Windows Azure at a Glance

This is my quick lookup table of Windows Azure at a glance.   I use it to very quickly hop and out of Windows Azure and to help me stay oriented among the capabilities and features.

It’s not fancy.  It’s just a simple list of Windows Azure functionality grouped by meaningful buckets.

 

Category	Items
Compute Models	Cloud Services (Hosted Services) Virtual Machines Web Sites
Development Tools	Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
Administration	Management Portal Windows Azure cmdlets
Business Analytics	HDInsight (Hadoop) SQL Reporting StreamInsight
Caching	Caching Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Commerce	Windows Azure Marketplace
Data Management	Blobs Queues SQL Data Sync SQL Database SQL Reporting SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines Tables
Identity	Windows Azure Active Directory
Integration	Service Bus Workflow Manager
Media	Media Services
Mobile	Mobile Services

 

Getting Started

• Windows Azure (MSDN)
• Windows Azure (WindowsAzure.com)
• Windows Azure Features (WindowsAzure.com)
• Hadoop on Azure (www.hadooponazure.com)

What’s New

• What’s New in Windows Azure

API Reference

• API Reference

Blogs / Team Sites

• Windows Azure Blog
• Microsoft StreamInsight

MSDN Links

• Caching
• Cloud Services (Hosted Services)
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Blobs, Queues, and Tables
• Management Portal
• Media Services
• Mobile Services
• Service Bus
• SQL Data Sync
• SQL Database
• SQL Reporting
• SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
• StreamInsight
• Virtual Machines
• Windows Azure Active Directory
• Windows Azure cmdlets
• Windows Azure Marketplace
• Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
• Workflow Manager