Content for the Microsoft Azure Readiness Kit DevCamps has been recently updated to reflect the latest announcements, including PaaS, App Services, IaaS, Machine Learning, Data platform and storage, Media, Integration and Identity. Great resource for beginners that want to understand the Azure platform or for experts who need a quick refresh on the multiple Azure…
I have updated the links on my blog to reflect that the October 2012 release of the Windows Azure Training Kit is available now. A new page has been added to the main Windows Azure website, where you can find more information on how to use it. Among the changes and new features that you…
You will notice that I just updated the link to the latest version of the Windows Azure Training Kit on my blog’s widgets (right-hand side column). This new version introduces a new agenda for Windows Azure DevCamps which contains 7 new presentations: • DevCamps Keynote • DevCamps Websites • DevCamps Cloud Services • DevCamps Virtual Machines…
The Windows Azure Training Kit for the June 2012 release is now available. This is – hands down – the best official resource when it comes to code samples, labs and presentations for the new Windows Azure features recently announced. I’m planning to start doing some of the labs during the following days, including one…
Great news for SQL Azure subscribers! Microsoft announced last Tuesday significant changes to the pricing structure, resulting in 48% to 75% savings for databases larger than 1GB. Also, the 100MB database option enables customers to get started using this cloud-base relational DB engine at half of the previous price. More information after the jump… Click…
Excellent guide to follow Windows Azure sessions during PDC10… Click here to open link…
I've been getting a lot of questions regarding Load Balancing in Windows Azure during the last few days, specifically on how to achieve Sticky HTTP sessions when required. Ryan Dunn posted a great article on how to achieve this via a socket listener… Click here to open link…
This is a recurrent question when moving on-premise applications into Azure. Good article explaining how to accomplish the task of migrating Windows Services to Worker Roles. Click here to open link…
Excellent article on how to create a WCF Rest + JSON website, upload it to Azure, and consume it through Silverlight clients, including the Windows Phone. Click here to open link…
Part 2 of 2 on how to send email messages in Windows Azure. Click here to open link…
