- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) releases a roadmap for the Microsoft Teams setup that will replace Skype for Business within Office 365.
- Microsoft Teams will gain the core Skype for Business features in 2Q18 including messaging, meeting rooms, voice line calling, and transcripts.
- The company also launches the beta version of Azure Container Service today.
- Azure Container Service lets companies run cloud-hosted Kubernetes, a popular open source management system for container apps.
- Microsoft offers discount Kubernetes pricing compared to Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) because it only charges for used compute capacity.
- Earlier this year, Microsoft acquired the Kubernetes management start-up Deis.
- In Q2, Microsoft Azure was second in the cloud infrastructure services market with a 13.8% market share, according to Canalys data. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services took first with a 30.3% share, and Google came third with a 5.9% share.
- Previously: Microsoft announces updates to enterprise software, machine learning, and cloud (Sept. 25)
- Previously: AWS moves one step closer to Kubernetes support (Aug. 9)
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