Ahead of the release of its new on-premises cloud computing offering, Microsoft Corp. is pitching a new training course for those who want to become an official “Azure Stack Operator.” Azure Stack has ...

Microsoft recently announced that it has released Azure Stack HCI, in conjunction with hardware partners, at the "general availability" commercial-release stage. The "HCI" part refers to ...

A look at the primary use cases of Microsoft's "hybrid cloud appliance" and how it might fit into your organization’s cloud strategy. In September 2017 Microsoft released Azure Stack, after teasing ...

Two cloud development services -- Azure Functions and Azure App Service -- are now available on Azure Stack, which brings cloud functionality to on-premises implementations. Azure Stack extends the ...

The forthcoming release of Windows Server 2016 will represent Microsoft's boldest effort yet to transform its server OS into a Cloud OS. If that sounds familiar, it's because that was the theme of ...

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Microsoft's public cloud, Azure, has met with great success in the industry. It's a solid No. 2 behind Amazon Web Services (AWS), and in some segments, even bests AWS. Until now, however, it's been a ...

Microsoft’s release of Azure Stack, an on-premises version of its public cloud, could be important for networking and data center pros for one simple reason: It gives customers a way to use a popular ...

Technical preview of Microsoft's hybrid cloud platform drives just like Azure, drawing on the same APIs, tools, and templates Microsoft’s latest attempt to square the circle of on-premises IT and ...