B  V  A I was recently looking for additional readiness information for Windows Azure to contribute to the multi-part series we are putting together for our partners via this blog, I remembered the TechNet Labs, although many of us have had mixed experiences in the past, as I revisited the...

B  V  A Windows Azure Training Kit The Windows Azure Training Kit includes hands-on labs, presentations, and samples to help you understand how to build applications that use Windows Azure services. Please note: The hands-on labs in this kit require a Windows Azure account. If you do not have...

Rob Waggoner   You're Invited... Microsoft Cloud-enabled Datacenter Design and Management Course Description : This 2-day, instructor-led course will help you understand how to evolve a traditional datacenter configuration to a cloud-enabled datacenter that is capable of automating service delivery...

Rob Waggoner   I received the following question from Joe: “Is there an easy way to install a USB hard drive that can be used for backups?” Answer: Easy is always a relative term, but the following article talks about how to setup a schedule with multiple external drives and should give you what...

B  V  A As we head into the New Era at Microsoft, we will be launching new versions of many of our core solutions.  We will have many Partner oriented launch events starting in October, but I wanted to call attention to some other launch events targeting the IT Executives , IT Professionals...

Q: (from Nikkia) Good morning Stephen!  It was great to meet you last night at the IAMCP DC chapter meeting!  I remember you saying (hopefully, remembering correctly) that SharePoint development can be done on Azure.  Is that true?  I don’t seem to see it on the Azure information...

Q: (from Bill) Is there a calculator somewhere to compute the Azure costs?   A: Here is a cost/usage calculator: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/ and here is an ROI calculator: http://www.microsoft.com/brasil/windowsazure/tco/     Steve