Introducing the Windows Azure Platform Appliance

At WPC, Bob Muglia announced an exciting new addition the Windows Azure platform, called the Windows Azure Platform Appliance.  When the appliance is released for broader availability, it will allow partners and large customers to host their own dedicated versions of Windows Azure and SQL Azure.  For developers, this means that your Windows Azure applications can be hosted on-premises, in a partner’s data center, or in the public cloud without change.

@ Channel9 - Link to Steve Marx and Ryan Dunn initial overview of the feature:

https://channel9.msdn.com/posts/dunnry/Introducing-the-Windows-Azure-Platform-Appliance/

@ Windows Azure Team Blog’s Post: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2010/07/12/just-announced-at-wpc-the-windows-azure-platform-appliance.aspx

@ Azure.com:  https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/appliance/

Enjoy,

Patrick

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 22, 2010
  Patrick,  Do you forsee the appliacnce supporting on-site HPC functions?  Perhaps even a hybrid cloud solution?  I am dreaming up images of a few hundred local HPC nodes that can burst up to a thousand on-demand......  am I dreaming or seeing the future?   - Clay