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VIDEO: Windows Azure: How Retail Manager Solutions changed their business
Jim Chapman, CEO of Retail Manager Solutions, talks about their move from on-premises software to the cloud and then tells us how Windows Azure has changed their business. Sales cycle times have been...
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Event: Free UK Windows Azure Bootcamp: Online
We’re going to be running an online version of the popular Windows Azure Bootcamp on the 21st May. We’re very aware that the London and Liverpool bootcamps due to run in Early May are now full so we...
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Video: Windows Azure Connect: a real-world solution
K3 Retail are the UK’s biggest Microsoft Dynamics partner. They’ve built a system that allows them to expose on-premises applications and data such as Dynamics, SQL Server Reporting Services, Email and...
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Article: I’ve built a SaaS solution on Windows Azure: now, how do I know what...
When we move from writing shrink-wrapped software that a customer runs a setup.exe in their own datacenter to the completely different world of providing the software’s functionality as a service over...
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Video: The most common issues support sees for Windows Azure
Markus McCormick, an escalation engineer working in Microsoft support in the UK talks about the most common support issues they see coming in to the support centre. He gives advice on how to avoid...
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A summary of the major announcements at the “Meet Windows Azure” conference
Despite its intimate, low-key nature, there were a pretty major collection of Windows Azure messages at this event with new major features being announced for the first time. It really must have been a...
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The difference between Azure VMs and Azure VM Role
All compute resources in Windows Azure run on virtual machines, but not all virtual machines are the same. VM RoleYou send your own OS image, along with any attendant software, service packs, patches,...
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How do I sign up to the new Azure features if I already have an Azure...
I can see there’s a bit of commentary along the lines of “how on earth do I actually sign up to these new features with my existing Windows Azure subscription…Well, it’s a less-than-two-minute video...
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The Internet is “everywhere”
My 11 year-old son was watching videos of Minecraft on YouTube the other day when my wife asked him “…what happens to all the rubbish videos on YouTube? Do they keep them?”.“Yes of course they do” came...
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Windows Azure June 2012 Training Kit available
I just heard from James Conard in our corporate headquarters that the June 2012 version of the Windows Azure training kit has been officially released.The June 2012 update includes 42 step-by-step...
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Video: Complete Overview of the 2012 Azure Release
Includes IaaS Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Web Sites, Cloud Services, Identity, Service Bus, Cache and so on.
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Video: Cloud Services Talk from UK’s Cloud Day: London, 22nd June
Anybody who was there knows the demo in the talk I gave timed out. So I’ve done it again and added it to the talk using the magic of video editing!With all the excitement around the IaaS features such...
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Video: Another of my “cartoony” videos, this time explaining Windows Azure...
A description of the new elements in the Virtual Machines features of the Windows Azure June 2012 release, all done in that cartoony format that the original June Release Azure Video was done in. Planky
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Event: Free UK Windows Azure Developer Camps
Just a reminder that the first of the latest round of free UK Windows Azure Developer Camps kicks off next week in our London Office in Victoria. The Windows Azure Developer Camp will take you from...
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WIndows Azure Camp for the IT Pro - UK
Yes – we’re now looking after the IT Pro with Azure!If you just want to register – go here:If you want more info – have a read of the text below, or go to http://azurecampsuk.azurewebsites.net for the...
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Event: Don’t forget the free UK Windows Azure Camp for the IT Pro, 27th Sept.
This camp is aimed at the IT Pro. On it you will build and deploy an entire SharePoint infrastructure with a dual-machine server-farm, Active Directory Domain Controller and SQL Server. On the road to...
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Event: Tech.Days Online in the UK: 30/31 October ‘12
The IT Pro camps have proved super-popular. One of them filled within 10 minutes of its announcement on the blogs of my colleagues Simon May and Andrew Fryer. SO there will be online sessions added to...
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Event: Fresh round of Windows Azure Camps announced in the UK
We’ve just announced a fresh round of free one-day hands-on camps in the UK for Windows Azure developers and IT Pros. Windows Azure Camps for developers:Join us at a developer camp which focuses on...
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Event: Video: Slide Decks: from first 2 days of Six Steps to Azure
Six Steps to Windows Azure launched last week with over 160 attendees over the 2 days at our London kick off events which were run in partnership with the UK Windows Azure User Group. Our first event...
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Windows Azure Active Directory Cartoon
I posted this video on to Channel 9 before Christmas but I can see something has gone wrong with the indexing and it’s pretty undiscoverable on the site. Thought I’d make it known through the blog.
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