Microsoft shows Windows Azure platform device

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft demonstrated Windows Azure Platform devices (Windows Azure Platform Appliance) at the Global Partner Conference (CSM Partner Conference) in Monday.

Windows Azure Platform devices consist of Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and Microsoft's designated network, storage, and server hardware configuration, and the hardware component will be provided by Microsoft partners. This is a cloud computing platform deployed on top of the data centers of users and service providers.

In Monday, Microsoft listed the main partners and partners for Windows Azure platform equipment, including Dell, EBay, HP and Fujitsu. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, Ballmer the role of partners in the keynote speech, saying that partners play a crucial role in moving to cloud computing.

For large enterprises and service providers, deploying Windows Azure platform devices on their data centers will connect to the various cloud computing services offered by Microsoft and can be effectively controlled in several ways.

In addition, Bob Muglia, president of the Microsoft Server and Business Tools division, also released more information about the Dallas project, Bob Muglia. Dallas is a data exchange and sharing platform provided by Microsoft, allowing data providers to provide APIs (application interfaces) through the Dallas platform, allowing data consumers to manipulate data in OData protocols.

Finally, Tami Riller, vice president of Windows Business Unit Tami Reller, released the Windows 7 SP1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta, and the second public beta version of Windows Intune.