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SyncToBlog #7 Windows Azure Platform links

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I have been meaning to get these “out of my head” for a little while now. Christmas Eve seems a good day to do it on :-)

• Dave Thompson (Microsoft UK) did a good summary post of adding SSL to a webrole
• Dave also did a good summary of the differences in the Azure November SDK.
• The Azure TCO & ROI Calculator
• Cloud Storage Studio V0.9 is available
• How Azure is being used in the real world - Azure Deep Dives This was generated from a series of UK early adopter labs we run. Yep, I’m in there somewhere (TBH – I haven’t watched it yet!)
• Introducing the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network
• Accessing Windows Azure Blobs Using Custom Storage Domain Names
• The Windows Azure platform AppFabric December 2009 Release
• Azure Library for Lucene.Net from Microsoft Research. Use Lucene.Net on top of Azure Blob storage.
• creation of the Server & Cloud Division
• Windows Azure Diagnostics Documentation
• Introducing Windows Azure Diagnostics 
• Windows Azure Walkthrough: Simple Logging
• Have your say on Windows Azure and SQL Azure – give feedback on what you want
• SQL Azure Data Sync
• Running Ruby on Rails on Windows Azure from Simon Davies (Microsoft UK)
• Cloud Computing Interoperability between Google, Microsoft and Amazon including a short screencast (large download) of the demo in action
• Management UI for Azure tables: https://www.myazurestorage.com

A few case studies:

• VeriSign® SSL Certificates on Windows Azure
• Siemens solution for device management
• 3M solution for designers

Plus some of the “must remember to read” Azure Blogs:

• Official Windows Azure Blog (link)
• SQL Azure Team Blog (link)
• Steve Marx (link)
• Cloudy In Seattle (link)
• Azure Journal (link)
• Extemporaneous Mumblings from Ryan Dunn (link)

Phew, my head feels much much clearer now :-)

Related Links:

• UK Windows Azure Site
• Start working with Windows Azure