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Microsoft’s Azure Renaming Suggests It Doesn’t (Always) Do Windows

Microsoft looks likely to step away from its all-Windows-all-the-time branding strategy by renaming its Windows Azure cloud service to “Microsoft Azure,” ZDnet’s Mary Jo Foley reports. The move, which Microsoft is likely to announce at its Build developers conference next week, is part of a broader shift under new CEO Satya Nadella away from tying major Microsoft products to Windows.

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