Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings provide IT Pros with the ability to quickly and easily provision new Virtual Machines ( VMs running both Windows and Linux ) and Virtual Networks in the cloud. I’ve found that these capabilities can be really useful for a number of scenarios, including:
- Building virtual lab environments
- Piloting new software
- Deploying existing VMs that require elastic “Internet-scale”
- Implementing hybrid applications that connect on-premises workloads with cloud-based VMs
This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I are collaborating on a new 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud article series that will demonstrate ways in which IT Pros can easily begin leveraging these new Windows Azure IaaS offerings. As we step through this series together, you’ll have an opportunity to follow along with your own Windows Azure trial account.
In this article, I’ll provide the steps that you’ll want to complete so that you can follow along with the series …
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