I’ve had a number of people ask me about adding a custom domain to a Windows Azure Website and it is a straight forward task providing you have access to edit your DNS records. the first thing to note is that custom domains can’t be configured on the Free instances but on Share and Reserved you get an option to …

If you have been wondering why you would use Windows Azure Queues that are part of the Storage Service or the queues that are part of the service bus then the following MSDN article will give you full details. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh767287(VS.103).aspx Recent changes in pricing make the choice even …

The Windows Azure Training Kit June 2012 release is out now with the following features: 12 new hands-on labs for Windows Azure Virtual Machines 11 new hands-on labs for Windows Azure Web Sites 2 new hands-on labs demonstrating Windows Azure with Windows 8 Metro-style applications Several new hands-on labs for Node.js …

The latest tools for windows Azure are located here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29988 This version is supported in both Visual Studio 2010 & 2012 and will run on Windows 7 & 8 Server 2008 & 2012

This is a follow on post from my introduction to Windows Azure Websites and shows you how you can synchronise your website in TFS with Windows Azure. One of the biggest problems with the way you deploy applications to Windows Azure is that minor changes (e.g .markup, content and styling) require a redeploy to publish …

After the announcement about the new Windows Azure Services to Deliver a Hybrid Cloud and on Scott Guthrie’s blog, this blog post shows a little of what the Windows Azure Websites will bring. These are additional services that allow quick and easy creation and deployment of websites to the Windows Azure environment. …

Diagnostics in any application is a necessity and Windows Azure applications are no different. You could remote desktop onto the instance and check the event logs and even run up debug view so that you can see your system diagnostic messages. There is however a mechanism provided to retrieve a whole load of diagnostic …

Just finished at the Hacking Imagination event in County Durham. My role was to help mentor and encourage the students from Universities and Colleges in the North East of England to help them to develop their ideas for their Imagine Cup entries. The event was held in a secret location in county Durham and the students …

Costing a system for running on Windows Azure seems complex at times and sometimes it is easy to calculate and other times it is not. However there have been a number of times in recent months where I have experienced higher than expected costs for Windows Azure. The first thing to check is the actual bill. The bills …

If you attended the [Black Marble Architecture Event](http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events.aspx?event=Architecture Forum in the North 4) yesterday you would have seen a number of talks around Azure and the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit was mentioned a number of times. The latest update to the training kit is here: …