Microsoft Open Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, just announced the launch of VM Depot, “a community-driven catalog of open source virtual machine images for Windows Azure.” Azure, ...

It's now a little easier to deploy open source software to Microsoft's cloud-based Windows Azure operating system. On Tuesday, Microsoft launched a preview of a community portal that houses prebuilt ...

A report published Monday by longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley cited several sources who said customers of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform will be able to run Linux servers on the ...

Microsoft has increased its commitment to open-source technologies recently and has a wide variety of Linux virtual machines (VMs) available for Azure users to deploy. In September, the company ...

June 7, 2012: That's the day Microsoft is expected to disclose a number of the latest features it is adding to its Windows Azure cloud platform. Likely to be on the disclosure docket are "Antares," ...