Overview
- The partnership announced Monday links Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services through Azure Multicloud Interconnect for AWS and joins Azure to AWS Interconnect – multicloud, which already connects Google Cloud and OCI.
- The offering includes enterprise features cited by both companies: MACsec encryption, four independent logical paths for resiliency targeting 99.99% availability, and support for up to 100 Gbps at general availability.
- Customers can set up private, point‑to‑point connections in minutes using the AWS Management Console or Azure portal, replacing multi‑week physical provisioning and manual coordination across vendors.
- AWS published an Open API specification on GitHub and uses a single‑fee, bandwidth/geography pricing model that includes one free 500 Mbps local interconnect per region, encouraging broader industry adoption.
- The service is in preview across a small number of regions now and could ease multicloud operations for enterprises, change how carriers and network providers sell last‑mile services, and prompt wider standardization if more providers adopt the open spec.