AUSTIN, TX—November 16, 2022—WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress platform*, today announced the launch of its managed WordPress platform on Microsoft Azure. Companies who prefer Microsoft can choose Azure to build and scale their WordPress experience on WP Engine to meet advanced IT and technology requirements for scaled performance and certified security for enterprise and SMB businesses. . The WP Engine platform is now available on Azure for all businesses in the US and the Netherlands, with plans to expand to other regions in 2023 to serve more global customers.
WP Engine Chairman and CEO Heather Brunner said: “We are proud to work with Microsoft to power the Microsoft Stories site. Her WP Engine powered by Azure now makes her 7x faster.”
Grow your multicloud story with Microsoft Azure
WP Engine’s relationship with Microsoft began in 2018 when Microsoft chose to power WP Engine. Microsoft Stories The website—the source of news, events, press materials, feature articles, and consumed by a large global readership—is the WP Engine platform.
In 2021, combined with increased demand for content and streamlined internal web processes, the Microsoft and WP Engine teams worked together to fully integrate WP Engine’s platform into Microsoft Azure.
“WP Engine on Azure paves the way for our partners and customers to publish their own WordPress sites at scale,” said Sean McKenna, product director for Microsoft’s Azure Kubernetes Service. “The integration of the WP Engine platform with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) creates a powerful software solution that natively supports dynamic websites built on WordPress.”
Drive WordPress adoption
WP Engine’s platform innovations are driving WordPress adoption on the world’s most mission-critical, high-traffic sites, being the fastest of all WordPress providers and currently serving 1.5 million digital experiences. Many of the world’s top 200,000 visited sites use WP Engine, powering more digital experiences than anyone else on WordPress. WP Engine’s customers include prominent brands such as B&G Foods, Sealy, Fullerton Fund Management, Invest Puerto Rico, Markant and eBay, as well as Microsoft’s own WordPress property.
Containerized solution for WordPress customers
WP Engine’s new service brings the latest platform technology to Microsoft Azure, further maximizing enterprise-grade performance, reliability, and security. This solution uses Kubernetes for containers. This allows an engineer to port the platform to his AKS without any core changes to the code.
Ramadass Prabhakar, SVP and CTO at WP Engine, said: “This modern design approach is an example of how containers can be leveraged to build a portable architecture.”
For developers, information technology professionals, or marketers who want to build and scale modern websites with WordPress, this new service combines the agility and speed of the WP Engine platform with the global reach of Azure for Provides the ideal WordPress experience.
About WP Engine
WP Engine, a WordPress technology company, offers Managed WordPress Hosting, Enterprise WordPress, Headless WordPress, Flywheel, local, Advanced custom fields When GenesisWP Engine’s innovation and award-winning WordPress experts power over 1 million customers in 150 countries.
*W3Tech data shows WP Engine as the top managed WordPress hosting platform. https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/web_hosting
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