WP Engine (opens in new tab) has launched its managed WordPress platform (opens in new tab) on Microsoft Azure (opens in new tab) for corporations preferring Microsoft.

Accessible now, companies within the US and the Netherlands can select Azure to construct and scale WordPress web sites with WP Engine.

WP Engine says it plans to increase into different areas all through 2023 for a extra world attain on the cloud internet hosting (opens in new tab) platform.

WP Engine on Microsoft Azure 

The brand new answer makes use of Kubernetes for containers, which permits engineers to port the platform to AKS with out making core modifications to code. 

“Working with Microsoft on an Azure-based providing helps us ship on our promise to be the world’s most trusted WordPress platform for companies all over the world,” stated WP Engine Chairwoman and CEO Heather Brunner. 

“We’re proud to collaborate with Microsoft in powering their Microsoft Tales web site, now 7X sooner with WP Engine powered by Azure.” 

WP Engine says that the providing combines the agility of its WordPress internet hosting (opens in new tab)platform with the worldwide attain of Microsoft Azure. It additionally confirmed that the answer affords “licensed” safety for enterprise and SMB companies.

“WP Engine on Azure paves the way in which for Microsoft companions and prospects to publish their very own WordPress websites at scale,” stated Sean McKenna, Director of Product, Azure Kubernetes Service at Microsoft. 

“The WP Engine platform integration with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) creates a robust software program answer that natively helps dynamic web sites constructed on WordPress.” 

WP Engine gives managed WordPress internet hosting, enterprise WordPress, headless WordPress, Flywheel, Native, Superior Customized Fields, and Genesis.

“Wrapping WordPress parts in containers makes it simpler for groups to make use of, handle and deploy purposes anyplace,” stated Ramadass Prabhakar, SVP and chief know-how officer at WP Engine. 

“This contemporary design strategy is an instance of how containers could be leveraged to construct a transportable structure.”

WP Engine started working with Microsoft in 2018 when Microsoft selected the WordPress platform to energy its Microsoft Tales web site.

In 2021, WP Engine and Microsoft Azure collaborated once more as a rise in content material demand and the streaming of in-house net processes led each corporations to totally combine its platforms.

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