diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptest.py b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
index f50b64a..ba1442f 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ have['cython'] = test_for('Cython')
 have['oct2py'] = test_for('oct2py')
 have['tornado'] = test_for('tornado.version_info', (3,1,0), callback=None)
 have['jinja2'] = test_for('jinja2')
-have['azure'] = test_for('azure')
 have['requests'] = test_for('requests')
 have['sphinx'] = test_for('sphinx')
 have['casperjs'] = is_cmd_found('casperjs')
@@ -278,8 +277,6 @@ sec.exclude('static')
 sec.exclude('fabfile')
 if not have['jinja2']:
     sec.exclude('notebookapp')
-if not have['azure']:
-    sec.exclude('services.notebooks.azurenbmanager')
 if not have['pygments'] or not have['jinja2']:
     sec.exclude('nbconvert')
 
diff --git a/docs/autogen_api.py b/docs/autogen_api.py
index 18d5a25..7899d3c 100755
--- a/docs/autogen_api.py
+++ b/docs/autogen_api.py
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                         r'\.utils\.py3compat',
                                         ]
     
-    # We're rarely working on machines with the Azure SDK installed, so we
-    # skip the module that needs it in that case.
-    try:
-        import azure  # analysis:ignore
-    except ImportError:
-        docwriter.module_skip_patterns.append(r'\.html\.services\.notebooks\.azurenbmanager')
-
     # Now, generate the outputs
     docwriter.write_api_docs(outdir)
     # Write index with .txt extension - we can include it, but Sphinx won't try
diff --git a/docs/source/interactive/public_server.rst b/docs/source/interactive/public_server.rst
index 7382a0a..196d185 100644
--- a/docs/source/interactive/public_server.rst
+++ b/docs/source/interactive/public_server.rst
@@ -135,21 +135,6 @@ files in the working directory of the notebook server, also known as the
 use a different notebook manager class, which can 
 store the notebooks in a different format. 
 
-Currently, we ship a :class:`AzureNotebookManager` class that stores notebooks 
-in Azure blob storage. This can be used by adding the following lines to your 
-``ipython_notebook_config.py`` file::
-
-    c.NotebookApp.notebook_manager_class = 
-    'IPython.html.services.notebooks.azurenbmanager.AzureNotebookManager'
-    c.AzureNotebookManager.account_name = u'paste_your_account_name_here'
-    c.AzureNotebookManager.account_key = u'paste_your_account_key_here'
-    c.AzureNotebookManager.container = u'notebooks'
-
-In addition to providing your Azure Blob Storage account name and key, you 
-will have to provide a container name; you can use multiple containers to 
-organize your notebooks.
-
-
 Known issues
 ------------