Citing a lack of customer interest, Microsoft said it's closing down its six-year-old Azure DataMarket, a place where developers could access data services to power apps and analytic projects.

OData is a Web protocol for querying and updating data. Microsoft includes it in the DataMarket on Microsoft’s Windows Azure Marketplace.

Portal to buy, sell data services has launched as DataMarket; plus, SQL Azure Services adds reporting in the cloud.

Learn how to publish data in the Windows Azure Marketplace for a monthly income with just a few hours effort.