Microsoft migrates ‘Minecraft’ from Amazon Web Services to its own Azure Since 2014, developer Mojang had used AWS servers for Minecraft Realms.

After years of relying on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host their private servers, Minecraft is migrating to Microsoft's Azure platform.

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The best Minecraft servers on Java and Bedrock can be hard to find, so we've dug them out for you, alongside instructions on how to host your own if you prefer to.