Just been announced that Windows Azure will be making a leap from using Pacific Standard Time and using Co-Ordinated Universal Time ( UTC ). This change is being done so that it poses less problems for global dev’s and users, however the exact date of...

Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing is a whitepaper giving a deep insight into cloud computing. A big thank to Steve Clayton and his post about about Above the Clouds, this paper looks like it will be a great read. It sets out to look...

This is a great link for anyone just getting started or new to developing on the Azure Services Platform. Giving a whole bunch of web casts and tutorial videos that will walk you through the basics of Windows Azure, Live Services and .NET Services as...

This cool video gives a nice simplified explanation of cloud computing in “plain English”. Covering the basics of scalability, XaaS, and Utility computing. More videos on cloud computing can be found at: http://videos.techielife.com/tag/cloud http://channel9...

Bill Lodin over at IT Mentors has put together a really nice tool that allows you to view your Windows Azure logs in a WPF log viewer The application replicates the functionality of the development fabric’s UI that lets you monitor any messages that are...

I’ve been wanting to create a WPF or Console application that could communicate with Azure by passing a Message to the Fabric. However, I did not want to have to pass WCF messages to a worker role as I had seen people doing in previous examples, instead...

Neil Kidd has put together a great set of posts together to explain in detail how to create reliable Windows Azure processes. Covering how to add logic into the GetHealthStatus() method, to identify when your worker role has gone from being healthy to...

I have recently been taking a look at Windows Azure Storage, and the use of Blob’s, Queues and Tables. Queues are primarily used for passing small (approx 8kb) messages from the web role of a Azure application to the back end worker role that can then...