14 DAY TRIAL // Along with announcing the official launch of its Cloud platform at the Professional Developer Conference 2009 in Los Angeles, Microsoft also released an update to the collection of technical content it has built around Windows Azure. In this regard, the November 2009 update of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit when live on the Microsoft Download Center the past week, and it is currently up for grabs. Offered as a free download the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit is a set of resources designed to get customers and developers familiar with Windows Azure.
“The Azure Services Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including: Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services. The November release includes new and updated labs in addition to information about Microsoft Codename “Dallas”,” Microsoft stated.
The promise from the Redmond company was that the latest refresh to the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit would bring to the table content from PDC 2009. The Redmond company’s latest annual event, focused on developers, had Windows Azure at the core more than any other Microsoft technology. “Presentations Presentations will be updated after PDC 2009 with all of the latest and greatest decks. Demos Demos will be updated after PDC 2009 with all of the latest and greatest demos,” the software giant revealed.
In addition, the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit November Update contains the following Hands On Labs: Introduction to Windows Azure; Exploring Windows Azure Storage; Deploying and Monitoring Applications in Windows Azure; Windows Azure: Worker Role Communication; Federated Authentication in a Windows Azure Web Role Application; Building ASP.NET Web Form Applications with Windows Azure; Introduction to SQL Azure; Migrating Databases to SQL Azure; SQL Azure: Tips and Tricks; Intro to Dallas; Introduction to the .NET Service Bus; Introduction to the .NET Access Control Service; Service Remoting with Service Bus; Eventing with the Service Bus; and the following samples and tools: PhluffyFotos.