Abe Pachikara

Here is a quick 4 minute walk thru of SQL Azure.  The video calls out how SQL thru Azure addresses such key needs as: High availability, fault tolerance and cost effective scaling up and down Re-using skills already in your org, like T-SQL expertise Offloading such commodity tasks as…

Here is a short walk thru of Windows Azure and the many ways it takes away your infrastructure headaches and lets your focus on the app you want to design, test and deploy at scale.  You will learn of the key building blocks: the AppFabric, storage and the resulting developer…

This is first of a series of brief, to-the-point videos on the Windows Azure platform created by folks in the team. This video offers an overview of the platform itself.  Developers get to focus on the code IT Pros can shift focus from commodity tasks to bigger problems of their…

How do you leapfrog from antiquated teaching tools to those of tomorrow and do so at 1/5th normal costs while fighting poverty and illiteracy?   Learn how using cloud computing, Win 7 and an orchestration of software is enabling a cutting edge solution delivered from the US,…

Frank Campise speaks with Erik Brown, tech lead at West Monroe Partners (WMP).  The client need: “provide an interactive map for the Taste of Chicago in 10 calendar days." Designed, tested, provisioned and deployed.  The event gets approximately 3 million attendees so it was…

Anand Iyer speaks with Dan Merritts from startup Eduify about the criteria used to choose a cloud computing provider and why they ultimately chose Windows Azure.  See a demo of their product and hear how well Azure is meeting Eduify's expectations. Being a startup, Eduify was keen on…

In Part 2 we took you thru signing up for an account; now we walk you thru some useful tips and where you can get further lessons on using the Windows Azure Platform.Take a look and then: Get more info here about the Windows Azure Platform benefits for MSDN subscribers and how…

In this session a screencast will step you thru Windows Azure Platform account sign up to activate your MSDN Premium or Ultimate subscription cloud computing benefits, and some of the nuances you will want to know.Take a look and then: Watch part 3 of 3, tips on using your…

If you have Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN Premium or MSDN Ultimate, you get excellent cloud computing benefits from the Windows Azure Platform included at no cost. Here's the first of 3 useful videos: it’s a walk through of the cloud computing benefits that one receives as an MSDN premium…

Here is a quick video (4 mins 34 secs) to outline the Web based services that are part of the Windows Azure Platform.  The video calls out traditional options you have to inter-connect applications, and then the ways you can use the Service Bus to address communication, authentication and…