August 21, 2013
Enabling modern apps with the Windows Azure Pack

Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Windows Server and System Center Brad Anderson continued his “What’s New in 2012 R2” series of blog posts this week with a thorough exploration of the Windows Azure Pack, message queuing and a number of innovations to support multi-tier application scenarios.

August 13, 2013
Windows Azure updates boost push notifications, high-availability in the cloud

The lives of mobile and enterprise developers who use Windows Azure became a little sweeter on Tuesday, when Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Azure Notification Hubs and support for SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group Listeners. The updates will reduce development time and costs for building mobile applications, and help enterprise developers deliver high availability and global business continuity.