Globally distributed data centers   The Windows Azure Platform is big, very big. It is comprehensive and perhaps you could argue it is complex, as all large systems invariably become.  I want to use a series of posts to remind me what I “must...

Exercise 1: Windows Azure Traffic Manager It manages traffic. What kind of traffic? The Traffic Manager manages incoming traffic to your web roles that are hosted in Windows Azure Data Centers. Exercise 1: Task 1 - Understanding High Level Concepts Before...

Exercise 1: Overcoming Acronym Overload This post is here because I got acronym overload. I am reading about the Windows Azure Access Control Service and there is support for all these industry standards, such as OAuth, ws-trust, ws-federation, and so...

Exercise 1: Easiest Way to Get Started in Windows Azure Cloud Development I do a lot of cloud boot camps and presentations throughout the US and elsewhere. I want to give you my elevator pitch on the fastest way to get knowledge. What I show you here...

Introduction – Cloud Development on Windows 8 I am now doing most, if not all my development on Windows 8. Don’t get me wrong I am a die-hard fan of Windows 7. I go weeks without rebooting – through airports, the back of a motorcycle. But now that Windows...