A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control - 2nd Edition has been released by Microsoft Pattern & Practices team. It has been extensively updated to include new features and changes to the underlying technologies; and extends the coverage...

A couple of weeks ago, during the BUILD conference , and interesting functionality for Windows Azure was revealed: Geo-Replication of the data in the Windows Azure Storage. It basically provides data replication for all your Windows Azure Blob and Table...

A new toolkit for Window Azure is released! Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 is designed to make it easier for developers to create a Windows Metro style application that can harness the power of Windows Azure Compute and Storage. It includes a Windows...

Great 2-day keynote on the Build Conference . Showing how to develop “Metro” (aka Windows 8) applications running on client PC, phone and using Windows Azure as the platform to deliver those…. Awesome stuff enabling new scenarios and possibilities in...

Nice, a renovated learn page on Windows Azure portal , giving a one-way view into Windows Azure world… Not hooked yet! Go take the “red pill” …

Released less then a month ago, I believe this accelerator really makes it easy to deploy multiple web sites across your Windows Azure Web Role instances… Get details here , short description follows: “The Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles makes...

I just had a chance to quickly review a whitepaper by David Chappell describing the changes that Cluster Computing (HPC) is going through with the introduction of the Cloud Computing . Really clear and crisp message on how we can use and benefit from...

A couple of days ago a first CTP of the WF Activity Pack for Windows Azure was released. It is the first community technology preview (CTP) release of Windows Azure activities implementation based on Windows Workflow Foundation in .NET Framework 4.0 ...