Microsoft today previewed its new Azure Portal, which will replace its current Azure management portal over time. This is more than just a redesign. It’s meant to make life for developers quite a bit ...

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Microsoft this week described some coming improvements to the Azure portal, which is a browser-accessible Web page used to carry out all sorts of management activities using Azure services. The ...

While Microsoft's Windows Azure public cloud has lots of promise, most channel partners haven't had much experience using it. But after Microsoft unveiled a fusillade of 44 new Azure features and ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Microsoft announced a couple of Azure management improvements this week. The Azure Alerting capability has reached "general availability" status, meaning that Microsoft sees it as ready for commercial ...

Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud infrastructure, got a handful of upgrades this week, including a preview of AutoScale, which automatically boosts capacity in high-load situations. Most of the ...

Microsoft this week has released a "preview" of two group management capabilities in Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD). WAAD is a free service that Microsoft initially released in April, but parts ...