Cloud
Develop and test applications faster.
- Rapidly self-provision as many virtual machines, web sites, mobile back-ends or cloud services as you need without waiting for hardware, procurement or internal processes.
- Connect globally to your on-premises network with Windows Azure Virtual Network and confidently scale up, scale out and generate load to deliver applications faster.
- Develop and test with virtual machines on Windows Azure and choose to deploy on Windows Azure, in a partner datacenter or on-premises using Windows Server.
Reduce cost with Windows Azure.
- Scale on demand and only pay for what you use.
- Activate your MSDN Subscription and enjoy up to $150 in credits on Windows Azure with reduced Windows Server rates and use your MSDN software, such as SQL Server, for no additional fee.
- Benefit from on-going cost reductions with Microsoft's commitment to match AWS prices on commodity services like compute, storage and bandwidth.
Open and flexible.
- Use any language, framework or tool to build applications on Windows Azure.
- World-class integration into Visual Studio for .NET programmers means you can build applications faster using the skills you already have.
- The App Gallery includes popular open source applications, frameworks and templates including WordPress, Umbraco, DotNetNuke, Drupal, Django, CakePHP and Express.
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This tutorial shows you how to add a cloud-based backend service to a Windows Store app using Windows Azure Mobile Services.
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