A guide on using a PowerShell script to automatically shut down Azure VMs to reduce cloud computing costs.
A cautionary analysis of the Code Spaces hack, explaining how similar cloud security breaches can happen on AWS, Azure, or any host, and outlining basic mitigation steps.
Proposes a new cloud computing metric, Time-To-Scale-Out (TTSO), and discusses best practices for effective autoscaling in cloud environments.
Tutorial on using Exchange REST API with Office 365 development, focusing on fetching email data via ASP.NET MVC.
Guide to setting up an Office 365 development environment with Visual Studio, REST APIs, and ASP.NET MVC.
Explores common misunderstandings about cloud auto-scaling, explaining why it's not magic and why existing apps often can't use it directly.
Explains Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager, a global traffic routing service for applications deployed across multiple regions.
Guide to building SharePoint apps in Office 365 using Access 2013 with no-code approach.
A developer critiques Windows Azure's support model, comparing costs and support limitations to traditional hosting providers like Arvixe.
An explanation of Microsoft Azure HDInsights, a managed Apache Hadoop service for processing big data on Azure.
A high-level introductory series explaining Microsoft Azure services using a unique, structured format for easy understanding.
Announcing Glimpse plugins for Windows Azure, providing runtime and storage monitoring insights directly in your browser for Azure-hosted web applications.
A tutorial on learning Docker by setting it up on an Ubuntu virtual machine in Windows Azure, covering installation and basic container usage.
Analyzing MongoDB query performance using $exists operator and the impact of indexes on large datasets.
A guide to setting up an autoscaling TeamCity build farm on Windows Azure to reduce costs by dynamically scaling build agents.
Guide on adding a Site-to-Site VPN connection to an existing Azure Virtual Network using PowerShell and configuration files.
A feature request to generate PowerShell scripts from actions taken in the Azure Management Portal for automation and reusability.
An overview of Windows Azure Traffic Manager, explaining its DNS-based traffic distribution methods for cloud services and VMs.
Microsoft announces autoscaling for Windows Azure Cloud Services and Standard Web Sites, allowing automatic instance management based on metrics like CPU or queue length.
A guide to manually enable PHP 5.5 on Windows Azure Web Sites using remote shell access and the KuduExec tool.
