Instead, you can use Service Endpoints to have traffic go directly to that Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) resource type. There are endpoints for a growing number of PaaS services including Storage, ...

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.

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

It’s time to bid farewall to Microsoft Azure’s humble beginnings as a mere PaaS. The big Redmond machine is lifting the curtain on previews of new services and updates today, aimed at ...

Microsoft introduced a nifty new feature to its Azure public cloud this week called Managed Disks. The idea is that developers will not have to worry about provisioning storage when spinning up ...

There are now over 70 Azure services. When Microsoft released the Azure Stack Technical Preview in late January, the company signaled it would roll out functionality or services incrementally.

VMware's Cloud Foundry and Microsoft Azure are two of the leading platform as a service (PaaS) offerings from two cloud heavyweights, but one consultant says both companies are largely ignoring ...