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Introduction and Platform

The Windows Azure platform site is at www.microsoft.com/windowsazure.

Case studies of current Azure customers are at www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence.

An early preview of the Windows Azure platform is in “Understanding Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform” on page 14 of the Dec. 2008 Update.

Azure and Microsoft’s other online services are discussed in “Software Plus Services Roadmap” on page 16 of the Jan. 2010 Update.

A Microsoft-Intuit partnership enabling Intuit’s developer partners to leverage Azure is discussed in “Intuit to Push Azure, Microsoft Online” on page 16 of the Feb. 2010 Update.

Windows Azure

Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 1.3 and the Windows Azure SDK 1.3 can be downloaded from links at msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/cc974146.aspx.

The Windows Azure Developer Portal is at windows.azure.com.

Windows Azure Companion is at code.msdn.microsoft.com/azurecompanion.

Windows Azure SDK for PHP is at phpazure.codeplex.com.

Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP is at azurephptools.codeplex.com.

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