Happy Valentine Day!! Happy to share a recent price break on SQL Azure (see the table below) and a brand new option of 100MB. Thank you for your continued feedback which resulted in this price break. Database Size Price Per Database Per Month 0 to 100 MB Flat $5.00 ...

The January 2012 update of the training kit includes the following updates: [New Hands-On Lab] Building a Social Game with Windows Azure [Updated Hands-On Lab] SQL Azure Labs - updated for new portal experience [Updated Hands-On Lab] SQL Azure Federations - updated to use new portal [Updated...

Microsoft BizSpark Plus is offering up to $60,000 worth of compute and storage on Windows Azure over a two-year period, to high-potential startups through select incubators and accelerators. Check the latest list of BizSpark Plus Incubators and Accelerators. Additional Resources: Microsoft News...

Do you offer any Line-Of-Business (LOB) solution today or see an opportunity to launch an application for an industry vertical, or tap a different market segment or geography . You may want to join us for this upcoming one hour webcast (Feb 8, 2012 noon ET) to learn and leverage Windows Azure Platform...

In this "Hello Azure Part 2" episode of How DO I series, let's package and deploy our Hello Azure application. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here ) Run Visual Studio as Administrator to be able to use Windows Azure...

In this "Hello Azure Part 1" episode of How DO I series let's create a simple Windows Azure application (say Hello Azure), debug it and run it locally. In Part 2, let's package it and deploy it to Windows Azure. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows...

Please join us at the Azure ‘n’ Action Café for the ‘lunch and learn’ online sessions on a series of topics related to the Windows Azure Platform. These are jump-start overview sessions including demos and best practices. We are partnering with world class expert speakers...

We are hosting a half-day Windows Azure Discover Event (part of world-wide series brought to you by Metro – Microsoft’s Early Adopter Program and is free of charge) in New York City on Tue 24-Jan-2012 from 9:30am – 1:30pm. Our goal is to help ISVs and software startups understand...

In this How DO I series let’s see how to sign up a free 3-months trial account of Windows Azure . Key Points: · Free for 3-months · Does require a Credit Card but comes with a default spending limit of $0 · Monthly allocation includes 750 Small Compute Hours...

Scott Guthrie , CVP Azure Platform, is hosting an Azure Training Event on Tuesday 13 th Dec’11 at noon ET (total 8 Hours) along with Dave Campbell, and Mark Russinovich! Very exciting; can't ask for more.. Time Session Topic Noon – 1:30pm Getting...

New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) is hosting BigData Analytics event on Thu 01 Dec 2011 in Jersey City, NJ. You can register here and if you would like to discuss how Microsoft can help you then find either me or my colleague Peter Laudati at the event. Meanwhile here are some recent updates and resources...