Defence Commits to Five More Years of Azure Worth $495m

Defence commits to five more years of Azure worth $495m

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Defence signs five year, $500m Microsoft Azure contract

Defence will spend at least $100 million a year for the next five years on Microsoft Azure under a new cloud deal that deepens tech giant's ties with the department for protected-level data. The bumper contract, signed through the whole-of-government sourcing agreement with exclusive licence reseller Data#3, is the US tech giant's largest ever deal with Defence, dwarfing all of its previous deals. It follows a series of smaller contracts with Mi…