Why the Windows Azure VM Role is not necessary (most of the time)

  For many people (including me till today) the windows azure instances are insufficient configurable. You have installed a naked Windows + IIS and .NET Framework. If you want to do anything else you have to use VM Role – that’s what you here. But in fact also the normal Windows Azure instances are much …

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What’s the price of Windows Azure?

  To say it short: It depends and till today I didn’t find an impartial meaning. At the austria Technet Microsoftis I found a “bill” of a Microsoft offer. This blogpost is just a little orientation for you…    

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try out Windows Azure 90 days for free

If you like to test Windows Azure by yourself then today is your day because there is a new test offering. All you have to do is to enter this side, choose your country and enter “COMMUNITY” as promotion code. You don´t need a credit card or anything else just a Windows Live ID.

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Automatically deployment on windows azure with the help of a buildserver via powershell

  During my last blogposts I´ve already talked about using TeamCity as a Buildserver. Because of we are using Windows Azure in our BizzBingo project the subject for today is how to create automatically new deploymnts on Azure – it´s easier than you might think

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HowTo: map your own domains on Windows Azure Applications (*.cloudapp.net)

  If you already successfully deployed a Windows Azure Application and turned it on “active” you will get an URL after the pattern “Name.clodapp.net” for less. But how is it possible to show “name.de or “www.name.de“ on my application? The (short) answer:

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HowTo: First steps with the Windows Azure CTP and the first "HelloWorld"

In my last blogpost I talked about different cloud computing providers, like Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Today I want to describe Windows Azure more and show you how to use the Windows Azure CTP and how to publish a "Hello World" app in the "cloud".

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HowTo: Hello "Cloud-Computing"

Cloud-Computing is a new nice buzzword after Web 2.0 and everything goes "in the cloud" – but what means "in the cloud"? Who are the big players and why should you care about it?  

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