Cloud Computing Resources

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Permalink Reply by David Pallmann on January 16, 2009 at 6:32pm

The #1 resource is Azure.com. This is Microsoft's portal for the platform. From Azure.com, you can:

- SIgn up for an Azure.account
- Maintain your account
- Download the Software Development Kits (SDKs) that allow you to write code for the platform
- Create and configure projects
- Deploy applications and updates to projects
- Swap between Staging and Production deployments
- Get to resources, including online documentation, downloads, developer centers, forums

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Permalink Reply by David Pallmann on January 16, 2009 at 6:35pm

Blogs by Azure enthusiasts are very helpful resources.

The site http://www.AzureFeeds.com aggregates Azure blogs from many people under a single feed that you can subscribe to.

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Permalink Reply by David Pallmann on January 16, 2009 at 6:37pm

Microsoft maintains several Azure forums at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/azure/. This is your best place to go with a technical question or problem. Both Microsoft and community members are very responsible in helping with problems.

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Permalink Reply by Pieter on January 22, 2009 at 4:23am

http://www.codeplex.com/azureissuetracker
This sample demonstrates a real-world SaaS architecture and scenario using the Azure Services Platform to perform federation and multi-tenancy. Technologies used include the Access Control service (part of .NET Services) as well as SQL Data Services (part of SQL Services).

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Permalink Reply by David Pallmann on May 1, 2009 at 10:20pm

http://www.AzureDesignPatterns.com is a web site dedicated to Azure cloud computing design patterns.

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