| Strategic relationship | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| Strategic relationship | Microsoft Corporation |
| Start Date | 1999-09-00 |
| Goods | In September 1999, Microsoft and Akamai formed a strategic relationship to incorporate Windows Media technology in Akamai's FreeFlow service, as well as to facilitate the porting of the FreeFlow product to the Windows platform; this relationship exists to this day.[49] Microsoft Azure offers Akamai (along with Verizon) as options for its "standard" CDN service.[50] |