Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010

16.17. Disadvantages

Here is a summary of the main disadvantages of Windows Azure and cloud computing:

• Cloud computing has many potential security issues that may make it unsuitable for some applications. You can obviously not be sure who has access to data and cannot ensure true deletion.

• There are governance/data protection issues with data being held around the world. Microsoft will in the future allow you to specify the hosting location.

• There is poor debugging and logging support for deployed applications.

• It is untested compared to Google and Amazon's offerings.

• You have less control.

• Pricing could and likely will change over years.

• How are you going to import large amounts of data?

• You're locked in to a vendor. Although unlikely, Microsoft could ...