While some are still scratching their heads about Windows 8 and its tablet-centric Metro UI push, with news Tuesday that Microsoft will Azure-ize its Windows Server software and make it white-label, one could argue that the operating system giant’s eye is on a different prize: a cloud OS with the reach of Windows on the desktop.
In a one-two punch — one to VMware and the other to Amazon — Microsoft announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference tools aimed at hosts using Windows Server that will let them brand their infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) clouds as their own.
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