24 articles about Windows Azure in Russian

Time remains less and less until the new year. Finally, I can say about the most important and useful gift for the new year. Today we are launching a completely new Windows Azure center on MSDN , which contains a large amount of useful materials in Russian, namely, the “Windows Azure - Microsoft cloud platform” article series. Short list of materials:

• Introduction to Windows Azure
• Cloud computing (5 articles)
• Technical capabilities of the Windows Azure platform (8 articles)
• Cloud Application Architecture (4 articles)
• Additional materials (6 articles)

Full list under the cut

Introduction
Cloud computing

• Where are the applications located?
• Key features of cloud computing
• Cloud computing and their services
• Cloud services and manageability boundaries

Technical capabilities of the Windows Azure platform

• Windows Azure Platform
• SQL Azure
• Windows Azure AppFabric
• Windows Azure Content Delivery Network
• Software interfaces
• Further development of Windows Azure
• Windows Azure platform. Developer Tools

Cloud Application Architecture

• Application Design Features
• Cloud usage scenarios
• Approaches to porting applications to the cloud

Additional materials

• Appendix 1. The business model of cloud applications
• Appendix 2. Windows Azure for development companies
• Appendix 3. Windows Azure for hosting companies
• Appendix 4. Joint
  using Windows Server AppFabric and Windows Azure AppFabric
• Appendix 5. Examples of solutions
• Appendix 6. Internet resources

Good luck and success to you in the new year!