Monthly Archives: November 2012

Building Applications in Azure

Recently concluded Build conference had many good Azure sessions. If you like lessons learned from actual implementations you should invest some time to go through these sessions and the article. Building Big: Lessons learned from Windows Azure customers – Part I … Continue reading

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Azure Virtual Network Resources

Windows Azure Virtual Network became generally available in April 2013. Virtual Networks allow you to establish a site to site VPN connection between your VPN device and Azure data center. This make it possible to leverage Azure for data center … Continue reading

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Handy Windows Azure IAAS Resources

How to Get support Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks are currently in preview. The only way of getting support is via public support forums. These forums are monitored by Microsoft Support Engineers and most questions are answered with … Continue reading

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Benefits of Platform As a Service (PAAS)

Windows Azure Platform is a rich Platform as a Service(PAAS) cloud offering. It also offer Infrastructure As A Service(IAAS). The following articles from Gartner and Forrester Research do a great job of describing benefits of using PAAS. Gartner: PaaS-O-Nomics 101 … Continue reading

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