Microsoft announced a new App Service for its Azure cloud platform today that gives developers a one-stop shop for services that help them build different kinds of cloud-backed apps. The service ...

The App Service now offers a Pv3 service tier to provide enterprises with an additional new series of memory-optimized P*mv3 plans, designated as P1mv3, P2mv3, P3mv3, and so forth.

Similar to the existing service, though, Azure’s new API Apps will allow developers to find, host and manage APIs from the likes of Zendesk, Office 365, SAP, Siebel and Oracle.

Two cloud development services -- Azure Functions and Azure App Service -- are now available on Azure Stack, which brings cloud functionality to on-premises implementations. Azure Stack extends the ...