Compute

Today, I’m excited to announce that we are joining Docker, Inc. in announcing the beta releases of Docker Machine and Docker Swarm on Azure and Docker Machine support on Hyper-V.

Trust is ever important to customers leveraging the cloud, that’s why Microsoft is working to further this trust by adopting stringent privacy principles.

Today, we are excited to announce support for automated backup and automated patching, available directly in the portal for SQL Server Azure Virtual Machines.

Today, we’re announcing the release of a new series of VM sizes for Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines called the G-series.

Today, I am happy to announce that you can now use a Docker client directly from your Windows machine to manage containers running on Linux hosts.

At TechEd Europe 2014, we announced support for multiple Network Interface (NICs) in Azure VMs, along with several important partnership in bringing Network Virtual Appliances to Azure, notably Citrix Netscaler and Riverbed appliances.

A few hours ago, Scott Guthrie and Satya Nadella talked about Microsoft’s strategy for cloud computing, announcing several important technology and partnership updates to Microsoft Azure.

Today, Microsoft and Docker Inc. are jointly announcing we are bringing the Windows Server ecosystem to the Docker community.

We have recently added support for Azure VM unique ID. No matter what your platform or applications requirements on Azure VM, you can now have access to an Azure VM unique identifier.

This post announces support for new D-Series sizes Virtual Machines for Azure.

With the launch of the Azure preview portal and the support for the Azure extension model, there are new diagnostic capabilities available that will help you better monitor your Azure IaaS VMs with very little setup and configuration.

VMAccess extension enables you to reset the password, SSH key, or the SSH configurations, so you can regain the access