Build 2013: the best reports on the Windows Azure platform

The largest conference of Microsoft Build 2013 was held , where a lot of announcements were made on the company's products, including new services of the Windows Azure cloud platform, including:

• Commercial availability of cross-platform cloud backend for Windows Azure Mobile Services mobile applications and integration with Visual Studio 2013;
• Commercial availability of the service and new features of Windows Azure Web Sites for creating scalable cloud websites;
• the availability of a new service for automatically scaling web sites, cloud services and virtual machines;
• availability of a new system notification service for developers and administrators about changes in the status of cloud services.

During several days of the conference, participants could visit dozens of technical reports. Now these reports are available for download and online viewing for everyone on the Channel9 site .
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Let's take a look at the Build 2013 reports on Windows Azure together.

Plenary report

Plenary talk about updates to ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Office 365 and Windows Azure

Cloud backend for mobile applications

• Building cross-platform applications with Windows Azure Mobile Services
  
• Deep dive from scratch to Mobile Services platform
  
• Windows Azure Mobile Services Professional Tips
  
• Connected to the cloud, Windows Phone apps are easy to do with Azure Mobile Services
  
• Work with version control systems in Windows Azure Mobile Services
  
• Delivery of push notifications to millions of mobile devices
  
• Who is this user? - Identification via Mobile Services
  

Scalable cloud websites

• Creation and maintenance of scalable web applications with Windows Azure Web Sites
  
• Windows Azure Web Sites - Platform Research
  
• Build cloud business applications with Windows Azure Websites
  
• Introduction to Node.js on Windows Azure
  
• Continuous integration and administration with Windows Azure Web Sites
  

Work with data in the cloud

• Windows Azure Storage - what to expect, best practices and internal design
  
• Make your application smarter with Windows Azure HDInsight (Hadoop)
  

Media Platform Media Services

• Build full video solutions with Windows Azure Media Services
• Building a video application for Windows Store and monetizing your content

Virtual machines

• Build scalable N-tier applications with Windows Azure Cloud Services and virtual machines
• Building a sandbox for development and testing based on Windows Azure infrastructure services (IaaS)

Architecture, development, debugging

• Debugging and troubleshooting in Windows Azure applications using Visual Studio
• Securing Windows Store Applications and REST Services Using Active Directory
• Monitoring, management and DevOps in Windows Azure
• Build Big Solutions on the Experience of Windows Azure Customers
• Cloud Services Approaches and Practices with Cloud Services

useful links

Below you will find links to resources that will help you in using the Microsoft cloud platform:

• Free 30-day trial of Windows Azure;
• Free access to Windows Azure resources for startups , partners , teachers, MSDN subscribers ;
• Windows Azure Development Center (azurehub.ru) - scripts, tutorials, examples, recommendations on the choice of services and development on Windows Azure;
• News channel Windows Azure TV in Russian on YouTube;
• Latest Windows Azure News - Twitter.com/windowsazure_ru ;
• http://wazurr.ru - content aggregator for Windows Azure in Russian and English.

And if you are already developing on Windows Azure or want to find the developers of your service, visit appprofessionals.ru .

We will be happy to answer your questions at azurerus@microsoft.com . And we are waiting for you in the Windows Azure Community on Facebook . Here you will find experts (don't forget to ask them questions), photos, and lots and lots of news.

Video recordings of Windows Azure Summit reports and video interviews that were conducted during a large cloud conference. DevCon 2013 Windows Azure conference talks you can find here .