Azure Red Hat OpenShift, running Red Hat workloads in hybrid with Azure Arc, operating and managing enterprise Java apps, and automating all tasks with Ansible on Azure.

Product Marketing Manager

Teaming up with Coursera on new Azure Specializations and Scholarships

Monday, April 26, 2021

Today, we are announcing that Microsoft is collaborating with Coursera to bring new opportunities for skilling in Azure via three new Specializations: Azure Fundamentals, AI Fundamentals, and Data Fundamentals. Coursera is a leading learning platform, and we are delighted to bring on-demand Azure content to their 80 million learners.

Vice President, Azure

Empowering operators on their cloud migration journey

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

For operators, many challenges can be involved in their journey to the cloud, some more complex than others. Here, it is important to note that when it comes to operators’ path to cloud migration, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all solution.

Microsoft Technical Fellow and Chief Technology Officer, Azure for Operators

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