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Developing Microsoft SharePoint Applications Using Windows Azure--New from Microsoft Press

Press release: June 28, 2011

Microsoft Press

Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® Applications Using Windows Azure™

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Sebastopol, CA—Deliver custom, cloud-based business solutions using SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure™ together. By applying hands-on techniques from Microsoft cloud development expert Steve Fox, you'll learn how to increase the reach, resource capability, and reusability of your apps with Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® Applications Using Windows Azure™ (Microsoft Press, $34.99 USD). Get the practical code exercises and solid advice you need—whether you're planning to build complete data-driven applications or hybrid solutions with simple Web parts.

Discover how to:

  • Deliver data from Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket into SharePoint and Microsoft Office applications
  • Use Microsoft Business Connectivity Services to connect to SQL Azure™ data
  • Create advanced web parts to surface SQL Azure data in Bing™ Maps, using the SharePoint client object model
  • Manage files in Windows Azure using BLOB storage
  • Deploy Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services to Windows Azure
  • Build business intelligence solutions, using SQL Azure, Microsoft SQL Server® Reporting Services (SSRS)

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About the Author

Steve Fox works at Microsoft on a team whose charter is cloud development and evangelism. He's the author of many SharePoint and Office development books and articles, as well as one of the earliest blogs on Azure and SharePoint. He's a frequent speaker at conferences around the globe.

View Steve Fox's full profile page.

Additional Resources
For more information about the book, including table of contents, author bios, and cover graphic, see: http://oreilly.com/catalog/0790145316462

Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® Applications Using Windows Azure™ Developing Microsoft® SharePoint® Applications Using Windows Azure™
Publisher: Microsoft Press
By Steve Fox
Print ISBN: 9780735656628   Ebook ISBN: 9780735656604  
Pages: 336
Print Price: $34.99   Ebook Price: $27.99  
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