Microsoft Azure offers a suite of cloud computing services with a competitive pay-as-you-go pricing model. Some services can even be used for free.

Microsoft's Azure platform outperformed expectations with $75 billion in annual sales, thanks to strategic AI investments.

Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing business reported impressive growth, surpassing expectations with annual sales exceeding ...

Beyond the headline numbers, investors focus heavily on growth for Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing business — and that came up short this time around. Microsoft reported 31% growth for Azure ...

Key Points Amazon and Microsoft are the two largest cloud computing companies. Microsoft Azure has been growing more quickly, but a strained relationship with OpenAI leaves some questions.

Key Points Microsoft expanded its cloud business over the past decade. Azure's growth is accelerating in a tough market. It's still a balanced play on the expansion of the cloud and AI markets.

Hardware-backed confidential computing in Microsoft Azure now includes protected environments for VMs, containers, and GPUs, without the need to write specialized code.

Microsoft's corporate offices in New York City. The company announced the addition of hybrid quantum computing in its Azure cloud. Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images ...

Amazon and Microsoft are the two largest cloud computing companies. Microsoft Azure has been growing more quickly, but a strained relationship with OpenAI leaves some questions. Amazon's AWS ...