Windows Azure Platform Training Kit August Update

Training Kit that includes a comprehensive set of technical content including 13 hands-on labs, 10 presentations and 21 demonstrations that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform. 

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=130354

Visit MSDN for a full collection of developer resources.

We recommend:

• MSDN Magazine - useful Azure articles and sample code
• Windows Azure Forum
• Azure community – blogs, twitters, social networking

Explore and experiment with the Azure SDK's locally.

• Windows Azure SDK Samples

Read these White Papers for a deeper understanding of the services in the Windows Azure Platform.

• Introducing the Windows Azure Platform
• Introducing Windows Azure 
• Windows Azure Table – Programming Table Storage
• Windows Azure Blob – Programming Blob Storage
• Windows Azure Queue - Programming Queue Storage
• Developer’s Guide to the Microsoft® .NET Access Control Service
• A Developer’s Guide to the Microsoft® .NET Service Bus

Watch these videos to see firsthand how you can use Azure.

• Channel 9 - As Microsoft move towards commercial availability, the evangelism team have started to release the next round of training & readiness materials onto channel 9. The following screencasts and videos are available:
• Deploying Applications on Windows Azure
• Inside Windows Azure , Manuvir Das
• Inside .NET Services, John Shewchuk
• Architecture of the .NET Services
• Access Control In .NET Services
• .NET Services: Messaging Services - Protocols, Protection, and How We Scale
• .NET Services: Orchestrating Services and Business Processes Using Cloud-Based Workflow
• .NET Services: Access Control Service Drilldown
• .NET Services: Connectivity, Messaging, Events, and Discovery with the Service Bus
• .NET Services: Logging, Diagnosing, and Troubleshooting Applications Running Live in the Cloud

Get the facts quick on the Windows Azure Platform through the datasheets below.

• Interoperability with the Windows Azure Platform

• Azure Webcasts