by Vahid
17. February 2009 13:30
What is the Azure Services Platform?
he Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services
platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating
system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or
together. Azure’s flexible and interoperable platform can be used to
build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing
applications with cloud-based capabilities. Its open architecture gives
developers the choice to build web applications, applications running
on connected devices, PCs, servers, or hybrid solutions offering the
best of online and on-premises.
Windows Azure
Windows® Azure is a cloud
services operating system that serves as the development, service
hosting and service management environment for the Azure Services
Platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and
storage to host, scale, and manage internet or cloud applications.
Windows Azure supports a consistent development experience through its
integration with Visual Studio. In the early stages of CTP, .NET
managed applications built using Visual Studio will be supported.
Windows Azure is an open platform that will support both Microsoft and
non-Microsoft languages and environments. Windows Azure welcomes third
party tools and languages such as Eclipse, Ruby, PHP, and Python.
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