announced the global availability of a new line of middleware products to support the Windows Azure Platform, which comes on the heels of their of the Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform service, powered by . The middleware products launching today will run on both FGCP/A5 and the Windows Azure public cloud service, as well as provide customers around .. more »

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to David Holecek, Digital Strategy Manager at to host the company’s interactive, online game that has a tie-in to the movie franchise. Here’s what he had to say: MSDN: Can you tell us more about Volvo and how you market to consumers? Volvo is one the car industry’s most-recognized brands.. more »

Good news for all PHP and Java developers: today we are publishing some Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples just for you. AppFabric Service Bus REST API can be used from almost all programming languages and operating systems, it makes it very easy for applications written on any platform to interoperate with each another through Windows .. more »

Wade Wegner just announced in his blog post, “Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS Now Supports the Access Control Service” the release of an update to the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS. This new version of the toolkit includes three key components Wade describes as incredibly important when trying to develop iOS applications that use Windows Azur.. more »

We’re pleased to announce four new that will help developers and IT pros who are interested in trying out Windows Azure to get up-and-running quickly. In addition to these tutorials, we just launched a new section on the Windows Azure product website that catalogs tutorial content covering all aspects of the Windows Azure platform. The new ge.. more »

We are very excited today to announce our latest content release, which makes some great new data available on the Windows Azure Marketplace, as well as the release of our new Offer Submission page! Are you looking to publish your application or data on the Marketplace? Check out for all the information you need including samples, documentation and .. more »

Today we are excited to announce several updates and enhancements made to the Windows Azure AppFabric Management Portal and the Access Control service. As announced on the Windows Azure blog: Windows Azure Platform Management Portal Updates Now Available, the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal now supports loca[IMG]lization in 11 languages. .. more »

We're very happy to announce the new Windows Azure Code Samples Gallery   that makes it easier for you to find the code samples that you need and provides the ability to add and maintain code samples in our growing catalog. This page is built on , and has been customized to allow you to browse code samples within the familiar context on the One of t.. more »

This week's winner of the Summer Xbox Contest, , has used the Photosynth iPhone App not to create one single brilliant panorama, but to document a the scenic higlights of an entire city: Prauge (Praha in Czech). Of the 23 panoramas he created that were eligable for this week's prize 4 of them made it into consideration for winner. In the end we s.. more »

This post was just published on the AppFabric Team Blog. In this tutorial, Alan Smith (MVP) uses the Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP to create a basic custom external service to call the BingMaps Geocode service. This is a great starting point on how to write a basic custom external service fully integrated with the Windows Azure AppFabric .. more »

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Henning Volkmer, CEO of , about using the Windows Azure platform to deliver its innovative print solution. Here’s what he had to say: Provide a quick overview of your company and the services you offer. Cortado and ThinPrint specialize in offering innovative print solutions and leading mo.. more »

on the AppFabric Team Blog. As the hosting of applications moves from our local staging environments to the cloud, one of the areas that needs to improve is the ability to include deployment in our automated build processes. Using the June CTP AppFabric bits, Visual Studio does an excellent job of enabling developers to design, build, and deploy .. more »

about Microsoft’s relationship with – a company that organizes thousands of people to do small local tasks using their mobile phones. The Photosynth App is at the heart of this relationship, because the tasks we are sponsoring involve shooting panoramas of tens of thousands of local businesses in 8 US cities. If you use an iPhone 4, and live in Los .. more »

I haven’t blogged here in a while, but that’s because I’ve started posting over on instead. You may have seen a couple of my blog posts there, explaining what OAuth 2.0 means for developers who want to connect their apps, services, and devices to Windows Live, and how just a few lines of JavaScript can connect your site to Hotmail, Messenger, and Sk.. more »

originally appeared last Friday, July 15, 2011 on the AppFabric Team Blog. on developing AppFabric Applications, we showed you how to create a simple AppFabric application. This app was an ASP.NET web site that used a SQL Database. In this blog post, we’ll use the AppFabric Application Manager to configure, deploy, and monitor that application. He.. more »

You’ve just built the best Zombie-Ninja-gardening game for Facebook. The game was steadily gaining popularity and then you were “ .” Two minutes later your servers melted and your users moved on to the next game. For most, this kind of disaster spells the end to a promising start. To deal with this volatility, developers can rely on Windows Azure .. more »

We'd like to congratulate this weeks winner of our Summer Xbox Contest, , for their beautiful panorama of in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  neb5, thanks for sharing your work and we hope you'll enjoy your Xbox with Kinect! This panorama won out over the other 722 entries by 204 photographers based on it's completeness - nearly a full sphere, a.. more »

We’re pleased to announce immediate availability of an updated Windows Azure Platform Management Portal . This updated portal is designed to make the management experience more intuitive and efficient. Enhancements in this new release include: Localization: The Portal is now available in 11 languages; newly supported languages are Japanese, Ge.. more »

SQL Azure By default when the database is added it points to a local database in SQL Express. For developing the application locally we will create and use a database in SQL Express. When the application is deployed to the cloud the database will point to a SQL Azure database. A follow-up post covering Application Manager in detail will show how to .. more »

Winners of the ninth annual were announced last Wednesday night at the Imagine Cup World Festival and Awards Ceremony at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York. Ireland’s team Hermes took home top honors in the Software Design competition. The team designed a device that plugs into a car and monitors dangerous driving behavior an.. more »