Microsoft Reveals Azure Service Fabric, Platform Behind Cortana And More

Peter Bright, Ars Technica
Mon, 04/20/2015 - 5:25pm

When Microsoft's cloud platform, then known as Windows Azure, was first launched, it was strictly a Platform-as-a-Service offering. Apps written for Azure were deployed onto Windows and used Azure's services such as storage, queues, and SQL databases. But management of the operating system and configuration of the virtual hardware beneath it was strictly Microsoft's concern.

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