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Can anybody explain me in layman terms what this means? I understand that Azure is Microsoft's Cloud Platform that provides services through which you can depl

by h43k3r 11y ago

Can anybody explain me in layman terms what this means? I understand that Azure is Microsoft's Cloud Platform that provides services through which you can deploy your application on cloud. Does this mean that you can run Azure on your own datacenter like Microsoft is doing currently?

BF179580656B 11y ago
I don't think so. Given how many types of customer's microsoft serves, I think it's a good move. Many of microsoft customer are old sensitive business of banking, healthcare which have tons of regulation and being able to use Azure in their own data center is a really help them modernize their software stack.
- minot 11y ago
  Moreover, I don't know how we could undercut Microsoft on price either. I mean Azure and all of Microsoft Cloud Services(being Microsoft) probably gets Microsoft Windows licenses and all the licenses for free of cost and people like Rack space would have to pay for the licenses... The only thing we could do is become better than Microsoft at reliability (hah!) and customer service (which there might be a shot at in the short term).
gvb 11y ago
Yes. Key phrases: "enterprise on-premise data center" and "private cloud solution for IT pros and makes it easier for developers to scale their apps across their existing data centers and then boost to the cloud if they need more capacity on short notice" (emphasis mine). The "Azure Stack" with those features apparently won't be available until 2016, however.
sunananth_MSFT 11y ago
I'm a product manager with Microsoft. With the Azure Stack, you can deploy your applications on your on-premises (private) cloud, just like you would do in Azure - you're essentially retargeting the app. Our ultimate goal is to empower maximum application agility. To enable the same deployment experience, Microsoft is bringing the same Azure portal, user experience framework, and underlying IaaS/PaaS APIs and services to your on-premises environments. We're also being thoughtful in which services we bring on-premises so that enterprise customers get maximum value. We want to enable our customers and partners to run Azure in their datacenter in a way that's appropriate to their business requirements. We understand that not everybody operates at the hyper-scale that Microsoft does - as such, we will translate Microsoft's cloud designs and bring them to customers so it's easy to consume while enhancing flexibility and security in datacenter operations.
- sunananth_MSFT 11y ago
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/azure-in-your-datacenter/ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/azure-i... - go hear to learn more about our vision.
- charlesnw 11y ago
  This is great news. Thank you very much for the explanation. Will I be able to "burst" from on premise into Azure in this model? I'm in the process of deploying cloudstack/Ubuntu MAAS now for my on premise (and generally longer duration deployment) needs and using Azure for when I need rapid setup/teardown or a large amount of capacity (on demand). If I could have one stack locally and in "the cloud", I would be VERY happy (especially if it's all tied in with AD, federated etc).
- deleted 11y ago
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- kordless 11y ago
  The cloud is the new OS. SaaS becomes MSaaS.
Sanddancer 11y ago
Yes. I have a housemate who is doing a rather interesting project with Azure at his workplace. Can't give any more real solid details than that, but Azure is essentially more open than AWS in the terms of giving the source of the special sauce it provides.
- danudey 11y ago
  Every implementation needs a differentiating factor. AWS is its flexibility and ridiculous amount of built-in functionality - message queues, databases, DNS, storage, map reduce, etc. Azure moving from one-click deploy to the cloud to one-click deploy to your own cloud is amazing. It's the primary appeal of OpenStack for me. The real question will be what will this take? If I have to put Windows Server 20xx on my hardware to run the fabric, I'm out.

by h43k3r 11y ago

BF179580656B 11y ago

I don't think so. Given how many types of customer's microsoft serves, I think it's a good move. Many of microsoft customer are old sensitive business of banking, healthcare which have tons of regulation and being able to use Azure in their own data center is a really help them modernize their software stack.

minot 11y ago
Moreover, I don't know how we could undercut Microsoft on price either. I mean Azure and all of Microsoft Cloud Services(being Microsoft) probably gets Microsoft Windows licenses and all the licenses for free of cost and people like Rack space would have to pay for the licenses... The only thing we could do is become better than Microsoft at reliability (hah!) and customer service (which there might be a shot at in the short term).

gvb 11y ago

Yes. Key phrases: "enterprise on-premise data center" and "private cloud solution for IT pros and makes it easier for developers to scale their apps across their existing data centers and then boost to the cloud if they need more capacity on short notice" (emphasis mine). The "Azure Stack" with those features apparently won't be available until 2016, however.

sunananth_MSFT 11y ago

I'm a product manager with Microsoft. With the Azure Stack, you can deploy your applications on your on-premises (private) cloud, just like you would do in Azure - you're essentially retargeting the app. Our ultimate goal is to empower maximum application agility. To enable the same deployment experience, Microsoft is bringing the same Azure portal, user experience framework, and underlying IaaS/PaaS APIs and services to your on-premises environments. We're also being thoughtful in which services we bring on-premises so that enterprise customers get maximum value. We want to enable our customers and partners to run Azure in their datacenter in a way that's appropriate to their business requirements. We understand that not everybody operates at the hyper-scale that Microsoft does - as such, we will translate Microsoft's cloud designs and bring them to customers so it's easy to consume while enhancing flexibility and security in datacenter operations.

sunananth_MSFT 11y ago
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/azure-in-your-datacenter/ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/azure-i... - go hear to learn more about our vision.
charlesnw 11y ago
This is great news. Thank you very much for the explanation. Will I be able to "burst" from on premise into Azure in this model? I'm in the process of deploying cloudstack/Ubuntu MAAS now for my on premise (and generally longer duration deployment) needs and using Azure for when I need rapid setup/teardown or a large amount of capacity (on demand). If I could have one stack locally and in "the cloud", I would be VERY happy (especially if it's all tied in with AD, federated etc).
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kordless 11y ago
The cloud is the new OS. SaaS becomes MSaaS.

Sanddancer 11y ago

Yes. I have a housemate who is doing a rather interesting project with Azure at his workplace. Can't give any more real solid details than that, but Azure is essentially more open than AWS in the terms of giving the source of the special sauce it provides.

danudey 11y ago
Every implementation needs a differentiating factor. AWS is its flexibility and ridiculous amount of built-in functionality - message queues, databases, DNS, storage, map reduce, etc. Azure moving from one-click deploy to the cloud to one-click deploy to your own cloud is amazing. It's the primary appeal of OpenStack for me. The real question will be what will this take? If I have to put Windows Server 20xx on my hardware to run the fabric, I'm out.