More info on http://www.techdays.be.

1. Sending Push Notifications to
Windows 8 and Windows
Phone 7 devices using
Windows Azure
Nick
@cloudnick Harris
http://www.nickharris.net

18. Announcing

23. Demo

28. !Raaawww

29. Demo

31. Figure 4: Live tiles registered to the Developer Preview Stocks
app
src: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/02/updating-live-tiles-without-draining-your-battery.aspx

35. Get Started
http://WindowsAzure.com

36. Subscription Level 3 Month Free Trial
Compute 750 hours of a Small Compute Instance*
Storage 20GB with 50k Storage transactions
SQL Azure 1GB Web Edition SQL Azure database
Access Control Transactions** 100k transactions
Service Bus Free through March 31, 2012
Caching 128 MB cache
Data Transfers (WW) 20GB outbound / Unlimited inbound data transfer
* (can run one small instance full-time or other sizes at their equivalent ratios)

37. Subscription Level Visual Studio Visual Studio Premium BizSpark & Visual Studio
Professional with MSDN with MSDN Ultimate with MSDN
Compute 375 hours of the Small 750 hours of the Small 1,500 hours of the Small
Instance Instance Instance
Storage 20 GB 25 GB 30 GB
Storage Transactions 250,000 1,000,000 2,000,000
SQL Azure 1GB 1GB 5GB
Access Control 100k 200k 500k
Transactions*
Service Bus Free through March 31, Free through March 31, Free through March 31,
2012 2012 2012
Caching 128 MB cache 128 MB cache 128 MB cache
Data Transfers (WW) 25GB Out 30GB Out 35GB Out
Free In Free In Free In
Annual Savings** $1,300.00 $2,100.00 $3,700.00
* The Windows Azure Access Control service is provided at no charge for billing periods prior to January 1, 2012.
** Projected annual savings at Pay-As-You-Go rates in US dollars.
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits/