Solidifying its software container stance, Microsoft has announced the "very first service of its kind in the cloud" called Azure Container Instances. A preview for Linux containers is now available.

Microsoft is adding another new Azure service to its roster -- one that will enable users to create and deploy containers without having to hassle with managing underlying virtual machines. This new ...

The “container as a service” lets you rapidly create and launch containerized applications, including from Kubernetes, without any overhead and with an easily scriptable set of commands Azure is ...