Jonathan Boutelle is cofounder and CTO of Slideshare, a site for the online social sharing of slideshows. A software engineer by training, his interests lie at the intersection of technology, business, and customer experience. He studied computer science...

We're pleased to announce that new versions of the Windows Azure Software Development Kit (SDK) and Windows Azure Management Portal are now available to developers. The 1.4 version of the Windows Azure SDK includes new features for both Windows Azure...

Excerpted from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg680299.aspx How can I use web.config to manage the caching behavior in hosted-object CDN delivery? The Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) honors the cache control headers provided...

Importing and exporting data between on-premises SQL Server and SQL Azure just got a lot easier, and you can get started today with the availability of the Microsoft SQL Server "Denali" Data-tier Application (DAC) Framework v2.0 Feature Pack CTP . Let...

We are pleased to announce the release of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 . Downloadable here , the new toolkit is helps ease the building Windows Phone 7 applications that use services running on Windows Azure . The toolkit provides...

A new white paper, "The Global Conference is Real: The Success of the PDC10 Player and Application" , is now available for download. This white paper outlines how Microsoft transformed its Professional Developer Conference (PDC) into an unprecedented...

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum 's mission is to bear witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993, and honor the nearly 3,000 victims of these attacks and those who risked their lives to save others...

David Pallmann , one of our Windows Azure MVPs , has just published a great new book, "The Windows Azure Handbook, Volume 1: Strategy & Planning" . According to David's post , this book has a two-fold mission: to make a case that cloud computing...

We created a quick 10 minute video that provides an overview of the pricing meters and billing associated with using SQL Azure. The pricing model for SQL Azure is one of the most straightforward in the industry - it's basically just a function of database...

Join a free webinar Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:00 am PT with Gizmox VP of Research and Development, Itzik Spitzen, to learn how new migration and modernization tools are empowering businesses to transform their existing client/server applications ...

To help aid the disaster recovery efforts in Japan, two new portals built on the Windows Azure platform have just been released. These portals are both designed to provide relief workers and the worldwide community with real-time access to the latest...

In the previous posts in this series we covered the challenges that Windows Azure AppFabric is trying to solve , and started discussing the Middleware Services in the post regarding Service Bus and Access Control , the post regarding Caching , and the...

Srinivasan Sundara Rajan works at Hewlett Packard as a Senior Solution Architect. His primary focus is on enabling service-oriented architecture (SOA) through legacy modernization for automobile industries. He worked as a consultant for Compuware,...

How's this for an innovative use of technology to aid scientific discovery? Researchers at the University of Southampton recently launched a Windows Phone 7 with a digital camera 60,000 feet into the stratosphere to help study air pollution. According...

Do you remember how to play the childhood game, Rock, Paper, Scissors? Are you a Windows Azure developer? If so, then be sure to take the Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge for your chance at prizes and bragging rights. In this online game, based on Rock...

We're pleased to announce that new versions of the Windows Azure Software Development Kit (SDK) and Windows Azure Management Portal are now available to developers. The 1.4 version of the Windows Azure SDK includes new features for both Windows Azure...

David Pallmann , one of our Windows Azure MVPs , has just published a great new book, "The Windows Azure Handbook, Volume 1: Strategy & Planning" . According to David's post , this book has a two-fold mission: to make a case that cloud computing...

Join a free webinar Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:00 am PT with Gizmox VP of Research and Development, Itzik Spitzen, to learn how new migration and modernization tools are empowering businesses to transform their existing client/server applications ...

How's this for an innovative use of technology to aid scientific discovery? Researchers at the University of Southampton recently launched a Windows Phone 7 with a digital camera 60,000 feet into the stratosphere to help study air pollution. According...

Do you remember how to play the childhood game, Rock, Paper, Scissors? Are you a Windows Azure developer? If so, then be sure to take the Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge for your chance at prizes and bragging rights. In this online game, based on Rock...

During his session yesterday at EclipseCon 2011 , Vijay Rajagopalan unveiled the March 2011 Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java. Available for download here , this new new plugin is an open source project...

