We are pleased to announce the expansion of Microsoft Professional Direct Support to all regions where Windows Azure is available. This technical support is now provided in local languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese during local business hours….
License-included virtual machine images of Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, and the Java development environment are now available, in preview, in the Windows Azure Image Gallery. During the preview period, you pay only for the Windows Azure compute and storage resources your Virtual Machine consumes,…
One of the more interesting but relatively unknown features of Windows 8.1 is its deep integration with SkyDrive and Microsoft’s new smart files system for keeping your online and offline storage in sync without having to download all of your files onto every machine. Today, the company…
On-Premises, Cloud, and Hybrid For on-premises applications and federated single sign-on to cloud services, the Multi-Factor Authentication Server is installed within your network or on a virtual machine in Windows Azure. For cloud applications like Microsoft Office 365 that use Windows Azure Active Directory, you…
Unused SQL Database servers will be deleted after 90 days Starting October 24, 2013, all Windows Azure SQL Database servers that have not hosted a user-created database during the last 90 days will be automatically deleted. Any user-created logins stored in the removed server will…