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Azure Jumpstart and Accelerator links

Thanks for attending the Azure Jumpstart and Accelerator events in Dublin and Belfast (also the Galway Live Meeting).

Here are the list of links from my presentations:

Azure HOL (August labs = VS2008, November Labs = VS2010)

http://bit.ly/d16e3M (Update: 7 Jan 2011 : Looks like this link does not give the 2008 option any more)

Also include the December update for Azure SDK 1.3 for VS2010 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en#RelatedResources)

Shared Access signatures

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/shared-access-signatures-are-easy-these-days

CNAME mappings to CDN URLs

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/using-the-new-windows-azure-cdn-with-a-custom-domain

Adaptive Streaming can be made to work with the CDN too

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/smooth-streaming-with-windows-azure-blobs-and-cdn

Ticket Direct Case study

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005890

MSDN offers

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/offers/default.aspx

Patterns Azure Guidance

http://wag.codeplex.com/

Windows Azure AppFabric Labs (to see the latest changes to App Fabric)

https://portal.appfabriclabs.com/