Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseOctober 27, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-10-27)[1]
Operating systemLinux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
TypeWeb service, cloud computing
LicenseProprietary for platform, MIT License for client SDKs
Websiteazure.microsoft.com Edit this at Wikidata

Microsoft Azure, or simply Azure, is a cloud computing platform managed by Microsoft and distributed to individuals, companies and governments through its global infrastructure.

History and timeline

  • October 2008 (PDC LA) – Announced the Windows Azure Platform.[2]
  • March 2009 – Announced SQL Azure Relational Database.
  • November 2009 – Updated Windows Azure CTP, Enabled full trust, PHP, Java, CDN CTP and more.
  • February 1, 2010 – Windows Azure Platform commercially available.[3]
  • June 2010 – Windows Azure Update, .NET Framework 4, OS Versioning, CDN, SQL Azure Update.[4]
  • October 2010 (PDC) – Platform enhancements, Windows Azure Connect, improved Dev / IT Pro Experience.
  • December 2011 – Traffic manager, SQL Azure reporting, HPC scheduler.
  • June 2012 – Websites, Virtual machines for Windows and Linux, Python SDK, new portal, locally redundant storage.
  • April 2014 – Windows Azure renamed Microsoft Azure,[5] ARM Portal introduced at Build 2014.
  • July 2014 – Azure Machine Learning public preview.[6]
  • November 2014 – Outage affecting major websites including MSN.com.[7]
  • September 2015 – Azure Cloud Switch introduced as a cross-platform Linux distribution. Currently known as SONiC[8]
  • December, 2015 – Azure ARM Portal (codename "Ibiza") released.[9]
  • March, 2016 – Azure Service Fabric is Generally Available (GA)[10]
  • May 7, 2018 - Azure Maps is Generally Available (GA)[11]
  • July 16, 2018 – Azure Service Fabric Mesh public preview[12]
  • September 24, 2018 – Microsoft Azure IoT Central is Generally Available (GA)[13]
  • October 10, 2018 – Microsoft joins the Linux-oriented group Open Invention Network.[14]
  • April 17, 2019 – Azure Front Door Service is now available.[15]
  • March 2020 – Microsoft said that there was a 775% increase in Microsoft Teams usage in Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company estimates there are now 44 million daily active users of Teams worldwide.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Srivastava, Amitabh (27 Oct 2008). "Introducing Windows Azure". msdn.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ray Ozzie announces Windows Azure". ZDNet. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "Windows Azure General Availability". blogs.microsoft.com. February 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "SQL Azure SU3 is Now Live and Available in 6 Datacenters Worldwide". SQL Azure Team Blog. Microsoft. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference renaming was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  6. ↑ "Microsoft Azure Machine Learning combines power of comprehensive machine learning with benefits of cloud". blogs.microsoft.com. June 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Microsoft's Azure Cloud Goes Down - Again" (PDF). The Availability Digest. December 2014.
  8. ↑ "What is the relationship between Azure Cloud Switch and SONiC?". Github.com. February 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Announcing Azure Portal general availability". Azure.microsoft.com. December 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Fussell, Mark (March 31, 2016). "Azure Service Fabric is GA!". Microsoft. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Azure Maps now Generally Available | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure". azure.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  12. ↑ Daniel, Chacko (July 16, 2018). "Azure Service Fabric is now in public preview". Microsoft Azure. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Azure IoT Central is now available". Microsoft Azure. Microsoft. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Microsoft has signed up to the Open Invention Network. We repeat. Microsoft has signed up to the OIN". The Register.
  15. ↑ "Azure Front Door Service is now available".
  16. ↑ "Microsoft cloud services continuity". March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.