There is a simple way to answer that, Microsoft has “lots” to offer in the cloud, arguably a more complete and coherent set of products than anyone else but then I would say that I’m an employee.
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Throughout the rest of this article I’ll outline what we mean by cloud and how we think about it and provide a window into each of these technologies.
Taken from <http://blogs.technet.com/b/simonmay/archive/2011/03/25/what-does-microsoft-have-to-offer-in-the-cloud.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0>