Cloud Computing for beginners

Learn all about Microsoft's Windows Azure platform at the architectural level and how it addresses enterprise cloud computing concerns including economics, security, storage and more. Included are an Azure pricing table and a sample cost calculator.

Hanu Kommalapati

MSDN Magazine February 2010

Here we examine the typical cloud platform architecture and some common architectural patterns, along with their implementation on the Windows Azure offering from Microsoft.

Joshy Joseph

MSDN Magazine May 2009

We show you how .NET Services within the Azure Services Platform makes it easy to bring workflow apps to the cloud.

Aaron Skonnard

MSDN Magazine April 2009

Learn how to utilize elasticity-the ability to provision resources and remove them on the fly-to take full advantage of cloud computing.

Josh Twist

MSDN Magazine November 2010

Windows Azure is already helping many companies move their apps into the cloud. We'll share some of the tips and tricks that we discovered working with customers on real-world migrations.

George Huey, Wade Wegner

MSDN Magazine August 2010

See how easy it is to create a Windows Phone 7 app and tie it to a Web service as Ramon Arjona walks you through the creation of a language translation tool.

Ramon Arjona

MSDN Magazine August 2010

It's difficult to troubleshoot any application without a trail of clues to follow, and cloud apps are no different. We look at how logging and tracing are enabled for Windows Azure, and how you can use Windows PowerShell to manage diagnostics for a running service.

Mike Kelly

MSDN Magazine June 2010

You'll find direct support for building Windows Azure applications in Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. We'll walk you through using Visual Studio 2010 for the entirety of the Windows Azure application development lifecycle.

Jim Nakashima

MSDN Magazine April 2010

To better understand how SOA patterns can be applied to Windows Azure deployments, we walk you through a scenario in which a bank moves its services to the cloud.

Thomas Erl, Arman Kurtagic, Herbjörn Wilhelmsen

MSDN Magazine January 2010