Microsoft has announced Azure networking improvements that will give IT staff more flexibility, and in the process help convince them to move more applications to the cloud.

The network often plays second fiddle to other parts of enterprise IT infrastructures, but its performance has always been key to keeping users happy. For cloud services, that’s truer than ever. The upgrades Microsoft announced this week at the Ignite conference promise to improve performance and control, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

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