Recently our team received several emails asking questions about Windows Azure Platform. We welcome your questions, and we're glad to help you. But we'd like to state that before sending emails to our team, it is recommended to post the question...

We're happy to announce the source code for the Azure + Bing Maps sample is now available on 1Code. You can download the C# version from http://1code.codeplex.com/releases/view/59639#DownloadId=201758 , and the VB version from http://1code.codeplex.com...

This is the 12th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs...

This is the 11th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs...

This is the 10th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs...

This is the 9th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs...

A Common Scenario of Multi-instances in Windows Azure – A tiny simulative search engine using Lucene.Net. Introduction In many scenarios, massive computing and storage capability is a must. Windows Azure has extremely strong computing...

How to use Lucene.Net in Windows Azure What is Lucene Apache Lucene is a free/open source information retrieval software library, originally created in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released...

This is the 8th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http:/...

This is the 7th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs...

This is the sixth article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http:...

This is the fifth article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http:...

In the last post , we focused on the device side. We created a graphic rich web application using HTML 5 canvas, and browsed it in IE 9. This post focuses on the integration. That is, how to connect client applications to cloud services. You...

In the last post , we talked about how IE 9 powers Windows 7 devices, how Silverlight/XNA powers Windows Phone 7 devices, and how Windows Azure cloud connects those devices. This post focuses on the device side. We create a graphic rich web application...

Earlier this week, we released two important products: Internet Explorer 9 Beta and Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools RTM . At first glance, these products have nothing to do with Windows Azure. But if you remember the 5 dimensions of the cloud...

This is the 4th article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs.msdn.com/b...

This is the third article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs.msdn.com...

This is the second article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs.msdn.com...

our wordpress live sample website： http://wordpress-win-azure.cloudapp.net/ Download sample project here In last post, we've succeeded to hosted Wordpress on Windows Azure. Next, we'll do some modifications to Wordpress in order to use...

our wordpress live sample website： http://wordpress-win-azure.cloudapp.net/ Download sample project here After doing some preparation in previous 2 articles, we'll host Wordpress on Windows Azure in this article. 1． Download...

our wordpress live sample website： http://wordpress-win-azure.cloudapp.net/ Download sample project here This tutorial article will show you how to consume SQL Azure using PHP with just several easy steps. Please refer first series...

This is the first article in our "Bring the clouds together: Azure + Bing Maps" series. You can find a preview of live demonstration on http://sqlazurebingmap.cloudapp.net/ . For a list of articles in the series, please refer to http://blogs.msdn.com...

We will start to write series of articles under the name of "Bring the clouds together". Those series contain articles, sample applications, and live demonstrations, that show how you can combine the power of Microsoft cloud computing solutions, as well...

our wordpress live sample website： http://wordpress-win-azure.cloudapp.net/ Download sample project here This tutorial article will show you how easy to run PHP applications in Windows Azure. In this tutorial, you will experience...

There is a clear rising trend that more and more people prefer to host their blogs themselves. In the past, VPS and shared host would be their only choose, and now bloggers can host blogs on Windows Azure with high availability, scalability and security...