Tag: Windows Azure

What is Windows Azure Cloud computing is the hottest new technology in IT. Microsoft’s platform for implementing cloud-computing is called Windows Azure. With Windows Azure you rent servers and storage for a low monthly fee. Under the hood, Windows Azure provides virtual machines running Windows 2008 server and Internet Information Services. You can specify how […]

Windows Azure for Testing A Web application must be tested before deploying it to the Internet. To do this effectively, you need a test server. With Windows Azure, you can have an ASP.NET test server, on the Internet, for free. Go to this link to sign up for your free trial, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/free-trial/. Admittedly, it’s not […]

Well, yes … sort of … and no. It is true that Microsoft has made it pretty easy for ASP.NET developers to develop Azure applications. It is also generally true that it is relatively straightforward to port most existing ASP.NET applications to Azure with little or no modification. Of course there are some that say […]

With the rapid growth in Cloud Computing, Learning Tree provides a growing number of Cloud Computing courses designed to equip attendees with the skills required to gain the maximum benefit for their organisations from Cloud Computing. Current courses offered include : Cloud Computing Overview Cloud Computing Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction Securing the Cloud Windows […]

Last week I taught the first European run of Learning Tree course 2602: Windows Azure Platform Introduction in Stockholm Sweden. There were some interesting things that came out of that course. All the students were experienced .NET programmers, but none of them were actually working on a project that used Windows Azure. Rather, they were […]