Freemiumtools.com
A while ago I put together a website that explains popular cloud services in an introductory manner with the aim of letting people read about some of the tools that are out there
cloud
A collection of 6 posts
Azure website - how to change web hosting plan
In Windows Azure Websites Microsoft have introduced a concept called a web hosting plan. This allows you to control a group of websites all at once and makes for changing their hosting settings
Quick and dirty Azure SQL database backup
Before I made a deployment of updated code to www.australianandroidapps.com yesterday I wanted to make a point-in-time backup of the database that runs the site in case I needed to rollback
Pop-up labs in Windows Azure
I recently came across these two excellent videos about the concept of a pop-up lab in Windows Azure using the IaaS approach of provisioning your own virtual machines. The “pop-up” part of this
TechEd - Building Robust Windows Azure Applications with P&P Guidance
This session was presented byMahesh Krishnan from Readify (@MaheshKrishnan) and focused on building robust Windows Azure apps, but in particular the benefits of elasticity. To me one of the most appealing things
TechEd - Introduction to Windows Azure websites
I confess I haven’t kept up with the latest on Windows Azure websites, so attending the AZR212 session – Introduction to Windows Azure websites was well worth it. Some interesting things I learnt