by Sujit D'Mello
April 3, 2014
At the Build 2014 conference, we introduced the new Microsoft Azure Preview portal and the new Basic tier of compute instances.
We also announced the general availability of the Web Sites Basic tier along with enhancements to the Web Sites Standard tier, Active Directory Premium, Scheduler, RA-GRS, Dynamic Routing Gateways and Point-to-Site, AutoScale, and Visual Studio Online.
In addition, Azure Automation public preview was announced and Azure Backup pricing was reduced
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode22.mp3
Links:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/preview-portal/
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/visual-studio-online/
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-how-to-scale/
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/automation/
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/backup/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx