Microsoft has just released a new Training Kit for Windows Azure that updates the one released at the PDC. Not since Windows Communication Foundation and WPF have I been so exited about a new technology, but Windows Azure is it.
If you are not really sure what Azure is, it is a set of services that can be wired together with custom Cloud services to create dynamically scaling services and applications. It’s a little more complicated than that 
but you get the jist.
The Live services piece is the cream of the crop for providing services to your applications. I am still trying to get access to the CTP so I can super charge my TFS Sticky Buddy application….
The Azure Services Training Kit February update now includes the following content covering Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Services, and Live Services:
- 13 hands-on labs – including 3 new hands-on labs for the Live Framework & Services
- 19 new demo scripts – These demo scripts are designed to provide detailed walkthroughs of key features so that someone can easily give a demo of a service
- 10 new scripted presentations – the presentations used for our 3 day training workshops including detailed speaker notes.
Martin is an Senior ALM Consultant at Northwest Cadence, Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP of the Year 2011, Visual Studio ALM Rangers Champion 2011 and a Professional Scrum Trainer