The MSDN library content on using the VM role has been revised, reorganized, and expanded to more clearly describe the process for using the VM role. In Developing a VM Role in Windows Azure , each step of the process is explained in detail, including...

The MSDN library content about how to use the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) has been revised, reorganized, and expanded to cover the new features available in the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal. In Delivering High-Bandwidth...

The February 2011 update of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit is now available for download . The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit provides hands-on labs (HOLs), presentations, and samples to help you understand how to build applications on...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Importing and exporting data between on-premises SQL Server and SQL Azure just got a lot easier, and you can get started today with the availability of the Microsoft SQL Server "Denali" Data-tier Application...

A new white paper, "The Global Conference is Real: The Success of the PDC10 Player and Application" , is now available for download. This white paper outlines how Microsoft transformed its Professional Developer Conference (PDC) into an unprecedented...

David Pallmann , one of our Windows Azure MVPs , has just published a great new book, "The Windows Azure Handbook, Volume 1: Strategy & Planning" . According to David's post , this book has a two-fold mission: to make a case that cloud computing...

Join a free webinar Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:00 am PT with Gizmox VP of Research and Development, Itzik Spitzen, to learn how new migration and modernization tools are empowering businesses to transform their existing client/server applications ...

Cloud technologies can provide businesses with many benefits, such as access from anywhere, faster deployment, lower hardware costs and flexible payment options. If you're wondering if the Cloud is right for your business, join the free webcast, "Running...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] MSDN just recently performed an interview with Milind Tavshikar of QuantumID. Take a look at the interview below and learn more how our partners use SQL Azure to land strategic wins. Real World...

Jonathan Boutelle is cofounder and CTO of Slideshare, a site for the online social sharing of slideshows. A software engineer by training, his interests lie at the intersection of technology, business, and customer experience. He studied computer science...

Srinivasan Sundara Rajan works at Hewlett Packard as a Senior Solution Architect. His primary focus is on enabling service-oriented architecture (SOA) through legacy modernization for automobile industries. He worked as a consultant for Compuware,...

Erica Brescia is the CEO of BitRock , a provider of multiplatform software deployment automation. Through the BitNami.org portal, it has simplified native, virtual, and cloud installations of popular open source software. Since joining the company...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 was released earlier this week and is now available for public download . L ightSwitch applications utilize Silverlight that can be run in the browser or on the desktop...

We're pleased to announce that new versions of the Windows Azure Software Development Kit (SDK) and Windows Azure Management Portal are now available to developers. The 1.4 version of the Windows Azure SDK includes new features for both Windows Azure...

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum 's mission is to bear witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993, and honor the nearly 3,000 victims of these attacks and those who risked their lives to save others...

To help aid the disaster recovery efforts in Japan, two new portals built on the Windows Azure platform have just been released. These portals are both designed to provide relief workers and the worldwide community with real-time access to the latest...

How's this for an innovative use of technology to aid scientific discovery? Researchers at the University of Southampton recently launched a Windows Phone 7 with a digital camera 60,000 feet into the stratosphere to help study air pollution. According...

Do you remember how to play the childhood game, Rock, Paper, Scissors? Are you a Windows Azure developer? If so, then be sure to take the Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge for your chance at prizes and bragging rights. In this online game, based on Rock...

During his session yesterday at EclipseCon 2011 , Vijay Rajagopalan unveiled the March 2011 Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java. Available for download here , this new new plugin is an open source project...

This week at the 2011 Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson introduced the new System Center 2012, which will enable IT managers to deliver private cloud services that empower business teams...

MIX11 , which will take place April 12 - 14, 2011 in Las Vegas, promises to offer top industry speakers and more than 130 sessions covering topics ranging from design and development to HTML5 and the cloud. The first sessions, which have just been...

Yesterday during the "Cloud Computing in Retail Breakfast" at the Euroshop Retail Design Conference in Dusseldorf, Germany, Microsoft partner BEDIN Shop Systems announced that their Windows Azure -based aKite Vers.2.0 software services suite has gained...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Next week we have a webcast coming up that I encourage you to take advantage of. Doug Johnson (VP Marketing and Business Development for Acumatica), Ali Jani (VP Product Management for Acumatica) and...