Firstly, why is implementing efficient data access important for Azure RIAs in particular? The cloud databases in general are not the most performant databases in the world – they scale well but any given response by itself is probably going to be slower...

UPDATE: Please refer to an updated version of this post for up-to-date steps working with Azure SDK November CTP and Silverlight 3 and Silverlight 4 Beta. Windows Azure is a great platform for taking traditional web applications and rich internet applications...

I've done couple of presentations for our partners in Europe recently and want to share the scrubbed slides with everyone. First one summarizes the UX Continuum story on Microsoft platform as it relates to software architects and decision makers and touches...