Microsoft Launches Azure Australia Server

According to the latest news, Microsoft executives said that Microsoft finally announced its Azure cloud computing platform in Australia, using two facilities. Customers in Australia will be using the Azure platform for the first time in local data centers in Sydney and Melbourne. Microsoft’s general manager, Pipmaro, announced the news today at the TechEd conference in Sydney. The company declined to give specific details, but Australians reported that data center providers in April will next host Azure in Australia.
Last week SAS stated that it does not encourage customers to use the Azure platform as its cloud technology. A large part of its cloud product portfolio is running on Amazon Web Services's cloud computing infrastructure, but not on Azure. But we want customers to run on Azure. At present, Microsoft Azure's computing instances do not have enough memory or core counts to support typical SAS workloads. We recommend that customers stay away from Azure until they have sufficient computing power and real value.