--- title: Why MyGet uses Windows Azure | daily.dev description: The author of MyGet, a NuGet package hosting service, explains why they chose Windows Azure despite pushback that it's only useful for scalability. Key reasons... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-myget-uses-windows-azure-vdzfoy5ww twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why MyGet uses Windows Azure | daily.dev og:description: The author of MyGet, a NuGet package hosting service, explains why they chose Windows Azure despite pushback that it's only useful for scalability. Key reasons... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-myget-uses-windows-azure-vdzfoy5ww og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VDZFoY5ww.png og:image:alt: Why MyGet uses Windows Azure og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why MyGet uses Windows Azure **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The author of MyGet, a NuGet package hosting service, explains why they chose Windows Azure despite pushback that it's only useful for scalability. Key reasons include cost-effectiveness (two globally distributed instances for $180/month), Traffic Manager for geo-distribution and datacenter failover, Azure CDN for fast package downloads, and AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) for managing authentication across multiple tenants and identity providers. The piece also notes current pain points like lack of storage georeplication and the possibility of adopting AppFabric Caching or Memcached for distributed caching. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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