As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we connected with Wafaa Hassan, Governorate Development Consultant at the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) to find out how the company built the Luxor Mobile Portal on...

As announced on the Basho blog today, Riak is now available on Windows Azure as a fully supported and tested NoSQL database option. Riak brings a master-less, distributed database option to Windows Azure, allowing unlimited scale, built-in replication...

Today I am happy to announce the availability of StockTrader 6, a new end-to-end reference application for Windows Azure and Windows Azure SQL Database . The sample application with full source code and Visual Studio solutions can be downloaded and installed...

We are excited to share that we have released a number of enhancements to the new Windows Azure Management Portal. These new capabilities are all live now in production and available to use immediately. They include: Service Bus Management and Monitoring...

Editor's Note : Today's post comes from Microsoft Program Manager Mohamed Ahmed . This post provides an overview of the new user experience and features for Windows Azure Service Bus. We are excited to announce that the Windows Azure Service...

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . Here are the highlights for this week. Articles and Blog Posts Round Two: Windows Azure...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, I connected with Aleš Tancer, CIO at Akrapovič to learn more about how Windows Azure has provided the company with a platform that will support the high growth of their business and their global operations...

Today I am excited to announce that we are welcoming PhoneFactor to the Microsoft family. For those of you not familiar with PhoneFactor, they are an industry leader in phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) and their solutions bring a unique blend...

TwilioCon is right around the corner and we’re very excited to participate in several ways! Keynote Scott Guthrie will join Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson on the main stages Wednesday October 17 th at 9:00 am (PST) for Jeff’s keynote address. Expect...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, I connected Paul Patarou, Sales Director at h.e.t. software to learn more about how the company redeveloped its field worker application on Windows Azure to reduce client IT overhead, speed time to market...

As announced on the Interoperability @ Microsoft blog today, MediaWiki and phpBB are now available in the Windows Azure Web Applications Gallery . MediaWiki is the open source software that powers Wikipedia and other large-scale wiki projects and phpBB...

Today we announced the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure program in Seattle. Ten startups have been selected to participate in the three-month intense hands-on mentor program powered by our partners at TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark program, where...

Yesterday we made some big updates to Windows Azure Mobile Services! The feature suite for Windows Store apps is growing and you can begin using Mobile Services to develop native iOS apps. This October update includes: Current iOS libraries added...

As announced on the Basho blog today, Riak is now available on Windows Azure as a fully supported and tested NoSQL database option. Riak brings a master-less, distributed database option to Windows Azure, allowing unlimited scale, built-in replication...

Today we announced the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure program in Seattle. Ten startups have been selected to participate in the three-month intense hands-on mentor program powered by our partners at TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark program, where...

Today I am excited to announce that we are welcoming PhoneFactor to the Microsoft family. For those of you not familiar with PhoneFactor, they are an industry leader in phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) and their solutions bring a unique blend...

As announced on the Interoperability @ Microsoft blog today, MediaWiki and phpBB are now available in the Windows Azure Web Applications Gallery . MediaWiki is the open source software that powers Wikipedia and other large-scale wiki projects and phpBB...

Today we announced the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure program in Seattle. Ten startups have been selected to participate in the three-month intense hands-on mentor program powered by our partners at TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark program, where...