| Security Best Practices For Developing Windows Azure Applications | This paper focuses on the security challenges and recommended approaches to design and develop more secure applications for Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform. |
| Windows Azure Security Overview | This paper describes the array of controls implemented within Windows Azure, so customers can determine if these capabilities and controls are suitable for their unique requirements. |
| Single Sign-On from Active Directory to a Windows Azure Application Whitepaper | This paper contains step-by-step instructions for using Windows® Identity Foundation, Windows Azure, and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 for achieving SSO across web applications that are deployed both on premises and in the cloud. |
| Windows Azure Table - Programming Table Storage | This paper describes Windows Azure Table, which is the structured storage provided by the Windows Azure platform. It supports massively scalable tables in the cloud, which can contain billions of entities and terabytes of data. |
| A Developer's Guide to Service Bus for the Windows Azure AppFabric | This paper focuses on how you can use the Service Bus to overcome some of the most common Internet connectivity challenges inherent in today’s world. |
| Windows Azure Queue - Programming Queue Storage | This paper describes Windows Azure Queue, and how to use it to provide a reliable message delivery mechanism. |
| Windows Azure Drive Whitepaper - Using a Durable Drive for your NTFS Cloud Applications | This paper describes Windows Azure Drive, and how to use it to provide durable NTFS volumes for Windows Azure applications. |
| Introducing Windows Azure | This paper introduces Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform that allows developers to run applications and store data on virtual machines in an internet-accessible data center. |
| Windows Azure Blob - Programming Blob Storage | This paper describes Windows Azure Blob, and how to use it to enable applications to store large objects, up to 50GB each, in the cloud. |
| The Windows Azure Programming Model | This paper discusses the benefits of Platform as a Service cloud offering and how it is implemented within Windows Azure. |
| Windows HPC Server and Windows Azure | This paper describes how Windows HPC Server R2 and Windows Azure can work together. |
| Similarities and Differences - SQL Azure vs. SQL Server | This paper highlights the similaries and differences between SQL Azure and SQL Server. It also covers the benefits of using SQL Azure as a database service in the cloud. |
| IT as a Service | This paper discusses how Windows Azure complements Windows Server, and how together, they allow enterprises, regional service providers, and Microsoft itself to deliver applications across private and public clouds with a consistent identity, management, and application architecture. |
| Security Guidelines for SQL Azure | This paper provides an overview of security guidelines for customers who connect to SQL Azure Database, and who build secure applications on SQL Azure. |
| An Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric for Developers | This paper provides a quick introduction to Windows Azure Platform AppFabric, which includes Service Bus and Access Control and provides common building blocks required by .NET applications when extending their functionality to the cloud, and specifically, the Windows Azure platform. |
| Windows Azure and ISVs – A Guide for Decision Makers | This paper discusses how using the cloud has the potential to increase an ISV’s revenues and decrease its costs. |
| Cloud Optimization - A framework for making business decisions about cloud computing | This paper discusses how cloud computing provides organizations with new ways to deploy and maintain enterprise applications — allowing for greater flexibility and reduced complexity. |
| Windows Azure AppFabric Overview | This paper introduces Windows Azure AppFabric, a comprehensive cloud middleware platform for developing, deploying, and managing applications on the Windows Azure platform. |
| Cloud Economics | This paper assesses the economics of the cloud by using in-depth modeling, and then uses this framework to better understand the long-term IT landscape. |
| System Integrator Whitepaper | This paper describes how Microsoft system integrator partners are using Windows Azure to develop applications and services that are quick to deploy, easy to manage, readily scalable, and competitively priced. |
| Cloud Platforms for Business Leaders | This paper looks at the benefits and the risks of cloud platforms from a business perspective. To make good decisions, you need to appreciate both. |
| Architecting Applications to Use Windows Azure AppFabric Caching | This paper takes a look at what Windows Azure Caching offers the different types of cache patterns the Caching service supports. It also covers key issues introduced by a cache that you need to consider as you architect applications to take advantage of caching. |
| Overview of Microsoft SQL Azure | This paper describes how SQL Azure provides a robust and cost-effect solution for building applications on large or shared data sets, providing on-demand scalable data storage, and augmenting on-premise data infrastructure with low-cost, rapidly provisioned cloud-based storage. |
| Custom IIS Web/Microsoft SQL Server Application Migration Scenario | This paper describes the IIS/SQL Server application architectural pattern and illustrate specific considerations and suggested approaches for migrating applications with this or similar patterns. |
| Custom Web (Rapid Scaling Focus) Application Migration Scenario | This paper describes the Custom Web Application (Rapid Scaling) architectural pattern and illustrate specific considerations and suggested approaches for migrating applications with this or similar patterns. |
| Custom E-Commerce (Elasticity Focus) Application Migration Scenario | This paper describes the Custom E-Commerce Application (Elasticity Focus) architectural pattern and illustrate specific considerations and suggested approaches for migrating applications with this or similar patterns. |
| Developing and Deploying with SQL Azure | This paper provides guidelines on how to deploy an existing on-premise SQL Server database into SQL Azure. It also discusses best practices related to data migration. |
| Scaling out with SQL Azure | This paper provides an overview on some scale-out strategies, challenges with scaling out on-premise, and the benefits of scaling out with SQL Azure. |