Azure Edge Zones will enable a new era of 5G applications

Microsoft has announced its new Azure Edge Zones service, which enables customers to use edge computing to connect to existing Azure ‘services’, opening up a new era of 5G use cases, especially in the areas of online gaming, remote meetings and events, and smart infrastructure.Microsoft is hoping to take advantage of the low-latency and speed of 5G by enabling local data processing at the edge of the network, whilst working in tandem with distributed applications across cloud, or on-premises. And with Azure Edge Zones, customers will also get consistency across the user experience, via Azure Portal, APIs, and Microsoft’s security tools.