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Microsoft Azure is an integrated collection of cloud platforms for building, managing and supporting applications and services. Solutions available cover hosting, backup, cloud computing, application development, e-commerce, monitoring, data analysis, and more. Microsoft Azure also includes a Content Delivery Network ( CDN ). Perhaps surprisingly, this isn't solely based around Microsoft's own edge servers, but also offers three plans using other CDN networks: Standard Akamai, Standard Verizon, and Premium Verizon. Want to try Microsoft Azure? Check out the website here One major benefit of using Azure is its integration with Microsoft technologies. You can quickly deploy it alongside other Azure storage, web apps or media services, for instance. The CDN can be managed from PowerShell or .NET, a big plus for many developers and sysadmins, as well as via a REST API and Node.js. Azure's Standard plan covers the basics: custom domain name support (cdn.mydomain.com), H...