Developers who rely on Oracle databases rather than SQL Server now have the option to use Microsoft's cloud architecture. Microsoft and Oracle have released previews of virtual machine (VM) images ...

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Microsoft and Oracle have released previews of virtual machine (VM) images that enable Oracle workloads to run on Windows Azure. To run the images, users need to have a Windows Azure account and they ...

Previews of virtual machine (VM) images that enable Oracle workloads to run on Windows Azure are now available from Oracle and Microsoft. To run the images, users need to have a Windows Azure account ...

Those using Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service now have access to a new security option that lets them block unauthorized users from accessing virtual machines. The new security feature, which ...

Microsoft today rolled out infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself to compete with IaaS provider Amazon Web Services. The general availability of the new ...

Up until this week, running Windows client in a Windows Azure virtual machine (VM) was pretty much a big no-no. Microsoft's licensing police frowned on the practice other than in cases of running ...

The improvements involved the "Virtual Network" and "Virtual Machines" components of Windows Azure, affecting the access of virtual networks, either from behind a corporate firewall or remotely.

Microsoft usually releases new Windows 11 virtual machines every month, shortly after Patch Tuesday updates. However, the company skipped December 2023, leaving those using its evaluation virtual ...