tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39565670498186809722024-02-20T16:05:06.128-08:00Azure Learning ResourcesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-83707364171564850192016-06-12T20:22:00.000-07:002016-06-12T20:22:07.795-07:00Understanding Azure—a guide for developers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you are overwhelmed by the plethora of choices for developing in Azure and the common app design scenarios then this ebook would be of help.<br />
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<a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/developer-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/developer-guide/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-34218587382393331522015-10-31T22:00:00.000-07:002015-10-31T22:00:47.544-07:00Azure MVA Courses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals</h3>
<a href="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-8391">https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-8391</a><br />
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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Websites </h3>
<a href="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-websites-8460">https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-websites-8460</a><br />
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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Storage and Data</h3>
<a href="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-storage-and-data-8456">https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-storage-and-data-8456</a><br />
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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Virtual Machines </h3>
<a href="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-virtual-machines-11788">https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-virtual-machines-11788</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-84083853200358218732015-10-23T21:41:00.000-07:002015-10-23T21:41:25.483-07:00Exam 70-533 Preparation Materials<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions – Study Guide</h3>
<a href="http://vnext.azurewebsites.net/?p=10381">http://vnext.azurewebsites.net/?p=10381</a><br />
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Exam Prep Session for Exam 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions</h3>
<a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3901">https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3901</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-83909907232182285192015-10-17T21:37:00.002-07:002015-10-17T21:38:50.130-07:00Free Azure eBooks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Free Azure eBooks</h2>
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Microsoft Azure Essentials Fundamentals of Azure :</div>
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/02/03/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-fundamentals-of-azure.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/02/03/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-fundamentals-of-azure.aspx</a><br />
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Direct Download: <a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#9780735697225">http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#9780735697225</a> </div>
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Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Web Apps for Developers</div>
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/06/09/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-azure-web-apps-for-developers.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/06/09/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-azure-web-apps-for-developers.aspx</a> </div>
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Direct Download: <a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#9781509300594">http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#9781509300594</a><br />
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Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Machine Learning</div>
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/04/15/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-azure-machine-learning.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2015/04/15/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-azure-machine-learning.aspx</a></div>
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Direct Download: <a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#9780735698178">http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#9780735698178</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-30972700914840772002015-10-03T22:32:00.000-07:002015-10-03T22:32:25.343-07:00Microsoft Azure - Hands on Labs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Azure DevCamp - IAAS (Infrastructure as a service)<br />
<a href="https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/DevCamp/tree/master/HOL/create-virtual-machine">https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/DevCamp/tree/master/HOL/crea<span id="goog_477247012"></span><span id="goog_477247013"></span>te-virtual-machine</a> <br />
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Create Virtual Machines in Azure - Preview Portal<br />
<a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-tutorial/" target="_blank">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-tutorial/ </a><br />
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Covers<br />
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<li>Azure preview portal</li>
<li>Azure portal</li>
<li>PowerShell: Resource Manager deployment</li>
<li>PowerShell: Classic deployment </li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-64230654058352365222015-09-26T22:03:00.000-07:002015-09-26T22:03:07.150-07:00Azure Training Kit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Microsoft Azure Training Kit has been</span> superceded by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/CloudCamp" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4078c0; text-decoration: none;">Azure Readiness CloudCamp</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/DevCamp">https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/De<span id="goog_252009805"></span><span id="goog_252009806"></span>vCamp</a> <br /><br />
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<a href="https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/CloudDataCamp">https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/CloudDataCamp</a><br />
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<a href="https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/MicrosoftAzureTrainingKit">https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/MicrosoftAzureTrainingKit</a> (deprecated)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-38073975027645880122013-02-28T09:24:00.002-08:002013-02-28T09:24:42.602-08:00Microsoft Azure cloud storage service worldwide SSL certificate issue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Microsoft's Azure Cloud Storage service suffered a worldwide SSL secure certificate issue apparently due to the fact that the certificate had expired inadvertently as reported my most news sources.<br />
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Below are links to some websites and a link to <a href="http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/" target="_blank">Windows Azure Service Dashboard</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/22/azure_problem_that_should_never_happen_ever/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/22/azure_problem_that_should_never_happen_ever/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/">http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-39589670447849008232013-02-19T14:09:00.003-08:002013-02-19T14:09:58.993-08:00Windows Azure Mobile Services<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Over the last few years mobile services have taken a gigantic growth and to support it there has been a spurt of BAAS (Backend-as-a-service) offerings to go with.<br />
