MSDN Subscriber Benefits for Windows Azure Double
The benefits for MSDN subscribers have now doubled the initial Windows Azure benefits by extending the offer from eight months to 16 months.
Premium, Ultimate, and BizSpark subscribers get 750/hours per month of compute time, 10 GB storage, and a million transactions per month. Also included are AppFabric, Data Transfer, and three SQL Server instances.
More details on this can be found on the Windows Azure Platform Benefits for MSDN Subscribers page. The site also explains how you can take advantage of the offer.
About Windows Azure
Windows Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft datacenters.
- Get started with Windows Azure.
- Free online and downloadable Windows Azure Platform Training Course on Channel 9.
Also, see:
- Why Windows Azure - learn why Azure is a great cloud computing platform with these fun videos
- Learn how to put up a simple application on to Windows Azure
- Learn about PHP on Windows Azure
- Take the Windows Azure virtual lab
- Read about Developing a Windows Azure Application
- View the series of Web seminars designed to quickly immerse you in the world of the Windows Azure Platform
Special Offers on MSDN Subscriptions
About MSDN Subscriptions
MSDN subscriptions give you access to Visual Studio 2010 and the latest Microsoft platforms for development and testing.
About BizSpark
Microsoft BizSpark is a global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups.BizSpark provides entrepreneurs fast and easy access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools and productions licenses of server products, with no upfront costs and minimal requirements.
To learn more and for startups to sign up, see https://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
Microsoft Partner Network Benefit
See Windows Azure Platform Offers for Microsoft Partners.
About Visual Studio with MSDN
You can currently upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Essentials today, and save $250 off the estimated retail price. See Special Offers for Visual Studio.
Bruce D. KyleISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation