Accelerate your learning path to Microsoft Windows Azure using Packt's new book.

Packt is pleased to announce it latest book “Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook” which contains over 80 advanced recipes for developing scalable services using the Windows Azure platform. Written by Neil Mackenzie, this book will hep the readers to discover the remote management of Azure services using the Windows Azure Service Management REST API.

Windows Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft® datacenters.Windows Azure is a flexible platform that supports multiple languages and integrates with the existing on-premises environment.

Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook begins by explaining the various access control mechanisms used in the Windows Azure platform, followed by, topics of advanced features including Windows Azure Blob storage, Windows Azure Table storage, and Windows Azure Queues. It then dives into topics such as developing Windows Azure hosted services, managing hosted services with the Service Management API, and the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus.

This book will help readers to handle authentication and authorization in the Windows Azure platform. It not only teaches the use of advanced features of the Windows Azure Storage Services, but also, how to diagnose problems using Windows Azure Diagnostics. Using this book, readers will be able to autoscale a Windows Azure hosted service along with Improving service performance.

Packed with reusable, real-world recipes, this book is ideal for experienced Windows Azure developers or architects, who are willing to understand advanced development techniques of building highly scalable services using the Windows Azure platform. This book is out now and available with Packt. For more information please visit : www.PacktPub.com/microsoft-windows-azure-development-cookbook/book.

Over 80 advanced recipes for developing scalable services with the Windows Azure platform For more information, please visit: http://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-windows-azure-development-cookbook/book