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Access to Microsoft’s cloud is strikingly similar to Microsoft’s Active Directory resources, Windows Live, and public-facing web resources – except that a Microsoft data center is likely to be hosting them. Microsoft’s Azure platform is a private cloud development and service platform that supports Microsoft’s user Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) applications (such as online Microsoft Office components) and applications built around various building blocks using Microsoft cloud version “back-end” products like SQL Server. READ MORE

Computing clouds come in different shapes for different purposes. Microsoft’s Azure transcends several types of typical cloud offerings, and the offerings are distinctly Microsoft in branding, use, and philosophy. READ MORE

Novell and Microsoft are more than happy to help you bridge the gap between Linux and Windows.

Once upon a time, bridging the gap between Windows and Linux in the server room or the office was… difficult. Today, while no one’s going to call it easy, Novell and Microsoft have worked hard on ensuring interoperability doesn’t require either a Linux wizard or a Windows expert. READ MORE