Windows Azure Now Available

Microsoft’s Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services are now generally available with full SLAs. This ends the free test period for those who signed up last month. This is a key release milestone for Microsoft. Azure has been in development for several years and in beta since late 2008. From the Azure team blog:

Starting today, customers and partners in countries across the globe will be able to launch their Windows Azure and SQL Azure production applications and services with the support of the full Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The Windows Azure platform AppFabric Service Bus and Access Control will continue to be free until April 2010 for those that sign up for a commercial subscription. Additionally Microsoft codename “Dallas” will continue to be in a free CTP.

Read more on the Azure team blog.

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