Azure Jumpstart and Accelerator links
Thanks for attending the Azure Jumpstart and Accelerator events in Dublin and Belfast (also the Galway Live Meeting).
Here are the list of links from my presentations:
Azure HOL (August labs = VS2008, November Labs = VS2010)
http://bit.ly/d16e3M (Update: 7 Jan 2011 : Looks like this link does not give the 2008 option any more)
Also include the December update for Azure SDK 1.3 for VS2010 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en#RelatedResources)
Shared Access signatures
http://blog.smarx.com/posts/shared-access-signatures-are-easy-these-days
CNAME mappings to CDN URLs
http://blog.smarx.com/posts/using-the-new-windows-azure-cdn-with-a-custom-domain
Adaptive Streaming can be made to work with the CDN too
http://blog.smarx.com/posts/smooth-streaming-with-windows-azure-blobs-and-cdn
Ticket Direct Case study
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005890
MSDN offers
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/offers/default.aspx
Patterns Azure Guidance
Windows Azure AppFabric Labs (to see the latest changes to App Fabric)