Microsoft has steadily improved Azure and today not much separates the core cloud experience provided by the major cloud providers—Amazon, Google and Microsoft. The cloud providers seem to agree and seek to differentiate themselves in other areas such as features, services and cost structure. Microsoft is the provider who shows real interest in the legal requirements of European companies. They’ve a nuanced and plausible strategy, including unique offerings such as Azure Germany and Azure Stack, which gives some certainty to European companies in anticipation of the GDPR and possible legislative changes in the United States.

Microsoft has steadily improved Azure and today not much separates the core cloud experience provided by the major cloud providers – Amazon, Google and Microsoft. The cloud providers seem to agree and seek to differentiate themselves in other areas such as features, services and cost structure. Microsoft is the provider who shows real interest in the legal requirements of European companies. They’ve a nuanced and plausible strategy, including unique offerings such as Azure Germany and Azure Stack, which gives some certainty to European companies in anticipation of the GDPR and possible legislative changes in the United States.