Windows Server on Azure
Trusted cloud platform for your Windows Server workloads
Run your business-critical workloads with hybrid cloud agility and advanced security.
OVERVIEW
Migrate Windows Server workloads to Azure
- Protect your Windows Server workloads with multilayered, built-in security.
- Maximize your Windows Server investments with Azure Hybrid Benefit and free Extended Security Updates.
BENEFITS
Secure, adapt, and innovate
Cloud agility anywhere
Unify and manage your servers across hybrid, multicloud, and on-premises environments with Azure Arc.
Enhanced security
Boost security with advanced threat protection, simplified updates, and new server message block (SMB) features.
Scale, performance, and efficiency
Get a protected, highly scalable virtualized infrastructure with Azure Virtual Machines.
Security
Embedded security and compliance
34,000
Full-time equivalent engineers dedicated to security initiatives at Microsoft.
15,000
Partners with specialized security expertise.
>100
Compliance certifications, including over 50 specific to global regions and countries.
PRICING
Reduce costs with Windows Server virtual machines
Reduce your monthly consumption pricing on Azure when applying the Azure Hybrid Benefit discounted rate for Windows Server and SQL Server. Maximize your Azure savings by purchasing your compute resources in advance with reservation pricing.