In comparing Microsoft Azure vs. AWS, partners told CRN that the Azure cloud platform offers unique cloud services and hybrid cloud capabilities from the AWS cloud.
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform sales soared as the tech giant’s total revenue hit a record US$41.7 billion for its most recent quarter, up 19 percent from a year ago.
The No. 2 cloud provider reported Azure sales were up 50 percent year over year as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to force organizations into digital transformation mode.
“We are building Azure to address organizations‘ needs in a multi-cloud, multi-edge world,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a Tuesday call with analysts.
Microsoft’s commercial cloud which includes Office 365 Commercial, Azure, LinkedIn’s commercial business, Dynamics 365 and other commercial cloud properties generated US$17.7 billion in revenue for the quarter, up 33 percent year over year.
6 New Microsoft Product Previews Launching In April
Microsoft is debuting a range of product previews in April including new capabilities for Teams, Dynamics 365, Azure Active Directory and Viva. By Wade Tyler Millward April 01, 2021, 04:24 PM EDT
New Microsoft Product Previews
Microsoft is unveiling a slew of previews for new products and features this month that channel partners should know about. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant’s April releases include more supply chain and marketing capabilities for Dynamics 365 users, along with more integrations between Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Teams collaboration app. Microsoft is also previewing updates for industry-focused clouds, the Viva employee engagement platform and Teams.
Microsoft Teams Updates Add ‘Sorely Missing’ Features: Partners
Updates such as enhanced webinar functionality and moderator controls, along with a number of integrations with other Microsoft products, should increase the usefulness of Teams for customers ultimately helping to fuel services opportunities, solution providers told CRN. By Wade Tyler Millward March 11, 2021, 04:29 PM EST
Solution providers applauded the latest updates announced for the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform, saying that new features and integrations should make the widely used app even more relevant to users.
Microsoft announced an array of updates for Teams during the company’s recent Ignite 2021 conference for IT professionals, which was held online.
Partners: Demand For Cloud Services Is ‘Up Significantly’ For 2021
Solution providers that partner with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud tell CRN that they are expecting major growth in their cloud services businesses this year as agility and rapid scalability become a greater necessity for many customers. By Kyle Alspach, Wade Tyler Millward February 26, 2021, 01:45 PM EST
Accelerating demand for cloud services is expected to generate significant growth in the category for 2021 overall, as more customers turn to the cloud to help guard against uncertainties in their businesses, solution provider executives told CRN.
A growing number of customers have decided that the timing is right for transitioning to the cloud as some of the cloud’s long-touted benefits, such as agility and scalability, become a greater business necessity than in the past, the executives said.