This year's Microsoft Build conference is packed with Azure cloud announcements, pointing to the company's biggest focus.
Microsoft has talked about cloud at its Build shows in past years, but this year it seems to be at the very center of the company's appeal to developers. Executives onstage are spending less time this year talking about consumer products like Windows and Surface computers.for $7.5 billion, could represent an on-ramp of sorts for Microsoft public cloud services.
"As the companies [Microsoft and GitHub] work together even more, there is an opportunity to educate them on Azure and how they should think about developing apps on top of Azure.
On Monday, Microsoft said it will release an Azure SQL Database tool that can handle computing in a "serverless" capacity. This means developers won't have to set up and manage underlying resources for databases. Amazon and Google have also come out with serverless database technologies. For almost two years now Microsoft has worked with partners, including third-party software makers, to sell Azure to companies, benefiting both Microsoft and its partners. The so-calledhas led to more than $5 million in partner annual contract value in the past year.
Now Microsoft is expanding the program to Microsoft 365 — a bundle that includes Windows 10, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility & Security software — and the Dynamics suite of enterprise software, including the cloud-based sales management application that competes with
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