I’m compiling a list of good blogs/articles that i find to help anyone that is beginning with windows Azure get up to speed.
Blogs
- http://blogs.msdn.com/cloud/atom.xml – Cloud computing tools team
- http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/atom.xml – Windows azure main blog
- http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/atom.xml – Program manager, windows azure tools
- http://blogs.msdn.com/gusperez/atom.xml
- http://blog.smarx.com/atompub.svc/blog/posts/
Articles
Visual Studio development
Screencast of how to use azure tools
http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2008/10/28/video-walkthrough-a-quick-lap-around-windows-azure-tools-for-microsoft-visual-studio.aspx
Quick lap around VS2008 azure tools (very nice)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203059.aspx
Service project vs. Role project
http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2008/10/27/cloud-service-project-vs-role-project.aspx
Development fabric & storage integration
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203061.aspx
Deployment
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203057.aspx
Azure training kit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en
Degugging storage
http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2008/11/01/how-to-diagnose-and-fix-windows-azure-storage-service-issues.aspx
Integrating LiveID/AD into Azure projects
http://dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/archive/2008/11/12/432.aspx
New role templates
Enabling Windows live tools in Visual studio
http://blogs.msdn.com/vikasahuja/archive/2008/10/31/windows-live-tools-november-2008-ctp-enabled-for-windows-azure.aspx
F# worker role
http://blogs.msdn.com/gusperez/archive/2008/10/31/f-worker-role-type-available-now-too.aspx
Azure
Azure management tools
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/AzureManagementTools
Live services poster
http://dev.live.com/liveframework/livefxposter.pdf
Whitepapers
Azure services platform
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4fa8-a9f9-ec60a32954bc/Azure_Services_Platform.docx
Azure blobs
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131258
Azure Tables
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131257
November 9, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I suggest that new Azure users might want to check out my Setting Up the Windows Azure Services Platform (WASP): An Illustrated Walkthrough post (http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/setting-up-windows-azure-services.html). It leads viewers throught the sign-up process.
–rj
November 9, 2008 at 6:30 pm
This is the RSS feed you need to subscribe to in order to get the latest news about Windows azure: http://feedproxy.google.com/WindowsAzure. It is using many sources including yahoo, google, MS live news search, blog search (using google), technorati, icerokcet and many more, including Twitter. Check it out!
November 10, 2008 at 12:41 am
Great set of links. I’ve put together a similar compilation which I plan on keeping updated
http://www.sriramkrishnan.com/blog/2008/11/windows-azure-links-and-resources.html
November 11, 2008 at 2:58 am
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