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We're looking to help developers like you to build the apps that will drive Windows 8. If you're already building Windows 8 applications, or want to get started, let me know. I'll help get you early access to the app store, and even get you a Microsoft engineer to help you build it!

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So, you're an ASP.NET developer and you're moving your app to the cloud. Time to learn about some alternate forms of persistent data storage... Don't worry, it won't hurt.

I know, I know... you're swamped at work. How are you gonna get a full day off for Azure training?

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Customers and partners often ask me what the benefits are to moving from on-premise or traditional hosting environments to a cloud based platform like Windows Azure or AWS. If you're an ASP.NET application developer, you'll typically find the answer in one or more of these three reasons - Cost, Focus and Capabilities.

Want to support my.fancy.app.can.serve.up.anything.mybrand.com in your Windows Azure application? Just use wildcard CNAMEs and a little code glue!

So, you've decided to configure your Azure diagnostics using the magic of the diagnostics.wadcfg file, but haven't yet committed the schema to memory?