Talk:Microsoft Azure

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Confirmed source?

Is there an official or confirmed source that supports the new OS system? Or has Microsoft already said something about Cloud? 71.106.120.87 (talk) 00:52, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Announcment Date Incorrect

It says it was announced Oct. 27, it is only the 13. Perhaps it meant September? Acid 1 (talk) 07:31, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cloud isn't 7?

This, from 2nd Oct, "Steve Ballmer was in London at a software conference, where he said Microsoft will officially announce Windows 7, now called Windows Cloud, at the end of October. The official name for the new Windows operating system, as well as other details, will be announced at Microsoft’s annual developer conference in Los Angeles between October 27th through the 30th.". 86.144.105.78 (talk) 21:20, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's wrong; 7 and cloud are two totally different things. --Blowdart | ^talk 23:33, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Move removed

I removed the move request after I moved the article to it's official name. --Blowdart | ^talk 21:18, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The Microsoft Windows article says that Cloud is a codename and that Strata is the current name. Georgia guy (talk) 15:01, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Unfortunately there hasn't been an announcement either way as yet; in fact the Microsoft Windows article makes no mention of cloud being a codename at all; the only reference to Strata at all is in a product name column with a citation that's basically a news blog. --Blowdart | ^talk 15:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. According to the reference at Microsoft Windows [1], "there is no official confirmation that Windows Strata is actually the Windows Cloud that Ballmer mentioned". Best to leave the page here until the announcements are made (which will be before this move request expires, anyway!) 81.98.251.134 (talk) 15:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; based on the above source, it appears that cloud is a standalone operating system (or something), not a codename. RockManQ ^(talk) 03:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Just FYI Azure is the official name.^[1]^[2] Lord Procyon (talk) 20:45, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A Service Platform, not OS

Microsoft's website notes that this isn't an operating system, but a comparable service platform, for creating SaaS, to AWS or Google App Engine.

"The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers"

Emphasis added.

http://www.microsoft.com/azure/whatisazure.mspx

--220.232.210.142 (talk) 03:27, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From that same page: "Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system..." Emphasis added. Where does it say that it isn't an operating system? - Josh (talk | contribs) 03:34, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed; there's a common confusion here already; Azure (the OS) hosts the Azure Services Platform. So I've removed that redirect; cleaned out the bits that talk about the platform and hopefully the article will stand alone now. --Blowdart | ^talk 09:29, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Windows Azure and Azure Services Platform are different. Windows Azure is the OS that powers the datacenter/s (cloud) that host the Azure Services Platform (Windows Azure + Live Services, SQL Services, .NET Services, CRM Services and SharePoint Services running on top of Windows Azure inside the datacenter). There is an important distinction between the two, but because they are named so similarly is the cause of the confusion.

Improper writing

The current first sentence of this article, at a minimum, is lifted verbatim out of Microsoft documentation. I'm not sure what else in this article is compromised. Aside from the obvious problem of plagiarism, the use of corporate text makes me wonder about the reliability of the information that is presented. Someone who knows more about Azure should take a close look. Nojamus (talk) 01:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.microsoft.com/azure/windowsazure.mspx

[2] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7693993.stm

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