Create your first application
Implement a simple web application using ASP.NET MVC that supports creating, editing, and listing to-do items from a database. You will learn the basics of deploying an application to Windows Azure and storing data in SQL Azure.
Build a front-end ASP.NET MVC web role that uses a back-end worker role to process long running jobs. You will learn how to create and deploy multi-role solutions, as well as how to use Service Bus Queues and Topics to enable inter-role communication.
Build a hybrid application that is hosted in the cloud and access data that is stored on-premises. You will learn how to communicate between on-premises and the cloud using Service Bus Relay.
MSDN
library
Learn more about Windows Azure through articles, books, API references, blog posts, and other types of technical material.
open
source
Source code for the Windows Azure .NET client libraries is available on GitHub and released under an open source license.