Windows Azure Tips and Tricks

Our very own Windows Azure MVP Steven Nagy has posted an article on this blog entitled "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Windows Azure". He provides some really good tips and tricks about getting the most out of the Azure platform - here is the summary:

1. Combine Web and Worker Roles
2. Extra Small Instance for VM Sizes
3. Host a Website Purely in Windows Azure Storage
4. Lease Blobs
5. Multiple Websites in a Web Role
6. Role Startup Tasks
7. Run Cool Stuff
8. Securely Connect On-Premise Servers to Roles
9. Manage Traffic Between Datacentres
10. CNAME Everything

Check out Steve's full article, and be sure to subscribe to his blog! If you are just getting started with the cloud, then you might like to read Mahesh Krishnan's blog post about getting your applications over to the cloud in the first place.