Explore the upcoming features of speech support in CSS3.

Learn the basics of using Visual Studio Online to manage the testing of your applications.

Many developers remain wary about putting their hard work into the cloud. Here are five of their top concerns — and solutions.

Learn how to use Visual Studio Online to manage your project backlog with this step-by-step walkthrough.

Visual Studio Online marks the shift to building applications in an online environment. Read on for an overview of the development tool that has joined the cloud bandwagon.

Vipul Patel takes a look at Azure HDInsight, a service used to manage Hadoop clusters on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform.

Manoj Kumar shows you how to use Windows® Azure™ Blob Storage to store Windows Phone 8 application data in the cloud.

Vipul Patel explains the basics of migrating Java applications to Windows Azure.

Setting up virtual servers, building new IT applications, and accessing stored data all become easier and more transparent when you transition to the cloud.

Learn the basics of migrating PHP applications to Microsoft’s cloud platform, Windows Azure.

Discover the various options available in Windows Azure Storage that can be used to store Windows Phone application data.

Vipul Patel walks you through the basics of Windows Azure Recovery Services, Microsoft’s cloud offering to handle cloud backup and recovery scenarios.

Manoj Debnath shows you how to create RESTful web services, demonstrating with a sample application.

The Codio Web-based IDE helps developers of various skill levels build Web apps using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.

Based on your app’s function and your business model, different criteria may be important to you when choosing a cloud provider. Rob Wilson explores three universal criteria in more detail.

Microsoft and Azul systems announced a partnership to deliver an OpenJDK build on Windows Azure.

Learn how to identify a performance bottleneck on Windows Azure SQL Database using Microsoft System Center.

Learn how to use Microsoft Windows Azure SQL Database to deploy hassle-free relational database solutions on the cloud while realizing the benefits of a distributed data center that provides high availability, scalability and security.

When it comes to testing, what’s up with the cloud? Quality Assurance teams seem to have missed the boat, while enterprises and their so-called “QA Verified” software may be cloud-based, Test Management itself generally isn’t.

If you're looking for a strategy to follow to cloud enlightenment; you're reading the right article. Developers are in a unique position to educate and to capitalize on cloud opportunities.

.NET developers cannot ignore Microsoft Azure. June 2012 changes brought Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, performance upgrades, and significant cost reductions. As more Azure features unfold, some developers will soon be forced to justify "why not Azure" rather than "why Azure". Clearly .NET developers need to get acquainted with Azure.

Vipul Patel shares the steps a Windows Azure developer can take to increase the scalability of a Windows Azure based cloud application.

Microsoft has made it easier for mobile applications to connect to the Windows Azure based backend. This article provides an introduction to Windows Azure Mobile Services – the latest offering from Microsoft.

Leveraging public cloud resources is an excellent way to expedite the software development process. However care has to be taken to ensure that security is properly addressed.

Windows Azure supports running applications in a variety of frameworks.  Vipul Patel shows you how to run Java applications on Windows Azure.