Posts Tagged ‘Azure Cloud’

Azure Cloud Server Now With More Control!

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Microsoft unleashed a raft of features for its Azure cloud service this week, bringing it several degrees closer to a true cloud infrastructure service. New features, announced in beta, include remote desktop viewing for Azure “roles” (or virtual machines), full support for Internet Information Services (IIS) roles, the ability to create and maintain customized virtual machines (VMs) in Azure and a host of other services.

“We’ll see if it works,” said Chris Bardon, chief software architect at Toronto-based ComputerTalk, a unified communications and automated voice interaction software maker. Bardon said he thought Microsoft was walking a tightrope between letting users mess around on their own versus delivering a headache-free service people would actually pay for.

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Windows Azure Cloud Platform Now with Security Guidance

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Microsoft began offering on Monday guidance intended to help developers make secure applications for the company’s Windows Azure cloud platform.  Guidance is being offered in the form of a technical paper accessible on Microsoft’s site that’s entitled, “Security Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications.” It is intended for developers, designers, architects and testers and is based on the company’s Security Development Lifecycle practices.

“Issues related to the security of the cloud are becoming increasingly important for businesses and consumers. As a result, it’s important that people delivering products to the cloud understand that they must build applications with security in mind from the start,” a Microsoft representative said.

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