Cloud Services

Windows 8 is designed to be cloud-powered, so it comes with Metro style apps for communication, sharing, scheduling, photos, and videos. Preview versions of these apps come installed with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and include Mail, Calendar, People, Photos, Messaging, and SkyDrive.…

Architect Summer Campaign : Cloud Patterns & Practices Take advantage of this special about Cloud Patterns and Practices to dive a little deeper into one of the hot topics of the moment during the summer months. We have information geared to fit in with your busy schedule. Only have 30 minutes…

ISV Summer Campaign - Introduction into Leveraging the CloudSummer's here and for the most of us this is the time we take that well-deserved rest and stand back a little from the daily grind. It's also a time for some reflection, a time to think about the things that we would like to do during the…

Architect Summer Campaign - Introduction into Cloud PowerSummer's here and for the most of us this is the time we take that well-deserved rest and stand back a little from the daily grind. It's also a time for some reflection, a time to think about the things that we would like to do during the…

Turns out that sales taxes are more difficult to calculate than it might seem. More than 15,000 taxable regions inside the US form a mosiac for sales tax calculation. Fire districts, state districts, special taxation districts, and state rules on items all play a part. Avalara put…

An Informal Identity Update With the growing interest in "cloud computing", the subject of Identity is moving into the limelight. Kim Cameron is a legend in the identity architecture and engineering space. He is currently the chief architect for Microsoft's identity platform and a key…

Microsoft Interoperability Story Hear about key problems that the Windows Azure Platform is adressing and it fits into the Microsoft cloud computing initiatives. Learn about the pillars of the Windows Azure Platform, its service lifecycle, and see how they fit with both Microsoft and non-Microsoft…

Building a Claim based Infrastructure with eID and Windows AzureGiven the tremendous attention and company focus that Cloud computing is getting lately, people might wonder what it actually takes to get upon the wagon. This session will focus from a practical point of view on what is currently…

Cloud Computing : Changing the physics of IT PDC 2010 has been completed successfully and a whole range of new features have been announced when it comes to cloud computing. Part of the announcements contained significant changes in how we deal with security and interoperability and much more.…

 Mark Russinovich is a Technical Fellow working on the Windows Azure team. His focus is on solving hard problems related to the Fabric Controller, which is in some sense the Windows Azure operating system kernel - it provides services and management infrastructure for the applications that run…