Today is a major milestone for Windows Azure and all of our
customers and partners. We are excited to announce that Windows Azure Virtual
Machines and Windows Azure Virtual Network now are generally available. We
also want to update you on new prices for Virtual Machines, Virtual Network,
and Cloud Services.
Virtual Machines and Virtual Network help you meet changing business needs by providing on-demand, scalable infrastructure. These infrastructure services enable you to extend your data centers and workloads into the cloud while using your existing skills and investments. With these services, you can:
Let’s take a closer look at the news that we are announcing today with general availability. New high-memory instances for Virtual Machines When your apps need more memory, new 28-gigabyte (GB) and 56-GB instances deliver. Updated SLA When you deploy multiple instances of Virtual Machines, Microsoft provides a financially backed 99.95 percent monthly service level agreement (SLA). Customer support Our customer support team is ready and available to help you troubleshoot 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We have several support plans tailored to meet your needs—from basic developer support to Premier Support. When you work with Microsoft, you have a single vendor to call for cloud and on-premises needs. Validated workloads The best of Microsoft server products are validated to run on Virtual Machines, including Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, BizTalk Server 2013, and more. We also offer prebuilt virtual machine images—such as BizTalk Server and SQL Server—through the Windows Azure Virtual Machines Image Gallery with hourly pricing. Prebuilt Linux images—such as CentOS, Ubuntu, and Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)—are available in the Image Gallery from commercial distributors. In addition, a wide variety of the most popular open source applications are available as prebuilt images in VM Depot, a self-service community portal. Price reductions for Virtual Machines and Cloud Services Tremendous business growth globally gives us the ability to pass along benefits of scale to you, and provide competitive pricing across all geographies. We’re offering the following new prices and added value:
Visit our Pricing Details page for a comprehensive look at all the pricing changes. We have great guidance on scenarios in which you can take advantage of Windows Azure infrastructure services. Learn more at our Infrastructure Services page and get going by visiting the Windows Azure Management Portal today. Thank you, Windows Azure Team |
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Azure Announces New Prices for Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, and Cloud Services
Since I'm developing a product on Azure, I get their marketing missives. Got this a few days ago.
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