Since Microsoft first announced Microsoft Azure in 2008, originally codenamed, Red Dog; the cloud-centric platform has grown into one of Microsoft’s billion dollar businesses. For users familiar with cloud computing, Azure and Amazon Web Services are key players in this industry. As a desktop user, what are the benefits of Azure, is there anything in it I could utilize? Since its inception, Microsoft has targeted Azure mostly to large enterprise customers and IT Professionals who prefer acquiring computing as a utility.