1. Open in the cloud
We are providing choices for how people
work and play in the cloud.
Cloud services will generate nearly
14 million jobs worldwide by 2015.*
2012
2013
6.7
8.8
1 billion
2014 11.3 customers rely on Microsoft’s
2015 13.8 cloud infrastructure annually.
Cloud jobs worldwide in millions
Microsoft + Open source Drupal PHP
MongoDB Hadoop
Windows Azure’s flexible environment .Net
supports developer choice. Java Node.js
Microsoft + Linux
Microsoft has enabled Linux to run as a first-class guest on Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V. In the public cloud, you can
easily bring your own Linux images to Windows Azure or select from pre-built gallery images, including CentOS, openSUSE,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu.
Microsoft + Java Microsoft + PHP
Microsoft released the Windows Azure In just a few years, we’ve gone from
SDK, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and Web essentially no PHP on Windows,
Pages (aka Razor) under the Apache to running PHP with impressive
2.0 open source license on CodePlex performance on Windows Server
and Git. and Windows Azure. And today,
PHP releases support Windows
right alongside Linux.
Microsoft + Moodle
Moodle is an open source Course Management System for schools. With the Microsoft Live@edu Plug-in for Moodle,
students and educators can use their Windows Live IDs to access Live@edu services, such as e-mail, instant messenger,
and calendar within the Moodle experience.
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*Source: IDC Study, March 2012 Information is accurate as of 12/2012