Windows Azure InfoKit for Public Sector – April 2012 Update
I updated the resource kit to add links to Big Data and Hadoop on Windows Azure. Download the PPT file here (https://aka.ms/cloudinfokit).
Developer Tools
- Windows Azure SDK/zxazuresdklink – All tools you need to create cloud apps with Microsoft Visual 2010
- Windows Phone SDK /zxphonesdklink – All tools you need to create Windows Phone apps
- Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone /zxazurephonetoolkit – Build mobile apps for Windows Azure
- Windows Azure Pricing Calculator /zxazurecalculator – Windows Azure pricing calculator
- WebMatrix /zxwebmatrixlink – Free web development tool
- Windows Azure Toolkit for Android /zxazureandroid – Windows Azure toolkit for Android Developers
- Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS /zxazureios – Windows Azure toolkit for iOS Developers
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview and SDK, Visual Studio Express 11 Beta /zxwin8sdk – Windows 8 beta and dev tools
Learning and Training
- Windows Azure Training Kit /zxazuretraining – Learn and get started with building cloud apps
- News and Announcements on Windows Azure /zxcloudcover – Join Wade and Steve at Channel9
- Windows Azure Team Blog /zxazureteamblog – Find the latest from the Windows Azure team
- Windows Azure User Group /zxazureug – Attend current or past Windows Azure presentations virtually
- Real World Guidance /zxrealworldguide – Learn tips and tricks from other Windows Azure users
Online Resources
- Free Windows Azure Trial Account /zxazuretriallink – Create a free trial account and launch your first cloud app!
- Windows Azure MSDN Account /zxazuremsdnlink – Activate account through your MSDN benefits
- Windows Azure Feature Voting Forum /zxazurevotingforum – Share and vote ideas on Windows Azure
- Moving Apps to Windows Azure /zxazurebookmovingtocloud – Free book by Microsoft Patterns and Practices
- Windows Azure QA /zxazureqa – Post questions and get answers at StackOverflow.com
SharePoint and Windows Azure Development Kit /zxazuresharepointkit – Cloud and SharePoint integration
Open Data
- Open Government Initiative (www.whitehouse.gov/open) – President Obama’s Open Government Initiative
- Data.Gov (www.data.gov) – Improve access to Federal data, expand creative use beyond government
- Windows Azure Marketplace /zxazuremarketplace – One-Stop Shop for Premium Data and Applications
- Voting Information Project /zxazurevip - dataset with official voting information
- Big Data (www.microsoft.com/bigdata) - information and tools for Microsoft’s Big Data solution
- Hadoop on Windows Azure - Apache Hadoop-based for Windows Azure