Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . Let me know what you think about these posts via comments below, or on Twitter @WindowsAzure ...

This past month at Microsoft’s annual TechFest , Microsoft Research demoed three new research projects powered by Windows Azure which aim to unify data to empower discovery and sharing. All three projects – Microsoft Translator Hub , ChronoZoom...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure interview series, I talked to Jan Kopmels, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer at Crumbtag , about using Windows Azure to provide on-demand processing power for its ad-placement application. Read the customer...

Last week we released the customer technology preview of Microsoft Endpoint Protection (MEP) for Windows Azure , a plugin that allows Windows Azure developers and administrators to include antimalware protection in their Windows Azure VMs. The package...

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . Let me know what you think about these posts via comments below, or on Twitter @WindowsAzure ...

Movideo , a global online video platform, has announced it has chosen to transition its Java based platform to Windows Azure . Created by Australian media business, MCM Entertainment Group, Movideo is the only end-to-end SaaS online video platform business...

Bruce D. Kyle has posted a great series, “Windows Azure Security Best Practices” on the ISV Developer Community Blog , providing a look into how you can secure your application in Windows Azure . This seven-part series describes the threats...

We like to share how our customers are using Windows Azure. Check out these new videos with customers to hear them share some of the benefits they’ve seen from their move to Windows Azure . Canada Does Windows Azure: Agility Host Jonathan...

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . Let me know what you think about these posts via comments below, or on Twitter @WindowsAzure ...

We have a new release of the Windows Azure PowerShell cmdlets that we hope will make getting started and scripting with the cmdlets a much easier task. The new release can be downloaded from its CodePlex project site here . Getting Started Improvements...

Does learning about cloud computing while contributing to scientific research sound good to you? Then be sure to check out the “@home on Windows Azure” project. Via a four-part video series on Channel 9 , you can learn how to build applications...

The Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 makes it easy for developers to create Windows Metro Style applications that can harness the power of Windows Azure . Today we released v1.2.0 on Codeplex and you can download the self-extracting package from here...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, I spoke with Nathan Brower, Global Partner Support manager at Figlo about how the independent software vendor (ISV) is using Windows Azure to expand internationally and realize a 60 percent cost reduction...

Introduction As a follow-up to my March 1 posting, I want to share the findings of our root cause analysis of the service disruption of February 29th. We know that many of our customers were impacted by this event and we want to be transparent about...

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . We recently moved this Community Roundup series to Thursdays, so as to provide you highlights...

We have a new release of the Windows Azure PowerShell cmdlets that we hope will make getting started and scripting with the cmdlets a much easier task. The new release can be downloaded from its CodePlex project site here . Getting Started Improvements...

Last week we added a new feature to the Windows Azure Management Portal to enable moving your SQL Azure servers between different subscriptions. This feature has been requested by many customers and fulfills multiple scenarios. For example, customers...

This past month at Microsoft’s annual TechFest , Microsoft Research demoed three new research projects powered by Windows Azure which aim to unify data to empower discovery and sharing. All three projects – Microsoft Translator Hub , ChronoZoom...

Movideo , a global online video platform, has announced it has chosen to transition its Java based platform to Windows Azure . Created by Australian media business, MCM Entertainment Group, Movideo is the only end-to-end SaaS online video platform business...

On February 14, 2012 we announced significant price reductions and a new entry level database option to meet customer needs on both ends of the database spectrum. Today we are passing along additional savings to compute and storage customers. Here are...