{"id":1337,"date":"2012-06-07T19:21:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2012-06-07T19:21:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:21:25","slug":"new-windows-azure-services-to-compete-against-amazon-ec2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/06\/07\/new-windows-azure-services-to-compete-against-amazon-ec2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Windows Azure Services to compete against Amazon EC2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/windows-azure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1338 colorbox-1337\" title=\"windows-azure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/windows-azure.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will also add support for new operating systems (Linux), release new language libraries for .NET, Java, PHP, and Node.js, and will make Windows Azure available in new geographies. some of the highlights:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Windows Azure Virtual Machines<\/strong>\u2014 Virtual Machines give you application mobility, allowing you to move your virtual hard disks (VHDs) back and forth between on-premises and the cloud. Migrate existing workloads such as Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SharePoint to the cloud, bring your own customized Windows Server or Linux images, or select from a gallery. As a common virtualization file format, VHD has been adopted by hundreds of vendors and is a freely available specification covered under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windows Azure Virtual Network<\/strong>\u2014 Virtual Network lets you provision and manage virtual private networks (VPNs) in Windows Azure as well as securely extend on-premises networks into the cloud. 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Additionally, the SDK now provides 100% command line support for both Windows and Mac.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Availability in New Countries<\/strong>\u2014 Availability of Windows Azure is being expanded to customers in 48 new countries, including Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, and Ukraine. 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