Announcing Azure App Service
Microsoft has released Azure App Service, a new cloud service that lets developers build web and mobile apps for any platform and any device. It's basically a set of building blocks that a developer can choose from to quickly create an application and even integrate it easily with other cloud solutions or on premises systems.
Check out the announcement on the Azure blog: https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/24/announcing-azure-app-service/
If you have an idea for an app, check out this page that lets you get started right away for free: https://tryappservice.azure.com/