MSDEV has come up with another great set of training for Windows Azure. This set of videos quickly immerses you in the world of the Windows Azure. You’ll learn what Azure is all about, including the fundamental concepts of cloud computing and Windows Azure. You’ll learn why you should target Windows Azure, and see the tangible business benefits you can gain by deploying your apps to the cloud.

You can get the videos at Everything You Need to Know About Azure as a Developer.

See:

• Windows Azure Overview, a high level overview for technical decision makers and business development managers.
• The Partner Story for Azure. Two videos draw from the Worldwide Partner Conference held in July that focuses on Azure from a Partner perspective.
• Windows Azure Fundamentals.
• Developing a Windows Azure Application covers developing a Windows Azure application from File>New.
• Microsoft SQL Azure Overview for the Technical Decision Maker gives you an understanding of SQL Azure and will highlight core functionality.
• Microsoft SQL Azure Overview for Developers covers: SQL Azure Overview, SQL Azure Data Access, SQL Azure Architecture, SQL Azure Provisioning Model.
• Microsoft SQL Azure RDBMS Support covers Creating, accessing and manipulating tables, views, indexes, roles, procedures, triggers, and functions, Insert, Update, and Delete, and Constraints.
• Microsoft SQL Azure Programmability cover how to programmatically interact with SQL Azure using the following APIs: • ADO.NET, ODBC, and PHP.
• Microsoft SQL Azure Tooling covers SQLCMD Basics, Deployment, Development, Management, Provisioning.
• Microsoft SQL Azure Security Model covers Authentication, Authorization.
• Windows Azure Storage covers how to use Windows Azure storage to store blobs and tables.
• Windows Azure - Worker Roles and Queue Storage covers Windows Azure queue storage for Web-Worker role communication.
• Windows Azure Platform: .NET Services Overview is a high level overview introduces attendees to .NET Services.
• Windows Azure Platform: .NET Services Fundamentals is an introduction to .NET Services.
• Windows Azure Platform: Introducing the Service Bus introduces .NET Service Bus, using the example of "hello world."
• Windows Azure Platform: The Access Control Service is an overview of the what, how and why of ACS.

Each video is between 30 minutes and an hour.

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Bruce D. Kyle
ISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation