Windows Azure Platform

The Azure Services Platform is a cloud-computing technology from Microsoft. It is composed of four core components - Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Services, and Live Services - each with a unique role in the functioning of your cloud service. It is the goal of this book to show you how to use these components, both separately and together, to build flawless cloud services. This book aims to show you precisely how the components are employed and to demonstrate the techniques and best practices you need to know to use them to best effect.