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Developing a cloud backed backend for your mobile app requires lot more effort and when getting your mobile app developed, tested and on to the store, your backend could well be the botteneck.<br />
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Not to talk of scaling well for millions of users (when your app gets really popular).<br />
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Though there are some BAAS providers out there such as parse.com, stackmob.com and kinvey.com to name a few, Microsoft has entered this space with Azure Mobile Services.<br />
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You can check out their blog announcement here: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/08/28/announcing-windows-azure-mobile-services.aspx">http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/08/28/announcing-windows-azure-mobile-services.aspx</a><br />
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There is even a comparison from one the BAAS players aptly named <a href="http://www.kinvey.com/blog/144/why-is-microsoft-competing-with-backend-as-a-service-startups" target="_blank">Why is Microsoft competing with Backend as a Service startups? (</a> http://www.kinvey.com/blog/144/why-is-microsoft-competing-with-backend-as-a-service-startups)<br />
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Windows Azure Mobile Services Home Page:<br />
<a href="http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/" target="_blank"> http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/</a><br />
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Getting Started tutorial:<br />
<a href="http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/tutorials/get-started/">http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/mobile/tutorials/get-started/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-73004775979331684922013-02-19T13:51:00.000-08:002013-02-19T13:51:29.246-08:00Azure Table Storage - Dynamic Columns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Windows Azure Table storage service stores large amounts of structured data in the form of entities ( An entity contains a set of properties).<br />It's a NoSQL kind of datastore and are ideal for storing structured, non-relational data. <br /><br />Each entity can hold up to 255 properties (including 3 required properties) and the combined size cannot exceed 1 MB.<br /><br />The three required properties are<br />"PartitionKey"<br />"RowKey"<br />"timestamp"<br /><br />So, effectively that leaves us with 252 properties to work with.<br />Entities map to C# Objects. So, programmatically you would declare a class that inherits from "TableEntity".<br /><br />eg.,<br />public class CustomerEntity : TableEntity<br />{<br /> public CustomerEntity(string lastName, string firstName)<br /> {<br /> this.PartitionKey = lastName;<br /> this.RowKey = firstName;<br /> }<br /><br /> public CustomerEntity() { }<br /><br /> public string Address { get; set; }<br /> <br /> public string Email { get; set; }<br /> <br />}<br /><br /><br />If you would like to keep your schema design dynamic as azure table storage supports, there are couple of ways you could do to achieve that.<br /><br />Here are some links that help you solve it:<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/avkashchauhan/archive/2011/03/28/reading-and-saving-table-storage-entities-without-knowing-the-schema-or-updating-tablestorageentity-schema-at-runtime.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/avkashchauhan/archive/2011/03/28/reading-and-saving-table-storage-entities-without-knowing-the-schema-or-updating-tablestorageentity-schema-at-runtime.aspx</a><br />
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<a href="http://developenator.blogspot.in/2011/09/dynamic-type-factory-for-azure-table.html">http://developenator.blogspot.in/2011/09/dynamic-type-factory-for-azure-table.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://blog.tylerdoerksen.com/2011/10/23/intermediate-table-storage-custom-columns/">http://blog.tylerdoerksen.com/2011/10/23/intermediate-table-storage-custom-columns/</a><br />
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<a href="http://ruiromanoblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/azure-table-storage-with-dynamic-entities-objects/">http://ruiromanoblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/azure-table-storage-with-dynamic-entities-objects/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-12138656193151596072013-02-06T11:12:00.002-08:002013-02-06T11:12:52.889-08:00SQL Azure Federation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
SQL Azure Federations allows DBAs to scale out their database by federating (sharding) their database. SQL Azure Federation makes it easier to set up the federated databases, and automate the process of adding new federation members.<br />
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If you are new to SQL Azure Federation, check out this great blog post on this (<a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/shaunxu/archive/2012/01/07/sql-azure-federation-ndash-introduction.aspx" target="_blank">SQL Azure Federation – Introduction</a>) by Shaun Xu.<br />
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There is a codeplex project that facilitates the process of migrating data from a single database to multiple federation members in SQL Azure Federation.<br />
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<a href="http://sqlazurefedmw.codeplex.com/">http://sqlazurefedmw.codeplex.com/</a><br />
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The Project home page also includes links to other resources for learning SQL Azure Federations.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-18424448491564433792013-02-06T11:04:00.000-08:002013-02-06T11:04:31.378-08:00SQL Server vs Azure SQL Database differences<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SQL Server Comparison</h3>
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Focus on logical vs. physical administration<br />Database and log files automatically placed (no support for Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, etc)<br />Three high-availability replicas maintained for every database<br />Tables require a clustered index<br />Maximum database size is 150 GB (Business edition) 5GB (Web edition)<br />SQL Server Authentication only</div>
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Unsupported SQL Server Features</h3>
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Use command, distributed transactions, distributed views<br />Service Broker<br />Common Language Runtime (CLR)<br />SQL Agent<br />Native Encryption<br />*Backup / Restore</div>
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For Data Migration check <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee730904.aspx" target="_blank">Migrating Databases to Windows Azure SQL Database</a> </div>
