Download Free Windows Azure Book

A new book, "Windows Azure Platform: Articles from the Trenches Volume 1" is now available as a free PDF download. You can also view the book on slideshare.net (requires Slideshare login to download).

If you prefer a hard copy of the book, you can buy the book from lulu.com here.

Sections include:

• Tools and steps for getting started.
• Architecture, costs and risks.
• How to build Azure applications in teams, continuous integration
• Using Java with Azure.
• How to automatically scale instances.
• Using Azure drive for storage.
• Integrating Bing maps.
• Azure tables as a NoSQL solution.
• Queries and Azure storage.
• Worker role.
• Logging, diagnostics, health monitoring.
• How to connect your application to Azure services
• Connecting to SQL Azure in less than five minutes.
• Real-time Azure roles using AppFabric.
• and much more.

The book is written by 15 developers who share their experience and tips on building for the Windows Azure Platform.

Bruce D. KyleISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation