Windows Azure Developer

Start here to find everything you need to develop cloud applications on Windows Azure: All the documentation, SDK's, libraries, code snippets, videos and more.

Download Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft^® Visual Studio^®

You can work with Windows Azure on your local machine as if you were interacting with the cloud without an account.  Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio currently support: Visual Studio 2008 SP1. If you don’t have Visual Studio, download the free Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition

Cloud Development with Windows Azure

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Hello Windows Azure!

Are you wondering how to get started with Windows Azure? Join Steve Marx and Ryan Dunn in this quick video featuring a walk through of a simple 'Hello World' application in Windows Azure. See how easy it is to get started using Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio - develop, debug, and publish to the cloud in minutes.

Windows Azure SDKs

• Windows Azure SDK
  The Windows Azure SDK provides developers with the APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop internet-scale applications that run on Windows Azure. Using the Windows Azure SDK, developers can create applications that run it in a local development fabric even without a registered account.

Whitepapers

• Introducing the Windows Azure platform
  Using computers in the cloud can make lots of sense. Rather than buying and maintaining your own machines, why not exploit the acres of internet-accessible servers on offer today? Learn about the Windows Azure platform in this white paper.
• Introducing Windows Azure
  Cloud computing is here. Running applications on machines in an internet-accessible data center can bring plenty of advantages. Yet wherever they run, applications are built on some kind of platform. For on-premises applications, this platform usually includes an operating system, some way to store data, and perhaps more. Applications running in the cloud need a similar foundation. The goal of Microsoft’s Windows Azure is to provide this. Part of the larger Windows Azure platform, Windows Azure is a platform for running Windows applications and storing data in the cloud.
• Windows Azure and ISVs – A Guide for Decision Makers
  Why should an independent software vendor (ISV) care about cloud computing? The answer is simple: Using the cloud has the potential to increase an ISV’s revenues and/or decrease its costs. Running code and storing data on computers in large internet-accessible data centers owned and operated by another organization can offer compelling advantages. If you are responsible for charting your course as an ISV, you'll want to consider how cloud computing can positively impact your business. This white paper explains how ISVs can benefit by using Windows Azure.

Windows Azure Communities

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