Windows Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS)

Windows Azure Virtual Machines is the newest addition to the Windows Azure platform as is Windows Azure's Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering. You will go over use cases for using Virtual Machines for your applications, how to get up and running with virtual machines, how to deploy applications to virtual machines, and how to use the features that enable you to connect Virtual Machines with other parts of the platform. 

Hands-on Labs

Introduction to Windows Azure Virtual Machines
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

In this hands-on lab you will learn how to deploy a simple ASP.NET MVC3 Web application to a Web server hosted in Windows Azure, using SQL Server and configuring load balancing. [Training Kit Path]\Labs\IntroToWindowsAzureVirtualMachines 

Introduction to Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Linux)
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

In this hands-on lab you will learn how to use the Windows Azure IaaS platform to provision Linux based VMs in the cloud and manage it remotely. [Training Kit Path]\Labs\IntroToWindowsAzureVirtualMachinesLinux 

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This session was presented LIVE as part of the Windows Azure Virtual Workshop series. Other workshops included in the series: Building Connected Apps and Migrating Applications to Windows Azure.