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For a more exhaustive list of differences check out this TechNet link (Compare SQL Server with Windows Azure SQL Database) <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/996.compare-sql-server-with-windows-azure-sql-database.aspx">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/996.compare-sql-server-with-windows-azure-sql-database.aspx</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-87460353309096245902013-01-19T19:47:00.001-08:002013-01-19T19:47:36.338-08:00Windows Azure Learning Series<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #253340; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.015625px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Windows Azure Learning Series takes you through examples utilizing the features in Windows Azure Caching and Service Bus.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #253340; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.015625px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #253340; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.015625px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Project Description</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #253340; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.015625px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This is a video series which demonstrates to developers and architects the basics of Windows Azure.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #253340; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.015625px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #253340; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.015625px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The videos are hosted on Microsoft Showcase and the following content below will be posted here:</span><br />
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<li style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Sample Code (if necessary)</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Overview Document<ul style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; list-style: none url(http://i2.codeplex.com/Images/v19958/doublearrow.gif); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Link to Video on Microsoft Showcase</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Abstract of Lab/Video</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Links to relevant downloads to follow video walkthroughs</li>
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<a href="http://windowsazurelearning.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">http://windowsazurelearning.codeplex.com/ </a></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-61792758473322874072013-01-18T00:20:00.000-08:002013-02-06T11:16:48.083-08:00Windows Azure - Screencasts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
1. Building Cloud Applications with the Windows Azure Platform<br />
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Session 01: Windows Azure Overview<br />
Session 02: Introduction to Compute<br />
Session 03: Windows Azure Lifecycle, Part 1<br />
Session 04: Windows Azure Lifecycle, Part 2<br />
Session 05: Windows Azure Storage, Part 1<br />
Session 06: Windows Azure Storage, Part 2<br />
Session 07: Introduction to SQL Azure<br />
Session 08: Windows Azure Diagnostics<br />
Session 09: Windows Azure Security, Part 1<br />
Session 10: Windows Azure Security, Part 2<br />
Session 11: Scalability, Caching & Elasticity, Part 1<br />
Session 12: Scalability, Caching & Elasticity, Part 2, and Q&A<br />
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<a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Azure-Jump-Start-01-Windows-Azure-Overview" target="_blank">http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Azure-Jump-Start-01-Windows-Azure-Overview </a><br />
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2. Windows Azure Cloud Cover Show<br />
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<a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover">http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover</a><br />
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3. Windows Azure Podcasts<br />
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<a href="http://www.developerfusion.com/t/azure/media/" target="_blank">http://www.developerfusion.com/t/azure/media/ </a><br />
<a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio">http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio</a><br />
<a href="http://azurecast.blogspot.in/">http://azurecast.blogspot.in/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-52268356443529028572013-01-18T00:16:00.000-08:002013-02-06T10:53:46.243-08:00Windows Azure - Free ebooks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Upscaling to Windows Azure - <a href="http://jeanpaulva.com/2011/11/12/ebook-on-windows-azure/">http://jeanpaulva.com/2011/11/12/ebook-on-windows-azure/</a><br />
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Windows Azure Platform: Articles from the Trenches Volume One - <a href="http://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable/archive/2010/06/23/free-96-page-book---windows-azure-platform-articles-from.aspx">http://geekswithblogs.net/iupdateable/archive/2010/06/23/free-96-page-book---windows-azure-platform-articles-from.aspx</a><br />
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Windows Azure Service Bus Developer Guide - <a href="http://www.cloudcasts.net/devguide/">http://www.cloudcasts.net/devguide/</a> <br />
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Free Windows Azure Ebooks - <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/umits/archive/2012/11/06/free-windows-azure-ebooks.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/umits/archive/2012/11/06/free-windows-azure-ebooks.aspx</a><br />
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David Chappel Whitepapers on Azure - <a href="http://www.davidchappell.com/writing/white_papers.php">http://www.davidchappell.com/writing/white_papers.php</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956567049818680972.post-46078650561674963022013-01-18T00:05:00.000-08:002013-01-18T00:05:55.427-08:00Windows Azure Learning Resources<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/other-resources/training-kit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: steelblue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Windows Azure Training Kit</span></span></span></a><br />
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Download <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=8396" target="_blank">Windows Azure Training Kit - December 2012</a><br />
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<b>NIST Cloud Computing Definition</b><br />
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After years in the works and 15 drafts, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) working definition of cloud computing, the 16th and final definition has been published as The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (NIST Special Publication 800-145).<br />
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Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.</blockquote>
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This cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models. </blockquote>
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Link to Download:<br />
<a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf" target="_blank">The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing</a> <br />
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<b>Wikipedia Definition of Cloud Computing:</b><br />
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Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts remote services with a user's data, software and computation. </blockquote>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing</a></div>
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