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After AWS and Google, Microsoft says it’s removing Azure ‘egress’ data transfer fees — but with caveats

Microsoft will allow businesses to transfer data out of Azure with no "egress fees" attached, following similar moves by AWS and Google.

While Microsoft positions the announcement as a voluntary pro-customer move, the fact that it was quietly revealed with little fanfare via a short blog post might suggest ulterior motives. So a business wishing to adopt a multi- or hybrid-cloud approach that includes Azure, will still have to pay egress fees once they’ve used up their 100GB monthly allowance. “There is no flexibility here to support the multi-cloud needs of modern businesses,” Mark Boost, CEO of U.K.-based cloud computing services company Civo, explained to TechCrunch.

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