Microsoft Azure is a cloud-computing platform launched by Microsoft in 2010, offering infrastructure, platform and software services in direct competition with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. It grew into the second-largest public cloud provider in the world by market share, deeply integrated with Microsoft's existing enterprise software and identity products, and it has been a major contributor to Microsoft's revenue growth and stock performance since the mid-2010s.
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Microsoft Azure is operated by Microsoft.
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1. Wikipedia, Microsoft Azure
WikipediaLead section, paragraph 1, opening sentence
Microsoft Azure, sometimes stylized Azure, and formerly Windows Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft.
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It was officially launched as Windows Azure in February 2010
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Microsoft Azure, sometimes stylized Azure, and formerly Windows Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft.
Introduction, offering kind classification
Microsoft Azure, sometimes stylized Azure, and formerly Windows Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft.
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