Registration is still open here but will be limited to 150 attendees. Check out who is attending the event at http://dcweekdevdays.eventbrite.com/ Microsoft (Chevy Chase) 5404 Wisconsin Avenue 7th Floor Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Sunday, November 6, 2011 from...

Windows Azure web roles are hosted on IIS, which allows to enable 32-bit applications in the advanced settings. See one screenshot below. The feature is turned off by default. To enable it in Windows Azure, all you have to do is to define a startup task...

The BlobShare Sample is a simple file sharing application that utilizes the storage services of the Windows Azure Platform, together with the authentication and authorization capabilities of Access Control Service (ACS). The application allows an administrator...

If you’re an existing Visual Studio Professional, Premium or Ultimate with MSDN subscriber, you get up to $3,500 in annual Windows Azure platform benefits at no extra charge. These benefits let you try out Windows Azure for an extended period of time...

Windows Azure now supports a wider range of changes to a deployed service without requiring the use of a VIP swap or a complete delete and re-deploy of the service. To see the detail of the improvement, read the blog post by the Windows Azure team. Other...

The Windows Azure environment itself does not currently provide a SMTP relay or mail relay service. So how do you send and receive email in your Windows Azure applications? Steve Marx puts together a great sample application (available for download here...

  The Windows Azure User Group hosted at http://www.azureug.net/ meets 2nd Wednesday of every month from 3-4:30pm Central Time. You can sign up to attend the monthly event live or watch recordings of the past events . You can also find local Windows...

My colleague Brian Hitney put together a nice post about what the Windows Azure Traffic Manager is and how it works. Click here to read the full post.

Mike Wickstrand, Senior Director of Product Planning for Windows Azure, has set up a web site where you can easily share your great ideas about Windows Azure, features, tools and service offerings, to name a few.  You can vote on others’ ideas. To...

If you plan to attend Seattle Interactive Conference to be held from November 2-3, 2011 in download Seattle, you will have a chance to meet several Windows Azure and Windows Phone speakers and experts. For more info on the conference, visit http://www...

This is an opportunity to advance your IT career with Microsoft private cloud technology and solutions and become the next cloud expert in your organization. So grab a cup of coffee and get set for a fast-paced, demo-heavy day of learning. We'll start...