Special Windows Azure Deals for Developers Extended
Three offers to ISVs made it easier to get started and to continue your development efforts on Windows Azure:
- Windows Introductory Special is offered at no charge through the end of September.
- MSDN Ultimate and Premium Benefits increased
- Cloud Essentials Pack offers
Announcements were made at MIX11 and on the Windows Azure team blog at Windows Azure News from MIX11.
Windows Introductory Special
The extension of the expiration date and increases to the amount of free storage, storage transactions and data transfers in the Windows Azure Introductory Special offer. This promotional offer now includes 750 hours of extra-small instances and 25 hours of small instances of the Windows Azure service, 20GB of storage, 50K of storage transactions, and 40GB of data transfers provided each month at no charge until September 30, 2011. See Free Trial for Windows Azure.
- An existing customer who signed up for the original Windows Azure Introductory Special offer will get a free upgrade as of today. An existing customer who signed up for a different offer (other than the Windows Azure Introductory Special) would need to sign up for the updated Windows Azure Introductory Special Offer separately.
MSDN Ultimate and Premium Benefits Increase
MSDN Ultimate and Premium subscribers will benefit from increased compute, storage and bandwidth benefits for Windows Azure. See Windows Azure Platform Benefits for MSDN Subscribers.
Cloud Essentials Pack
The Cloud Essentials Pack for Microsoft partners now includes 750 hours of extra-small instances and 25 hours of small instances of the Windows Azure service, 20GB of storage and 50GB of data transfers provided each month at no charge. In addition, the Cloud Essentials Pack also contains other Microsoft cloud services including SQL Azure, Windows Azure AppFabric, Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. See Microsoft Cloud Essentials Pack on Microsoft Partner Network.
Getting Started with Windows Azure
See the Getting Started with Windows Azure site for links to videos, developer training kit, software developer kit and more. Get free developer tools too.
If you want to try free without a credit card, Windows Azure platform 30 day pass (US Developers) No Credit Card Required - Use Promo Code: DPWE01.
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Bruce D. KyleISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation