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Microsoft Azure had already (Edit: actually three) datacentres in India: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/

Microsoft Azure had already (Edit: actually three) datacentres in India: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/ This completely confirms the region as a technological hub moving forward.

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shiftpgdn 10y ago
Slightly OT but Azure is such a better product than AWS. I was really skeptical because Microsoft has a legacy of doing an absolute shit job at all their copycat products. I happened into some credit and gave it a try during some downtime and was extremely pleasantly surprised. It's as if somebody applied a 2016 interface and usability to AWS.
- cglace 10y ago
  Are you kidding me? I find azures interface to be completely horrible. AWS interface isn't great but azures interface is no better. GCE on the other hand has a very nice interface.
  - tychuz 10y ago
    New redesign is atrocious, but I really liked their old design.
  - poooogles 10y ago
    GCE has an interface that is painfully slow at times though. It's a complete slouch compared to the speed of the AWS interface.
- sargun 10y ago
  Have you tried to leverage Azure IaaS, or Azure Blob at any scale?
- _nedR 10y ago
  Their third-party mysql db offerings are atrocious, price-wise.
- skywhopper 10y ago
  It seems you are just talking about the UI of the web interface to the services. I agree this is an important feature that AWS doesn't do so well with. But in the end it's also has pretty much nothing to do with the underlying functionality of the services themselves.
  - shiftpgdn 10y ago
    My use case (VDI) might be slightly different than a lot of others but it's not just the UI.
- stoic 10y ago
  I think this might be a case of "beauty in the eye of the beer holder". Azure's web UI (both the old one and the new one) is an abomination of the sort I've come to expect from MSFT design teams.
velodrome 10y ago
Microsoft Azure had already (Edit: actually three) datacentres in India: India is Microsoft tech heavy (things change though). Funny story. A few years back, I got a call from one of their Azure BizDev reps. I told them I was happy they supported Linux and the guy wanted to hang up so fast...lol!
discodave 10y ago
Point of fact: An AWS region is actually more than one DC. Mumbai has two availability zones which implies at least two DCs. Also, Azure India regions are not generally available: "The India regions are available to volume licensing customers and partners with a local enrollment in India. The India regions will open to direct online Azure subscriptions in 2016."

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shiftpgdn 10y ago

Slightly OT but Azure is such a better product than AWS. I was really skeptical because Microsoft has a legacy of doing an absolute shit job at all their copycat products. I happened into some credit and gave it a try during some downtime and was extremely pleasantly surprised. It's as if somebody applied a 2016 interface and usability to AWS.

cglace 10y ago
Are you kidding me? I find azures interface to be completely horrible. AWS interface isn't great but azures interface is no better. GCE on the other hand has a very nice interface.
- tychuz 10y ago
  New redesign is atrocious, but I really liked their old design.
- poooogles 10y ago
  GCE has an interface that is painfully slow at times though. It's a complete slouch compared to the speed of the AWS interface.
sargun 10y ago
Have you tried to leverage Azure IaaS, or Azure Blob at any scale?
_nedR 10y ago
Their third-party mysql db offerings are atrocious, price-wise.
skywhopper 10y ago
It seems you are just talking about the UI of the web interface to the services. I agree this is an important feature that AWS doesn't do so well with. But in the end it's also has pretty much nothing to do with the underlying functionality of the services themselves.
- shiftpgdn 10y ago
  My use case (VDI) might be slightly different than a lot of others but it's not just the UI.
stoic 10y ago
I think this might be a case of "beauty in the eye of the beer holder". Azure's web UI (both the old one and the new one) is an abomination of the sort I've come to expect from MSFT design teams.

velodrome 10y ago

Microsoft Azure had already (Edit: actually three) datacentres in India: India is Microsoft tech heavy (things change though). Funny story. A few years back, I got a call from one of their Azure BizDev reps. I told them I was happy they supported Linux and the guy wanted to hang up so fast...lol!

discodave 10y ago

Point of fact: An AWS region is actually more than one DC. Mumbai has two availability zones which implies at least two DCs. Also, Azure India regions are not generally available: "The India regions are available to volume licensing customers and partners with a local enrollment in India. The India regions will open to direct online Azure subscriptions in 2016."