New SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit Ships!

This is now the third release of the SharePoint and Windows Azure training kit, which adds four additional modules:

Using Windows Azure Blob Storage with SharePoint 2010

This unit provides an overview of Windows Azure Data Storage and various Blob storage related artifacts and interfaces. It also explains how to integrate Azure Blobs with SharePoint 2010 for elastic storage.

Azure Hosted Application Design Pattern for SharePoint

This unit explains the Windows Azure Hosted Application Design Pattern and associated development patterns. It also explains the SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Solutions and challenges associated with it.

Using Windows Azure with SharePoint Event Handlers

This unit introduces Azure Worker Roles and details how to call and communicate with Worker Roles from a SharePoint Event Handler.

Using Windows Azure with SharePoint Workflow

This unit explains how to call and communicate with Worker Roles from a Workflow. It also introduces Pluggable Services and how to use it with Azure Worker Roles.

You can download the newly updated kit today from here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/spazuretrainingcourse.

Steve