Hey Folks,

Just putting down the basics to get started with Azure services platform for developers!

Goto http://www.microsoft.com/azure/

1. Need to download Windows azure SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80e3eabf-0507-4560-aeb6-d31e9a70a0a6&displaylang=en)

2. Windows azure tools for visual studio (https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e90b639-1ef0-4e21-bb73-fc22662911bc&displaylang=en )

3. .NET services SDK (https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83e1e30f-bd9a-4284-80a6-388ba2e768fd&displaylang=en)

4. SDS SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0B1FA5C6-EC9D-440B-939E-481DD05F2627&displaylang=en)

5. Live Framework SDK (this can be downloaded only after getting the tokens)

There is a hands on labs available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en

which walks you through all the 5 topics above.

To register to tokens please goto https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=681 and you will nee dto get tokens for windows azure, .NET services & SDS Services together, Live services (hence 3 token application)

Thanks,

Saranya