Extending the disaster recovery options for its Azure cloud platform, Microsoft has unveiled the ability to cross-region replicate VMs and applications in IaaS implementations via Azure Site Recovery.

Microsoft's new IaaS solution is a differentiator for the company, writes James Staten. X. Trending. Amazon Prime Day is July 8 - 11 ... Windows Azure crosses over to IaaS ...

The VM agent is installed on all images provisioned from the Azure Marketplace, but if you've uploaded your own image, it can be installed manually. As soon as the VM agent is installed on an Azure VM ...

Over the last three months I've looked at how to deploy VMs to Azure, how to pick the right virtual machine (VM) size and other optimizations, followed by network and security best practices.. And ...

Microsoft's latest bundle of Windows Azure enhancements includes some new virtualization capabilities that ultimately may help blur the IaaS-PaaS distinction.

Azure Batch is an interesting example of a new generation of PaaS services that look and behave like traditional IaaS, but with the underlying infrastructure and operating system managed for you.

Where do companies turn when it comes to adopting cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS)? According to a new survey by Spiceworks Inc., Microsoft Azure is their top choice.The study, “Diving i ...

Microsoft on Tuesday made a flurry of Windows Azure-related announcements, including the general availability of Windows Azure IaaS (infrastructure as a service), with new VMI (virtual machine ...