Registering for the Windows Azure Developer Portal
To deploy hosted applications to Windows Azure, you first need to register and get an account. At the moment of writing this chapter, Windows Azure and related services in the platform are in Community Technology Preview, which means free evaluation. When this book is live, Azure will no longer be in CTP, meaning that you will have to pay to use services because Microsoft will be already charging customers for using Azure. If you are interested in Microsoft cloud computing and in purchasing services, ensure you read this page about pricing first: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/pricing/. Only if you decide to pay for cloud computing services, go to the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/account/ ...
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