Azure Platform

Many people use a SaaS solution, be it Hotmail, Gmail, Quicken Online, etc.  Now businesses are increasingly using SaaS also.  This session (shared at the Nov 2010 UP2010 virtual cloud event) will discuss how one customer, the Kentucky Board of Education took advantage of…

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…

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…

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…

Scott McFarlane of Avalara talked with Warren Wilbee about cloud computing and its impact on their industry which primarily is around sales tax. Any tax solution is very much driven by various aspects such as the increase in spending during the holiday season therefore server load is…

David Gristwood engages David Chappell in conversation about Windows Azure and cloud computing, and explore which applications are great candidates for Windows Azure, and, interestingly which ones don’t, as well as discussing the differences between Infrastructure vs Platform as a Service, and…

SARANGSoft incorporates Windows 7 features of jump lists, icons, and taskbar thumbnails in next version of their data backup software. filexpertéz is a powerful yet simple to use file management tool for desktop and server computers that replicates, deletes, backs up and…

The MPN East Podcast highlights startup and partner activities in Microsoft's US East Region. In this first episode, we talk about the Visual Studio 2010 launch events, we meet our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, we talk about a new educational program for Azure called…

Aspect Software, Inc. describes their recent project to move storage and processing of screen capture and voice conversations from their call center application into Azure.As call centers typically have to retain large amounts of voice data recordings for many years, using Azure ensures the…

The team at Epson Imaging Technology Center (EITC) has created an application called Marksheets that converts marks on paper forms into user data on Windows Azure Platform. Mark sheets are forms that can now be printed on standard printers and marked similar to the…