As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Vincent Vergonjeanne, Chief Executive Officer at Kobojo , about using Windows Azure to host the company's latest online game, RobotZ. Here's what he had to say: MSDN: Can you tell us about...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] As we were developing this week's posts on utilizing Entity Framework with SQL Azure we had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Faisal Mohamood, Senior Program Manager of the Entity Framework...

As we were developing this week's posts on utilizing Entity Framework with SQL Azure we had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Faisal Mohamood, Senior Program Manager of the Entity Framework team. As we've shared in earlier posts this week, one...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] One of the great uses for ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 that ships with .NET Framework 4.0 is to use the model first approach to design your SQL Azure database. Model first means that the first thing...

One of the great uses for ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 that ships with .NET Framework 4.0 is to use the model first approach to design your SQL Azure database. Model first means that the first thing you design is the entity model using Visual Studio and...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] This week I’ll be spending some time diving into using Entity Framework with SQL Azure. The Entity Framework provides the glue between your object oriented code and the SQL Azure relational database...

This week I’ll be spending some time diving into using Entity Framework with SQL Azure. The Entity Framework provides the glue between your object oriented code and the SQL Azure relational database in a framework that is fully compatible with your skills...

The Windows Azure Domain Name System (DNS) is moving to a new globally distributed infrastructure, which will increase performance and improve reliability of DNS resolution. In particular, users who access Windows Azure applications from outside the...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] The Microsoft Patterns & Practices group has published the second free online book volume about Developing Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform . This book demonstrates...

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices group has published the second free online book volume about Developing Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform . This book demonstrates how you can create a multi-tenant, Software as a...

*NOTE: RAVEN Cloud was released December 8, 2010 is now publicly available as a subscription service. Read the press release to learn more. As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to David Ruiz, Vice President of Products at Ravenflow...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] This is the second post in a series about getting started with Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” (Houston) ( Part 1 ). In part 1 we covered the basics, logging in and navigation. In...

This is the second post in a series about getting started with Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” (Houston) ( Part 1 ). In part 1 we covered the basics, logging in and navigation. In this post we will cover how to use the table designer...

An important part of my charter on the Windows Azure marketing team is to help customers, partners and developers be successful on the platform. Over the last few months, I've heard from many partners and customers that they would like to identify...

To make it easier for Windows Azure customers to keep track of their compute hours usage, we are now sending customers emails notifications when their compute hour usage exceeds 75%, 100% and 125% of the number of compute hours included in their plan...

An important part of my charter on the Windows Azure marketing team is to help customers, partners and developers be successful on the platform. Over the last few months, I've heard from many partners and customers that they would like to identify...

To make it easier for Windows Azure customers to keep track of their compute hours usage, we are now sending customers emails notifications when their compute hour usage exceeds 75%, 100% and 125% of the number of compute hours included in their plan...

Earlier today at the High Performance Computing (HPC) in Financial Markets Conference in New York, Microsoft announced the immediate availability of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 . In addition to describing the benefits of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Bill...