Summary: Microsoft is prepping Azure Stack for an official launch later this year with the third and final technical preview. New features include infrastructure and security enhancements as well as the ability to run in locations without connections to Azure. Microsoft also introduced a different pricing model, with no upfront licensing fees and usage-based pricing. Azure Stack will enable companies to run Azure cloud infrastructure services in their own data centres. It is a crucial piece for hosters and service providers that hope to deliver a hybrid value proposition to end users that will not be betting all-in on the cloud, but can take advantage where it and when it makes sense.
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