We are very excited to release multiple improvements to Windows Azure Storage. These include price reductions, new manageability features, and new service features for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables, and Queues. Jai Haridas will be presenting these features...

During his keynote at TechEd North America this morning Satya Nadella , president of the Server & Tools Business at Microsoft talked about how Microsoft is driving an industry transformation to the cloud with Windows Azure and Windows Server 2012...

Welcome to the special #MeetAzure edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . It’s been a big week for Windows Azure – we made several announcements...

At the Meet Windows Azure event yesterday, Scott Guthrie introduced the latest platform and language support and increased flexibility for architecting, building and deploying apps with Windows Azure. If you missed the live stream, you can watch the recorded...

We are excited to offer two types of redundant storage for Windows Azure: Locally Redundant Storage and Geo Redundant Storage. Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) provides highly durable and available storage within a single location (sub region). We maintain...

Today, we are ushering in the new era of Hybrid Cloud, bringing together the best of on-premises and cloud computing. Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, and Web Sites are now available as new preview services for Windows Azure. SQL Reporting is now Generally...

If you’re looking for more information about the news we shared in yesterday’s blog post, “Announcing New Windows Azure Services to Deliver “Hybrid Cloud” by Bill Laing, be sure to read Scott Guthrie’s new blog post...

“Hybrid cloud” – the use and building of applications that connect to data and services across a mix of datacenters – is the reality for cloud computing today. Your businesses and applications will move to the cloud in their own...

Editor’s Note: Today’s post, written by Icertis CTO Monish Darda, describes how the company uses Windows Azure and SharePoint Online to provide scalable contract management and workflow services to its customers. Icertis Contract Lifecycle...

As part of our ongoing exercise of making details about the SQL Azure service more transparent by increasing customer awareness, we have updated the Causes of Connection Termination section on the Connection Management for SQL Azure wiki page on TechNet...

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 from this week. Articles and Blog Posts Earthquakes Monitor App...

Think you know Windows Azure? Think again. You’re invited to preview the latest from Windows Azure at a special online event, June 7 at 1pm PDT (UTC-7). Meet Windows Azure brings together developers and tech entrepreneurs to talk about how they...

Heading to TechEd North America ? Then be sure to attend these sessions to learn how to use the latest Windows Azure features and services to build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud with sessions delivered by Microsoft senior technical leaders...

Editor’s Note: Today’s post, written by Minitab Enterprise Web Architect Michael Yeaney, describes how the company uses Windows Azure and continuous integration to rapidly build analytics solutions for its customers. Minitab Inc. is the...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, I talked with Davide Bedin, Chief Technology Officer at BEDIN Shop Systems, about how the company took a long-term strategic bet on Windows Azure to deliver their aKite retail management solution. Here’s...

Nathan Totten’s latest blog post, “Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games & Tankster Version 1.0” , announces the release of the latest version of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games and the Tankster game. This release adds...

As the SQL Azure July 2011 Service Release is being rolled out, we want to advise you of an important consideration for your application logic. Some customers may be programmatically checking to determine if their application is connected to SQL Azure...

Nathan Totten just unveiled the release of an update to the Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles in his post, “Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles Version 1.1” . This accelerator enables you to deploy websites to Windows Azure web roles...

If you’re looking for a deeper dive into the technical considerations for making a move to the cloud with Windows Azure you should check out these great books from Microsoft patterns & practices . Click on each title for more information. ...

Mario Kosmiskas just published two great new posts on the Distributed Development blog that walk through a couple of different ways to configure a service to allow for remote access to Windows Azure VMs. “Command Line Access to Azure VMs –...

Do you want to be on the leading edge of innovation and get in on the ground floor of helping software vendors accelerate and revolutionize their business with cloud computing? If you are, this is your lucky day! We’re looking for individuals around...

We are excited to announce the release of Windows Azure Storage Analytics. This feature offers developers and operations the ability to track, analyze, and debug usage of Windows Azure Storage (Blobs, Tables and Queues). You can use this data to analyze...

We are very pleased to announce the August 2011 release of the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. You can download the tools here using the Web Platform Installer. New in this release: Profile applications running in Windows...

Good news for all PHP and Java developers: today we are publishing some Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples just for you. Since the AppFabric Service Bus REST API can be used from almost all programming languages and operating systems, it makes...

Wade Wegner just announced in his blog post, “Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS Now Supports the Access Control Service” the release of an update to the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS . This new version of the toolkit includes three key components...

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...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] A Customer Spotlight Press Release today reminded us that we've reached the one year anniversary of the Windows Azure platform. Given all the exciting developments and progress we have made over...

Since the Windows Azure platform became generally available one year ago, it has been adopted by customers across 41 countries who are creating new services and gaining greater efficiencies as they take their companies to the cloud. Among them, T-Mobile...

Microsoft has been actively supporting the work of the Drupal community and has listened to their customers' requests to improve Drupal and SQL Server integration. To that end, we are pleased to highlight the latest posts on the Interoperability blog...

Today at CES in Las Vegas, Flickr and Microsoft previewed the first Flickr applications built specifically for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7 Slates. Supported by a Windows Azure back end, these applications will provide a sleek user interface and...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Happy New Year everybody! The year 2010 was an exciting one for developers, customers, and Microsoft as we all made the dive into the cloud with SQL Azure and 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...

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...

At PDC10 last month, we announced a host of enhancements for Windows Azure designed to make it easier for customers to run existing Windows applications on Windows Azure, enable more affordable platform access and improve the Windows Azure developer and...

Today at Supercomputing 2010 in New Orleans, Microsoft announced the release of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BLAST on Windows Azure , a new application that enables a broader community of scientists to combine desktop resources...

Last week at SIBOS 2010 in Amsterdam, Misys announced a new strategic alliance with Microsoft that will deliver Misys' banking and capital markets applications via the Windows Azure platform. As Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft...