Cloud404 :: Cloud Computing, Risk Management, Security, Compliance

Just in time for the long drive home from your Thanksgiving retreat (available in WMV and Mp4 formats for your iPod or Zune), the Microsoft PDC team has posted videos and presentations related to Windows Azure.  Although these are more focused on general developer concepts, I find that plenty of relevant material to our quest to learn about security/compliance/risk implications of cloud-based computing.

Starting with the intro videos is always a nice step — I’d then recommend the logging, single-sign-on, and storage sessions.

- Craig

Introduction

• Lap Around the Windows Azure Platform
• Windows Azure Present and Future
• Introduction to Building Applications with Windows Azure
• The Business of Windows Azure: What you should know about Windows Azure Platform pricing and SLAs

Learn to Develop for Windows Azure

• Tips and Tricks for Using Visual Studio 2010 to Build Applications that Run on Windows Azure
• Patterns for Building Scalable and Reliable Applications with Windows Azure
• Developing Advanced Applications with Windows Azure
• Windows Azure Monitoring, Logging, and Management APIs
• Automating the Application Lifecycle with Windows Azure
• Building Hybrid Cloud Applications with Windows Azure and the Service Bus
• Enabling Single Sign-On to Windows Azure Applications
• Bridging the Gap from On-Premises to the Cloud

Windows Azure Storage

• Storing and Manipulating Blobs and Files with Windows Azure Storage
• Windows Azure Tables and Queues Deep Dive

Windows Azure as an Open Platform

• Developing PHP and MySQL Applications with Windows Azure
• Building Java Applications with Windows Azure

SQL Azure Sessions

• Enrich your Applications with Data from Microsoft Project Code Name “Dallas”
• SQL Azure Database: Present and Future
• Using the Microsoft Sync Framework to Connect Apps to the Cloud
• The Future of Database Development with SQL Azure
• Microsoft SQL Azure Database: Under the Hood
• Scaling out Web Applications with Microsoft SQL Azure Databases
• Petabytes for Peanuts! Making Sense out of “Ambient” Data
• Development Best Practices and Patterns for Using Microsoft SQL Azure Databases

Showcases

• Lessons Learned: Building Scalable Applications with the Windows Azure Platform
• Lessons Learned: Building On-Premises and Cloud Applications with the Service Bus and Windows Azure
• Lessons Learned: Building Multi-Tenant Applications with the Windows Azure Platform
• Lessons Learned: Migrating Applications to the Windows Azure Platform