The Real World Windows Azure series spoke to Rok Bermež, Lead Programmer at Kompas Xnet, and Uroš Žunič, Development Manager at Kompas Xnet, about using the Windows Azure platform to deliver cloud-based website solutions for the company's customers...

Don't miss this FREE three-part series of webinars that cover the benefits, implications of - and best practices for - adopting Windows Azure . Click on the session title to register. The Business Case for Azure (Part 1) - January 12, 2011...

Earlier this week we published a whitepaper entitled Sharding with SQL Azure to the TechNet wiki. In the paper, Michael Heydt and Michael Thomassy discuss the best practices and patterns to select when using horizontal partitioning and sharding with your...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Earlier this week we published a whitepaper entitled Sharding with SQL Azure to the TechNet wiki. In the paper, Michael Heydt and Michael Thomassy discuss the best practices and patterns to select...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Wayne Houlden, CEO at Janison , about using the Windows Azure platform for the online science testing system at the Department of Education & Training of New South Wales. Here's what...

If you plan to enroll in the Windows Azure Extra Small Instance beta program, please note that the Extra Small compute instance will be billed separately from other compute instance sizes. Compute hours included in the Introductory Special, MSDN Premium...

To help you get into the holiday spirit, the Microsoft Partner Network folks in the UK have created Festive Game, a fun and addictive application built on Silverlight and powered by Windows Azure . The goal is to get Santa as high up into the clouds...

DataMarket recently announced Section 508 compliance and the intent to secure certification for DataMarket to demonstrate compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). On Friday, we published the new DataMarket for Government...

At Microsoft, we are committed to developing products that are accessible to everyone. We take a strategic approach to accessibility by focusing on integrating accessibility into product planning, research and development, product development, and testing...

Are you in the US or Canada? How would you like the chance to win money and prizes for the Windows Azure platform applications you've created ? Then you'll want to check out #CloudDevComp , a new competition from Perficient . All competition entries...

To help you understand how to use the new Windows Azure features and enhancements, an updated version of the Windows Azure Platform training kit is now available. This version includes several new and updated hands-on labs (HOLs), demo scripts, and...

The Real World Windows Azure series spoke to Wolf Ruzicka and Evgeny Popov at EastBanc Technologies about using the Windows Azure platform to deliver a cloud-based solution for the public transportation industry. Here's what they had to say: MSDN...

ADP Dealer Services has partnered with NVoicePay , a Portland, Oregon based software provider, to help their mutual clients eliminate paper invoices and checks with an integrated electronic payments solution powered by the Windows Azure platform. ...

Novell today announced they have joined the Microsoft Windows Azure Technology Adoption Program (TAP) to work together on pre-release non-commercial, internal testing and validation of Novell Cloud Security Service (NCSS) on Windows Azure. The goal...

Maarten Balliauw is an Azure consultant, blogger, and speaker, as well as an ASP.NET MVP. He works as a technical consultant at RealDomen. Maarten is a project manager and developer for the PHPExcel project on CodePlex, as well as a board member for the...

Are you in the US or Canada? How would you like the chance to win money and prizes for the Windows Azure platform applications you've created ? Then you'll want to check out #CloudDevComp , a new competition from Perficient . All competition entries...

To help you understand how to use the new Windows Azure features and enhancements, an updated version of the Windows Azure Platform training kit is now available. This version includes several new and updated hands-on labs (HOLs), demo scripts, and...

Don't miss this FREE three-part series of webinars that cover the benefits, implications of - and best practices for - adopting Windows Azure . Click on the session title to register. The Business Case for Azure (Part 1) - January 12, 2011...

Maarten Balliauw is an Azure consultant, blogger, and speaker, as well as an ASP.NET MVP. He works as a technical consultant at RealDomen. Maarten is a project manager and developer for the PHPExcel project on CodePlex, as well as a board member for the...

Todd Papaioannou is currently at Yahoo!, in the role of vice president of cloud architecture for the cloud platform group. Before taking on that role, Todd was responsible for new product architecture and strategy at Teradata, including driving the...

Kate Keahey is a fellow at the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and works as a scientist at Argonne National Laboratory Computation Institute. She is the creator of Nimbus, an open source toolkit for turning a cluster into an infrastructure...

Novell today announced they have joined the Microsoft Windows Azure Technology Adoption Program (TAP) to work together on pre-release non-commercial, internal testing and validation of Novell Cloud Security Service (NCSS) on Windows Azure. The goal...

Today we have some great news to announce as Transport for London (TfL) has taken to the cloud by moving their new Trackernet data feed - hosted within their Developers’ Area - to the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. This forms the first major...