New Windows Azure and PHP Tutorials

If you’re a PHP developer and new to Windows Azure, here are some updated tutorials and links to several tools. 

• New Tutorials posted on https://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/,
  • Offloading work to PHP Worker Roles on Windows Azure By craigkitterman
  • Quicksteps to get started with PHP on Windows Azure by jassand

• Windows Azure tools for PHP updated to align with Windows Azure SDK1.3
  • Windows Azure tools for PHP get an update and refreshed content by jccim
  • The 3 following tools have been updated
    • Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP
    • Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse/PHP
    • Windows Azure Companion

• These updates are Windows Azure 1.3 SDK compatibility updates.
  Important to know: Only the Windows Azure Companion leverages the “Full IIS” mode for now. The Cmd Line and Eclipse plug-in still deploy using the Hosted Web Core. It will come with next update – date still  TBD.
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