<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Azure	O
(	O
,	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
operated	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
provides	O
access	O
,	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
applications	O
and	O
services	O
via	O
globally-distributed	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
has	O
multiple	O
capabilities	O
such	O
as	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
(	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
supports	O
many	O
different	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
frameworks	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
Microsoft-specific	O
and	O
third-party	O
software	O
and	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
uses	O
large-scale	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
at	O
Microsoft	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
worldwide	O
and	O
it	O
offers	O
more	O
than	O
600	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
,	O
infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
(	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
launch	O
general-purpose	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
x	B-Application
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
,	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
Saas	B-Architecture
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
preconfigured	O
machine	O
images	O
for	O
popular	O
software	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2022	O
,	O
VMs	O
are	O
powered	O
by	O
Ampere	O
Cloud-native	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
users	O
run	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
Azure	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
offered	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
own	O
Linux-based	O
Azure	B-Operating_System
Sphere	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
App	O
services	O
,	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
environment	O
letting	O
developers	O
easily	O
publish	O
and	O
manage	O
websites	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Websites	B-General_Concept
,	O
Azure	O
Web	O
Sites	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
sites	O
using	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
using	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
Mercurial	B-Protocol
,	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
or	O
uploaded	O
through	O
the	O
user	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
can	O
create	O
websites	B-General_Concept
in	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
or	O
select	O
from	O
several	O
open	O
source	O
applications	O
from	O
a	O
gallery	O
to	O
deploy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
comprises	O
one	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
offerings	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blob	O
,	O
Table	O
and	O
Queue	O
services	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
communicate	O
between	O
WebApps	O
,	O
XYZ	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
Software	O
and	O
WebJobs	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
Service	O
(	O
AKS	O
)	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
quickly	O
deploy	O
a	O
production	O
ready	O
kubernetes	B-General_Concept
cluster	O
in	O
Azure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
managing	O
the	O
control	O
plane	O
and	O
customers	O
get	O
the	O
flexibility	O
to	O
choose/scale	O
the	O
data	O
place	O
(	O
kubernetes	B-General_Concept
worker	O
nodes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Connect	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
synchronize	O
on-premises	O
directories	O
and	O
enable	O
SSO	O
(	O
Single	O
Sign	O
On	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
B2C	O
allows	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
consumer	O
identity	O
and	O
access	O
management	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Domain	I-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
is	O
used	O
to	O
join	O
Azure	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
to	O
a	O
domain	O
without	O
domain	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
External	O
Identities	O
are	O
set	O
of	O
capabilities	O
which	O
allow	O
organizations	O
to	O
collaborate	O
with	O
external	O
users	O
including	O
customers	O
and	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Storage	O
Services	O
provides	O
REST	B-Protocol
and	O
SDK	B-Application
APIs	B-Application
for	O
storing	O
and	O
accessing	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Table	O
Service	O
is	O
a	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
non-relational	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blob	O
Service	O
allows	O
programs	O
to	O
store	O
unstructured	O
text	O
and	O
binary	O
data	O
as	O
blobs	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
an	O
HTTP(S )	O
path	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
Service	O
allows	O
storing	O
and	O
access	O
of	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
cloud	O
using	O
the	O
REST	B-Protocol
APIs	I-Protocol
or	O
the	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
protocol	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Communication	O
Services	O
offers	O
an	O
SDK	B-Application
for	O
creating	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
communications	O
applications	O
that	O
include	O
SMS	B-Device
,	O
video	O
calling	O
,	O
VOIP	B-Application
and	O
PSTN	O
calling	O
,	O
and	O
web	O
based	O
chat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
Search	I-Application
provides	O
text	O
search	O
and	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
OData	B-Application
's	O
structured	O
filters	O
using	O
REST	B-Protocol
or	O
SDK	B-Application
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cosmos	B-Application
DB	I-Application
is	O
a	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
database	O
service	O
that	O
implements	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	O
SELECT	O
statement	O
on	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Cache	O
for	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
managed	O
implementation	O
of	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
StorSimple	B-Protocol
manages	O
storage	O
tasks	O
between	O
on-premises	O
devices	O
and	O
cloud	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Database	I-Application
works	O
to	O
create	O
,	O
scale	O
and	O
extend	O
applications	O
into	O
the	O
cloud	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
integrates	O
with	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
,	O
Microsoft	O
System	O
Center	O
and	O
Hadoop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
Data	O
Factory	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
service	O
that	O
allows	O
creation	O
of	O
data-driven	O
workflows	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
for	O
orchestrating	O
and	O
automating	O
data	O
movement	O
and	O
data	O
transformation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Lake	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
scalable	O
data	O
storage	O
and	O
analytic	O
service	O
for	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
analytics	I-Application
workloads	O
that	O
require	O
developers	O
to	O
run	O
massively	O
parallel	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
HDInsight	O
is	O
a	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
relevant	O
service	O
,	O
that	O
deploys	O
Hortonworks	B-Application
Hadoop	B-Application
on	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Hadoop	B-Application
clusters	O
using	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
Ubuntu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-General_Concept
Stream	I-General_Concept
Analytics	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
Serverless	B-General_Concept
scalable	O
event	O
processing	O
engine	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
run	O
real-time	O
analytics	O
on	O
multiple	O
streams	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
devices	O
,	O
sensors	O
,	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
social	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
event	O
hub	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
data	O
from	O
cell	O
phones	O
such	O
as	O
coordinating	O
with	O
a	O
GPS	O
in	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PaaS	B-Application
offering	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
encoding	O
,	O
content	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
streaming	O
,	O
or	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
global	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
(	O
CDN	O
)	O
for	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
static	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
cache	O
static	O
assets	O
of	O
websites	B-General_Concept
geographically	O
closer	O
to	O
users	O
to	O
increase	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
by	O
a	O
REST-based	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
(	O
Azure	O
ML	O
)	O
provides	O
tools	O
and	O
ML	O
frameworks	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
Cognitive	O
Services	O
are	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
prebuilt	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
SDKs	B-Application
and	O
customizable	O
services	O
for	O
developers	O
,	O
including	O
perceptual	O
and	O
cognitive	O
intelligence	O
covering	O
speech	O
recognition	O
,	O
speaker	O
recognition	O
,	O
neural	O
speech	O
synthesis	O
,	O
face	O
recognition	O
,	O
computer	O
vision	O
,	O
OCR/form	O
understanding	O
,	O
natural	O
language	O
processing	O
,	O
machine	O
translation	O
,	O
and	O
business	O
decision	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
AI	B-Application
features	O
appeared	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
own	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
(	O
Bing	O
,	O
Office	O
,	O
Teams	O
,	O
Xbox	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
)	O
are	O
powered	O
by	O
Azure	O
Cognitive	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
functions	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
serverless	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
architectures	O
where	O
subscribers	O
can	O
execute	O
code	O
as	O
an	O
event	O
driven	O
Function-as-a-Service	O
(	O
FaaS	B-Application
)	O
without	O
managing	O
the	O
underlying	O
server	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Hub	O
lets	O
you	O
connect	O
,	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
billions	O
of	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
General	O
Availability	O
of	O
the	O
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Hub	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Edge	O
is	O
a	O
fully	O
managed	O
service	O
built	O
on	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Hub	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
cloud	O
intelligence	O
deployed	O
locally	O
on	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
edge	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Central	O
is	O
a	O
fully	O
managed	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
app	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
connect	O
,	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
assets	O
at	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
Public	O
Preview	O
of	O
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Central	O
;	O
its	O
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
SaaS	B-Architecture
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
shipping	O
GA	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Developer	B-Application
Kit	I-Application
(	O
DevKit	B-Application
)	O
board	O
;	O
manufactured	O
by	O
MXChip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Azure	B-Operating_System
Sphere	I-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
end-to-end	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
product	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
microcontroller-based	O
devices	O
and	O
uses	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
launched	O
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Edge	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
Azure	O
services	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
on	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
launched	O
the	O
Open	O
Enclave	O
SDK	B-Application
for	O
cross-platform	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
ARM	O
TrustZone	O
and	O
Intel	O
SGX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Private	O
industries	O
and	O
government	O
agencies	O
that	O
use	O
data	O
collected	O
by	O
satellites	O
can	O
directly	O
connect	O
satellites	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
networks	O
to	O
process	O
and	O
analyse	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
ground	O
stations	O
for	O
customers	O
that	O
operate	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
existing	O
ground	O
infrastructure	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
energy	O
,	O
agricultural	O
and	O
military	O
)	O
will	O
provide	O
point-to-point	O
cloud	O
connectivity	O
to	O
remote	O
locations	O
using	O
third	O
party	O
satellite	O
systems	O
–	O
SpaceX	O
’s	O
Starlink	O
constellations	O
in	O
low	O
Earth	O
orbit	O
(	O
LEO	O
)	O
and	O
SES’	O
O3b	O
medium	O
Earth	O
orbit	O
(	O
MEO	O
)	O
constellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SES	O
will	O
be	O
deploying	O
satellite	O
control	O
and	O
uplink	O
ground	O
stations	O
for	O
its	O
next-generation	O
O3b	O
mPOWER	O
MEO	O
satellites	O
alongside	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
to	O
provide	O
single-hop	O
connectivity	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	O
from	O
remote	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
connection	O
from	O
the	O
home	O
to	O
a	O
cloud	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
for	O
online	O
media	O
,	O
entertainment	O
or	O
gaming	O
,	O
currently	O
may	O
use	O
complex	O
fibre	O
routes	O
that	O
are	O
longer	O
than	O
one	O
hop	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
satellite	O
and	O
down	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
management	O
stated	O
that	O
these	O
new	O
datacenters	B-Operating_System
will	O
empower	O
customers	O
and	O
partners	O
to	O
embrace	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
the	B-General_Concept
Fourth	I-General_Concept
Industrial	I-General_Concept
Revolution	I-General_Concept
and	O
achieve	O
more	O
using	O
cloud	B-Architecture
technologies	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Toyota	O
Tsusho	O
began	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
create	O
fish	O
farming	O
tools	O
using	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
application	O
suite	O
for	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
technologies	O
related	O
to	O
water	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
in	O
part	O
by	O
researchers	O
from	O
Kindai	O
University	O
,	O
the	O
water	O
pump	O
mechanisms	O
use	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
count	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
fish	O
on	O
a	O
conveyor	O
belt	O
,	O
analyze	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
fish	O
,	O
and	O
deduce	O
the	O
effectiveness	O
of	O
water	O
flow	O
from	O
the	O
data	O
the	O
fish	O
provide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specific	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
used	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
fall	O
under	O
the	O
Azure	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
and	O
the	O
Azure	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Hub	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
uses	O
a	O
specialized	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
,	O
to	O
run	O
its	O
"	O
fabric	O
layer	O
"	O
:	O
a	O
cluster	O
hosted	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
that	O
manage	O
computing	O
and	O
storage	O
resources	O
of	O
the	O
computers	O
and	O
provisions	O
the	O
resources	O
(	O
or	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
them	O
)	O
to	O
applications	O
running	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
cloud	O
layer	O
"	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Windows	O
Server	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
Windows	O
Server	O
2008	O
and	O
a	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
Hyper-V	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
Hypervisor	O
to	O
provide	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
of	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scaling	O
and	O
reliability	O
are	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
Fabric	O
Controller	O
,	O
which	O
ensures	O
the	O
services	O
and	O
environment	O
do	O
not	O
fail	O
if	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
the	O
servers	O
fails	O
within	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
which	O
also	O
provides	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
Web	O
application	O
such	O
as	O
memory	O
allocation	O
and	O
load	O
balancing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	O
provides	O
an	O
API	B-Application
built	O
on	O
REST	B-Protocol
,	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
that	O
allows	O
a	O
developer	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
services	O
provided	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
integrates	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
interacting	O
with	O
services	O
via	O
API	B-Application
,	O
users	O
can	O
manage	O
Azure	O
services	O
using	O
the	O
Web-based	O
Azure	O
Portal	O
,	O
which	O
reached	O
General	O
Availability	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
portal	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
active	O
resources	O
,	O
modify	O
settings	O
,	O
launch	O
new	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
view	O
basic	O
monitoring	O
data	O
from	O
active	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
classic	O
model	O
,	O
each	O
Azure	O
resource	O
(	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
,	O
SQL	O
database	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2009	O
–	O
Announced	O
SQL	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
Relational	O
Database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2009	O
–	O
Updated	O
Windows	O
Azure	O
CTP	O
,	O
Enabled	O
full	O
trust	O
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
CDN	O
CTP	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2010	O
–	O
Windows	O
Azure	O
Update	O
,	O
.NET	O
Framework	O
4	O
,	O
OS	O
Versioning	O
,	O
CDN	O
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2011	O
–	O
Traffic	O
manager	O
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
reporting	O
,	O
HPC	O
scheduler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2012	O
–	O
Websites	B-General_Concept
,	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
SDK	B-Application
,	O
new	O
portal	O
,	O
locally	O
redundant	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2014	O
–	O
Outage	O
affecting	O
major	O
websites	B-General_Concept
including	O
MSN.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2015	O
–	O
Azure	O
Cloud	O
Switch	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
–	O
Microsoft	O
joins	O
the	O
Linux-oriented	B-Application
group	O
Open	O
Invention	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2020	O
–	O
Microsoft	O
said	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
775%	O
increase	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Teams	I-Application
usage	O
in	O
Italy	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
special	O
note	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Azure	O
has	O
been	O
granted	O
JAB	O
Provisional	O
Authority	O
to	O
Operate	O
(	O
P-ATO	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
U.S.	O
government	O
in	O
accordance	O
with	O
guidelines	O
spelled	O
out	O
under	O
the	O
Federal	O
Risk	O
and	O
Authorization	O
Management	O
Program	O
(	O
FedRAMP	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
U.S.	O
government	O
program	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
standardized	O
approach	O
to	O
security	O
assessment	O
,	O
authorization	O
,	O
and	O
continuous	O
monitoring	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
used	O
by	O
the	O
federal	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Date	O
Cause	O
Notes	O
2012-02-29Incorrect	O
code	O
for	O
calculating	O
leap	B-Application
day	I-Application
dates	O
2012-07-26	O
Misconfigured	O
network	O
device	O
2013-02-22	O
Expiry	O
of	O
an	O
SSL	O
certificateMicrosoft	O
’s	O
Azure	O
storage	O
service	O
goes	O
down	O
,	O
locking	O
out	O
corporate	O
customers	O
from	O
their	O
data	O
Xbox	O
Live	O
,	O
Xbox	O
Music	O
and	O
Video	O
also	O
affected	O
2013-10-30	O
Worldwide	O
partial	O
compute	O
outage	O
2014-11-18	O
Azure	O
storage	O
upgrade	O
caused	O
reduced	O
capacity	O
across	O
several	O
regions	O
Xbox	O
Live	O
,	O
Windows	O
Store	O
,	O
MSN	O
,	O
Search	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Online	O
among	O
others	O
were	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
