I am thrilled to announce that we have released a January 2011 update to the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit & Training Course. The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit & Training Course includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use [...] Blog Post by: Wade

One of the most common workloads I hear about from customers and developers is video encoding in Windows Azure.  There are certainly many ways to perform video encoding in Windows Azure – in fact, at PDC 2009 I was joined by Mark Richards of Origin Digital who discussed their video transcoding solution on Windows Azure [...] Blog Post by: Wade

I recently built an application where I wanted to write some arbitrary text onto a video.  I was using Expression Encoder 4 and had a difficult time finding some examples and documentation, aside from some basic MSDN documentation on the MediaItem class.  I was eventually able to figure it out, but it took a little [...] Blog Post by: Wade

With the Windows Azure SDK 1.3 comes full support for IIS in web roles, giving your web roles the ability to access the full range of web service features available in IIS.  This provides a lot of powerful capabilities, some of which are outlined here. By default, the AppPool runs as the NetworkService.  Go ahead [...] Blog Post by: Wade

One of the best career decisions I’ve made was to join the Windows Azure Platform Evangelism team last July.  Yes, it was a lot of work to uproot the family and move to Seattle, but it was absolutely worth it.  I pinch myself nearly everyday to make sure that it’s not just a dream – [...] Blog Post by: Wade