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White Paper: The Time to Move to the Cloud is Now
“The challenge for software vendors is no longer about when to include or even shift entirely to SaaS, software-plus services, or other Cloud-based solutions. The time is now. The challenge is how to make it happen,” according to a white paper written Read More...
Video, Photos Shows Windows Azure Data Centers
A video from CNET shows the new data center in Chicago that hosts Windows Azure. In its first phase, the ground floor of the facility is designed to hold up to 56 containers, each filled with anywhere from 1,800 to 2,500 servers. Each of the servers can Read More...
Roadmap for Windows Azure Transition From CTP to Business
Windows Azure team has announced the transition from the Community Technology Preview (CTP) to the release and had provided information for developers who want to continue development. Transition from CTP to Business Windows Azure will go live at Professional Read More...
Office and SharePoint Sessions at PDC
Following last week's SharePoint Conference, the next opportunity to learn about development on the Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 platforms is at the Professional Developers Conference next month (November 17 - 19). There are quite a number of exciting Read More...
Video Shows How to Publish Your Web Application to Windows Azure
Windows Azure goes live on November 17. Between now and then, you can still try out Windows Azure under the Community Preview. To help give you step by step instructions on how to move your Web application to the cloud, MSDEV has put together a video Read More...
SharePoint 2010, Office 2010 Begins Beta in November
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the public beta of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 will become available in November. Announcements were made that the SharePoint Conference yesterday in Las Vegas, NV. Read More...
Discounts for PDC Extended through October 30
Discounts for registering for Professional Developers Conference (PDC) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA PDC have been extended through October 30. The conference event dates: Conference | Nov 17–19 Workshops | Nov 16 PDC is the definitive Read More...
Developer Training Kit Includes Updates for SQL Azure
An update to the Windows Azure training kit includes new SQL Azure hands on labs and presentations that you can use as overviews of the service. SQL Azure Database, a part of the Windows Azure platform, is a cloud-based database service built on Microsoft Read More...
SOA Explored in Latest Architecture Journal
The latest Architecture Journal ( Journal 21 ) focuses on Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow. Eight articles discuss aspects such as business alignment, service modeling, governance, federation, infrastructure, reusability, convergence, and coexistence Read More...
Simple API for Cloud Application Services Project
Microsoft, Zend and others have launched the Simple API for Cloud Application Services project, a new open source initiative that allows developers to use common application services in the cloud. In essence, this project will allow you to write basic Read More...
Windows Azure World Tour Comes to Reston, Dallas, Silicon Valley
You are invited to join Dave Chappell when he discusses Windows Azure and Cloud Computing across the United States. Chappell is leading authority on cloud computing and has written the white paper for Microsoft describing the Windows Azure Platform architecture. Read More...
APIs Released for Azure Services Management
The Windows Azure Service Management API has been released to help you manage your deployments, hosted services and storage accounts. This is a REST-based API which users can code against in their toolset of choice to manage their services. This is a Read More...
Windows Azure Business Side Explained From Developer Point of View
The business model from a developer point of view for Windows Azure is explained by Microsoft veteran and Software Architect George Moore in a video on Channel 9. Moore is involved in defining and implementing an how Microsoft is taking Windows Azure Read More...
Azure Reference Architecture Explored with Project Riviera
If you’ve been wanting to see how a multi-tenant architecture works with Windows Azure Platform , you’ll want to see Project Riviera . The project has been released on MSDN and includes source code. The application shows an architecture completely hosted Read More...
Join David Chappell on Windows Azure World Tour
You are invited to join Dave Chappell when he discusses Windows Azure and Cloud Computing across the United States. Chappell is leading authority on cloud computing and has written the white paper for Microsoft describing the Windows Azure Platform architecture. Read More...
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