With the help of local partner 21Vianet, the two new Azure Zones will be complementary to Microsoft's existing two regions in China.
In 2014, Microsoft launched its first Azure area in China, the first company to offer international cloud services in China.
Microsoft's business in China is growing rapidly, and the Chinese market clearly has a demand for its services. Not surprisingly, many of Microsoft's customers in China are other multinational companies that have bet on the Azure cloud strategy. These companies include Adobe. , Coca Cola, Costco, Daimler, Ford, Nuance, Procter & Gamble, Toyota and BMW.
In addition to adding Azure regions in China, Microsoft also introduced a new Availability Zone in the Netherlands. The Availability Zone divides a region into multiple independent regions.
At the same time, Microsoft announced that its IoT device cloud solution, Azure IoT Edge, is now fully available. In addition, Microsoft also announced the launch of the second-generation Azure Data Lake storage service, which is currently in preview.