Please see this blog post for the pre-announcement and scheduled maintenance detail. .NET Services Team

Please see this blog post for upcoming changes to Microsoft .NET Workflow Service. .NET Services Team

Today we’re rolling out a set of changes in the Azure Services Developer Portal to alerts, analytics, and Windows Live ID integration.  The following changes will go live tonight: Alerts A number of CTP participants told us they wanted greater opportunities...

Today we released a new set of features for Windows Azure Storage. The main features in this release are: Entity Group Transactions for Windows Azure Table – It is now possible to perform a transaction across entities stored within the same table and...

Today we released new versions of the Windows Azure SDK and the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio.  Both are available now on http://dev.windowsazure.com .  The major news is support for the recently released Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. What...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Hi Folks, Here is another video from TechEd. In this one, Rick Negrin and I talk about scaling out your database with SQL Data Services and the performance gains you will see. The video can be seen...

Hi Folks, Here is another video from TechEd. In this one, Rick Negrin and I talk about scaling out your database with SQL Data Services and the performance gains you will see. The video can be seen here . Enjoy!!! Dave

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Hi Folks, Here is another Tech-Ed Online video . In this one, Rick and Zhongwei talk about the responsibilities of a DBA with SDS. I hope you enjoy, Dave

Hi Folks, Here is another Tech-Ed Online video . In this one, Rick and Zhongwei talk about the responsibilities of a DBA with SDS. I hope you enjoy, Dave

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] The SDS team was extremely busy last week at TechEd North America in L.A.. We presented 3 sessions, recorded 4 TechEd online videos and spent a great deal of time speaking with customers. Here is...

The SDS team was extremely busy last week at TechEd North America in L.A.. We presented 3 sessions, recorded 4 TechEd online videos and spent a great deal of time speaking with customers. Here is a video we did on what the provisioning experience will...

Earlier this week, the initial CTP of the “ PHP SDK for Windows Azure ” was released on Codeplex. You can read more about this project on the Interoperability @ Microsoft blog .  From the blog post: The PHP SDK for Windows Azure focuses on REST and...

At MIX ‘09, we announced the upcoming support for geo-location , and we’re pleased to announce that last night this functionality went live. Choosing a Location The first thing you’ll notice when creating a new storage account or hosted service...

Last week, Network World featured a “10 Questions” article with Burley Kawasaki, Director of Developer Platform Product Management. The article, by Julie Bort, focuses on .NET Services and covers themes of interoperability, extension of the .NET Framework...

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Don't miss the latest session of the WIF Workshop recordings , which covers the use of Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) in Windows Azure and provides practical advice on aspects of distributed development such as handling NLB sessions, certificate...

If you're interested in getting a great overview of Windows Azure diagnostics, you should make time to read a new article in MSDN Magazine by former Microsoft engineer Mike Kelly , which explains how Windows Azure diagnostics fit into the general System...

A new post on the Interoperability team blog outlines a use case showcasing a new plugin for WordPress that enables users to use Windows Azure Storage Service to host media for a WordPress powered blog. The plugin, developed by Microsoft, is now available...

Following PDC09 last fall, we announced support for running Java and Tomcat in Windows Azure, but this doesn't mean Tomcat is the only Java application container supported in Windows Azure. In fact, the approach basically consists of creating a Java Runtime...

Would you like to know how to leverage your existing ASP.NET skills to build Windows Azure applications? Then be sure to check out two new articles, Cloud Development in Visual Studio 2010 and Developing and Deploying Windows Azure Apps in Visual Studio...

Have you checked out the Cloud Cover Video series ? In each episode of this popular and informative series, Ryan Dunn and Steve Marx cover the Windows Azure platform, dig into features, discuss the latest news and announcements, and share tips and tricks...

One of the exciting announcements we made last week at SXSW Interactive 2010 was the release of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Facebook . This new toolkit, built by Thuzi in collaboration with Microsoft, enables developers to rapidly develop Facebook applications...

During his MIX10 session in Las Vegas yesterday, Building PHP Applications using the Windows Azure Platform , Sumit Chawla, Technical PM/Architect, Microsoft Interoperability Strategy Team, announced the new Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP Community...

Today we are providing access to a beta release of Windows Azure Drive (announced as XDrive at PDC 2009). Customers have told us that they want to take their already running Windows applications and run them in the cloud using the standard Windows NTFS...

The Microsoft Corporate Strategy Group has just released a new whitepaper, "The Economics of the Cloud" , which details underlying the economics driving IT's shift towards the cloud. This paper, written by Rolf Harms, director of the Corporate Strategy...

Cloud platforms are a new world, and they open new possibilities. Reflecting this, the Windows Azure programming model helps developers create applications that are easier to administer, more available, and more scalable than those built using traditional...

You may have seen a letter in USA Today this morning suggesting that customers evaluating a licensing agreement with VMWare talk to Microsoft to learn more about how products and services such as the Windows Azure platform can enable a complete cloud...

Windows Azure must provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data, while also enabling transparent accountability. To help customers better understand the array of security controls implemented within Windows Azure from both...

Chris C. Kemp is CTO of NASA, a position he has held since March of 2010. Before that appointment, he was NASA's CIO and was in charge of the Ames Research Center, the Security Operations Center, and various other facilities. Chris started with NASA as...

I'm Robert Duffner, director of Product Management for Windows Azure and I'm kicking off a new series of blog posts where I will be interviewing thought leaders in cloud computing. I'll be reaching out broadly across the globe to industry, public sector...

Today, in less than three months since its announcement , Microsoft’s Windows Azure team has announced a refresh to the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure tools for Visual Studio. The Community Technology Preview (CTP), announced at Microsoft’s PDC ...