Key features features being added and support from traditional vendors growing, the disaggregated-network OS may be ready to grow beyond hyperscale platforms.

CEO Nadella is working to keep up a steady flow of cloud deals, seeking to center strategy on web services and narrow the gap with AWS.

ServiceNow will host US and Australian government workloads in Azure.

The deal is an attempt to use rented storage and compute infrastructure plus AI to modernize hospitals. Providence will shift data from own data centers to Azure.

…and other things you worry about when building a hyperscale cloud platform.

Azure expands the number of ways enterprises can use its global network.

Microsoft Corp. has what may sound like a counter-intuitive request: Please try to hack into Azure more often.

Oracle’s decision also is a maneuver meant to preserve the company’s lucrative database business and make its software applications more attractive to companies interested in moving more of their information technology needs to cloud services like...

Appealing to a wider swath of developers is important for Microsoft’s growth prospects. Tools and software that help engineers write programs generate a small portion of Microsoft’s revenue, dwarfed by units like cloud services and Windows – but...

The company says multiple large customers have been trying out new edge hardware acceleration services.