Azure in Pictures - VMs, Cloud Services, Web Sites


From Bill Staples TechEd 2012 presentation on Windows Azure Web Sites -

VMs, Cloud Services, Web Sites in perspective

Related: Windows Azure Websites, Web Roles, and VMs: When to use which?

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