Editor's Note: Two Guys in the Cloud

Learn all about Microsoft's Windows Azure platform at the architectural level and how it addresses enterprise cloud computing concerns including economics, security, storage and more. Included are an Azure pricing table and a sample cost calculator.Hanu KommalapatiMSDN Magazine February 2010

Changes are coming to MSDN Magazine. They begin this month, with the unveiling of a number of new, monthly columns.Keith WardMSDN Magazine February 2010

To better understand how SOA patterns can be applied to Windows Azure deployments, we walk you through a scenario in which a bank moves its services to the cloud.Thomas Erl, Arman Kurtagic, Herbjörn WilhelmsenMSDN Magazine January 2010

Yes, you can run background processes in the cloud. Kevin Hoffman and Nate Dudek use a shopping cart example to demonstrate how to build an application engine as well as implement asynchronous messaging and processing using Azure Storage.Kevin Hoffman, Nathan DudekMSDN Magazine January 2010

Many early adopters cloud platforms have questions about security. We review some of the cryptography services and providers in Windows Azure along with some security implications for applications in the cloud.Jonathan WiggsMSDN Magazine January 2010

Diego DagumMSDN Magazine December 2009

Howard Dierking talks about the recent changes and updates to the MSDN Web sites and the MSDN Subscriptions program.Howard DierkingMSDN Magazine November 2009

This month's issue of MSDN Magazine takes a look at some of the new features and tools in Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 that will continue improving the experience of creating business applications that run on the Microsoft Office platform. This is an area of software development that holds tremendous potential in terms of solving the right problems-those being the business problems. To get to the next step of really transforming the manner in which business is conducted, highly domain-specific functionality must be developed below the metaphorical surface-and thus can only be meaningfully implemented by you.Howard DierkingMSDN Magazine October 2009

This month, Howard Dierking explores the value of maintaining a few discrete technology interests in order to avoid being swept away in a sea of buzzwords and new technologies.Howard DierkingMSDN Magazine September 2009

Howard DierkingMSDN Magazine August 2009