Microsoft Azure: service milestones and worldwide expansion (2010–2020)

1. Windows Azure reaches general availability

   Feb 1, 2010Labels: Windows Azure, SQL Azure

   • Microsoft Blog

2. Azure adds websites and virtual machines preview

   Jun 1, 2012Labels: Web Sites, Virtual Machines

   • Azure Wiki

3. Azure Virtual Machines becomes generally available

   Apr 16, 2013Labels: Azure Virtual

   • PCQuest

4. Japan East and Japan West regions go live

   Feb 25, 2014Labels: Japan East, Japan West

   • Microsoft Blog

5. Windows Azure rebrands to Microsoft Azure

   Mar 25, 2014Labels: Microsoft Azure

   • Azure Blog

6. Azure becomes generally available in China via 21Vianet

   Mar 26, 2014Labels: 21Vianet, Azure China

   • Microsoft Blog

7. Azure Brazil South datacenter opens

   Jun 9, 2014Labels: Brazil South

   • DCD

8. Azure Australia regions become generally available

   Oct 26, 2014Labels: Australia East, Australia Southeast

   • Microsoft AU

9. India cloud regions marked one-year milestone after September 2015 launch

   Sep 1, 2015Labels: India regions

   • Azure Blog

10. Microsoft announces new Germany cloud regions with data trustee model

    Nov 11, 2015Labels: Germany regions, data trustee

    • MS Europe

11. Azure launches Cosmos DB as globally distributed database service

    May 17, 2017Labels: Azure Cosmos

    • Azure Blog

12. Azure previews AKS managed Kubernetes service

    Oct 24, 2017Labels: Azure AKS, Kubernetes

    • Azure Blog

13. Azure Availability Zones become generally available in first regions

    Mar 30, 2018Labels: Availability Zones

    • TechCrunch

14. Worldwide footprint highlighted at 10-year mark

    Feb 1, 2020Labels: Azure global

    • Forbes