Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's Azure Services Platform is a cloud platform (cloud computing platform as a service) offering that "provides a wide range of internet services that can be consumed from both on-premises environments or the internet". It is signficant in that it is Microsoft's first step into cloud computing following the recent launch of the Microsoft Online Services offering.

Links

• http://www.microsoft.com/azure
• Cloud Computing Tools Blog

Official Downloads

• Windows Azure SDK
• Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
• Microsoft .NET Services SDK
• Microsoft SQL Data Services SDK
• Java SDK for .NET Services
• Ruby SDK for .NET Services