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Announcing Native Windows Azure Libraries and Special Free Pricing Using SendGrid for Windows Azure Customers

Brian GoldfarbMS — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Last week our friends over at SendGrid shipped new native libraries on GitHub (C#, Node.JS) for Windows Azure developers that make it extremely easy to integrate their mail service into any application built and running in Windows Azure. In addition, SendGrid launched a new offer for Windows Azure customers that provides 25,000 free emails a month! We’ve heard from customers consistently that sending email was too hard and we listened! See detailed, step by step tutorials

CodeMash 2012 Recap

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Now that CodeMash is over, it’s about time that I deposited information about my experiences at CodeMash 2012 here. This was my third time at this event that always offers great sessions, workshops, discussions, fun, and bacon. I am honored to have again been given the chance to speak at CodeMash. I co-presented the Software Craftsmanship precompiler workshops with Steve Smith for the 3rd year running. This year, we broke our day-long workshop into 2 sections: one beginner session and one inte

Windows Azure and Cloud9 IDE at Node Summit

Glenn Block MS — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:45:00 GMT

Last month we launched our new Windows Azure SDK for Node.js. The release came after months of hard work between Microsoft and Joyent. Since that time we’ve seen a lot of excitement in the Node community around the support for Node.js in Windows Azure. We’re thankful for all the support! Today at the Node Summit in San Franciso, Scott Guthrie demonstrated the SDK, which provides a streamlined experience for Windows developers to build and deploy Node.js apps to Windows Azure using Po

Announcing SQL Azure Import/Export Service Now in Production

GregoryLeake — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:31:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Azure Import/Export! Now available as a production service, SQL Azure Import/Export helps organizations deploy on-premises databases to SQL Azure, and archive SQL Azure and SQL Server databases to Windows Azure Storage. Key improvements in the new production release include: Increased performance & resiliency Progress reporting Selective Export Production support New usage sample EXE This service is provided free of charge to

Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #3)

Himanshu_Singh — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:14:00 GMT

Welcome to the third edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. Here are the highlights from last week. The Rise of the Cloud CIO: A Silver Lining for IT and Business by Eric Berg, CloudZone (posted Jan. 19) Why CES 2012 Should Have Been Called the Cloud Electronics Show by David Linthicum, InfoWorld (posted Jan. 18) Cloud Server Shipments to Skyrocket in 2012 by Barb Darrow, Gigaom (posted Jan.

New Article: Windows Azure Queues and Windows Azure Service Bus Queues - Compared and Contrasted

ValeryMizonov — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:35:00 GMT

We have been getting requests from customers for guidance when to use each of the two cloud-based queuing services offered today on Windows Azure: Windows Azure Queues and Windows Azure Service Bus Queues. To address this, we have put together an article that analyzes the differences and similarities between the two services. By using this information, you can compare and contrast the respective queuing services and be able to make a more informed decision about which solution best meets your ne

Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #2)

Himanshu_Singh — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:19:00 GMT

Welcome to the second edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. Here are the highlights from last week. Cover Story: Steve Ballmer Reboots by Ashlee Vance, BusinessWeek (posted Jan. 12) Bond University Offers Cloud Computing Course to Students by Charlie Osborne, ZDNet (posted Jan. 11) Feds Refine Cloud Security Standards by Elizabeth Montalbano, InformationWeek (posted Jan. 10) Cloud Computi

Book Excerpt: "To The Cloud: Cloud Powering an Enterprise"

Pankaj_AroraMS — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:59:00 GMT

Hi, I’m Pankaj Arora, a senior manager in the Microsoft IT Global Strategic Initiatives team. When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer publicly declared “We’re all in” on cloud computing in March 2010, he wasn’t just referring to Microsoft’s products. He also was giving his IT organization a mandate to move to cloud computing. Since that declaration, my colleagues and I have learned a lot about what it takes to adopt cloud computing at a global enterprise. We now have

Techila Taps Windows Azure to Speed Groundbreaking Cancer Research at University of Helsinki

Himanshu_Singh — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:14:00 GMT

Breast cancer is the most common cancer type for women. While the prognosis of many subtypes of breast cancers in general is good, certain types of breast cancer pose high risk for metastases, which account for 95% of the deaths of breast cancer patients. In the treatment of breast cancer, it’s important to be able to assess the likelihood that a primary tumor develops metastases and this is a non-trivial task, as there’s an ocean of genes and their combinations that may contrib

NEW! Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #1)

Himanshu_Singh — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:23:00 GMT

Sometimes it can be a challenge to stay on top of the latest news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. That’s why we’re launching the Windows Azure Community News Roundup series on this blog. Every week, I will post a snapshot of the freshest community-driven content and resources from the previous week. In this first post, I’ve covered the past two weeks worth of interesting articles, posts and tweets. Windows Azure Gets Node.js Update by