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4 Windows or Linux VMs
24 x 7 for a month
And much more...
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Deploy 20 web sites
over 10M mobile API calls
8 standard SQL Databases
Hadoop instance for a week
Over 8 terabytes of storage
Backup 700GB for a month
Encoding 100GB of media
Transfer up to 1600GB of content
Send 200 million messages
Store 500,000 objects in Active Directory
Multi-factor auth with 100 users
This Preview portal is a big step forward in the journey toward integrated DevOps tools, technologies, and cloud services. See how you can deliver and scale business-ready apps for every platform more easily and rapidly—using what you already know and whatever toolset you like most.
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Instantly provision Windows and Linux Virtual Machines, apps, and infrastructure within Microsoft-managed data centers around the world.
"With Azure, we don't have to worry about acquisition of new hardware or bigger networks. We can just make it happen."
Steve Novoselac, IT Manager, Trek Bicycles
Develop great Azure solutions using .NET, Java, PHP, Node.js, Python, or Ruby. Integrated Visual Studio tooling enables you to develop, debug and iterate apps fast.
"With Azure, we gain velocity because we can be innovative without worrying about complex infrastructure. A proof of concept that might have taken three months to execute now takes three days."
Chris Patti, VP of Technology at AccuWeather
Per-minute billing and built-in auto scaling enable you to pay only for the infrastructure you really need and spin up/down resources automatically based on actual usage.
"Turnaround through Azure is faster than we could achieve inside our existing infrastructure. That's more cost effective, of course, but the even greater benefit is faster time-to-market."
Andrew Locke, VP of Mobile and Devices at NBC
Start with the skills you already have and software you already know. Visual Studio, .NET, Window Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, SharePoint, and BizTalk work best with Azure and are all backed with end-to-end Microsoft enterprise support.
"The similarities between Azure and our own development environment gave us a huge advantage and made our decision easy."
Jim Graham, Technical Manager at 3M
Securely manage cloud resources and enable your users to access apps using their existing corporate credentials with Active Directory.
"The key benefit is you can get more value out of your on-premises investment. We've spent years building our reservation system, and we can extend it by adding new features in the cloud."
Bert Craven, Enterprise Architect Manager, easyJet
People are doing amazing things with Azure. Hear how our customers are enjoying the power, flexibility, and scalability of Azure.
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