US DPE Azure Connection

We are Technology Evangelists from Microsoft's US Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) team focused on Windows Azure and cloud computing. US DPE Azure Connection is where you can keep up with all of our cloud-related blog posts. You can also find

You in the Cloud Sweepstakes!

Want to win some easy money? We have a new Azure sweepstakes where we’re giving away seven $50 gift...

Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 05/04/2012

MICROSOFT YOU IN THE CLOUD SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. COMMON TERMS USED IN THESE RULES: These are the official rules that govern...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 05/02/2012

The Imagine Cup - I wish this had existed when I was in school

Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 05/02/2012

You in the Cloud Sweepstakes Announcement

I just updated the Windows Azure Learning Path post with this info, but I wanted to post it...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 05/02/2012

Multi Tenant Metering in Windows Azure

Our global ISV team just announced the public availability of the Cloud Ninja Multi-Tenant Metering...

Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 04/30/2012

Announcing Visual Studio Achievements for Windows Azure

Last January, a great question was posed by Rudi, a Slovenian developer in the Channel 9 community...

Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 04/30/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Start Here

Welcome to the cloud! We have aggregated a variety of resources into a set of courses structured to...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 300

Level 300 - Advanced Level 300 lessons are designed to take you beyond how to build cloud services...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 300 : Exercise 4

Exercise 4 - Use Access Control Service to Federate with Multiple Business Identity Providers...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 300 : Exercise 3

Exercise 3: Take control of the Sign-In experience Having configured previously with multiple...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 300 : Exercise 2

Exercise 2: Use Claims for Authorizing Users In this exercise you will focus authorizing users to...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 300 : Exercise 1

Exercise 1: Use Access Control Service for Accepting Users from Multiple Identity Providers Windows...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 200

Level 200 - Intermediate The intermediate lesson is designed to take you into a learning path that...

Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 04/27/2012

Windows Azure Storage for the ASP.NET Developer

So, you're an ASP.NET developer and you're moving your app to the cloud. Time to learn about...

Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 04/25/2012

Don't have time for a full day Azure Bootcamp? How about taking the afternoon off?

I know, I know... you're swamped at work. How are you gonna get a full day off for Azure...

Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 04/24/2012

Announcing Windows Azure Media Services

The Windows Azure platform just keeps getting better and better. Yesterday we announced the upcoming...

Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 04/17/2012

Windows Azure Trust Center

The Windows Azure team recently posted about the Windows Azure Trust Center. One of the...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/16/2012

New Cloud Learning Path - 100 to 400 Level Classes for Free

Ready for class? Check out these great learning tools for Azure!

Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 04/12/2012

Introducing the Windows Azure Learning Path

Starting today, we're pleased to announce the new Windows Azure Learning Path at...

Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 04/12/2012

Folding@home with the SMP Client in Windows Azure

Want to run @home with Azure for another team or use a more powerful CPU? For the true geeks out...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/06/2012

Debugging and Troubleshooting in the Cloud

Thursday, April 5th, at noon, we’ll be having our second from the last @home webcast, this time...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/04/2012

Getting Started with the Windows Azure Cache

Windows Azure has a great caching service that allows applications (whether or not they are hosted...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/04/2012

Windows Azure for the ASP.NET Developer Series

Are you interested in moving your ASP.net development skills to the cloud? Windows Azure is an open...

Author: Peter Laudati Date: 03/22/2012

Antimalware in the Windows Azure

On most (or perhaps even all?) of the production servers I’ve worked on, antivirus/antimalware...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/21/2012

Why Move My ASP.NET to the Cloud?

Customers and partners often ask me what the benefits are to moving from on-premise or traditional...

Author: Anonymous Date: 03/21/2012