Here's why Azure Stack will only run on certain hardware

Microsoft made a divisive announcement last month when it revealed that Azure Stack will be delayed until the middle of next year and that the private cloud software will only run on a set of integrated hardware systems rather than a wide variety of hardware. 

Now, the company is trying to explain that change to customers. On Thursday, in a video interview, Microsoft Principal Group Program Manager Vijay Tewari made the case for shipping Azure Stack on a small variety of hardware. His main point was that constraining the software to a small set of hardware leads to a better product that's more useful right out of the gate.

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