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The Windows Azure Handbook, Volume 1: Planning & Strategy: Windows Azure for Business and Technical Decision Makers Paperback – February 25, 2011

by David Pallmann (Author)
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The Windows Azure Handbook is the essential guide to cloud computing on the Windows Azure platform from Microsoft. Its four volumes cover the platform comprehensively from both business and technical perspectives across the full lifecycle of planning, architecture, development, and management. Volume 1 focuses on Planning & Strategy and is intended primarily for business and technical decision makers. With the information in this book you'll be equipped to responsibly evaluate Windows Azure, make a business case for it, determine technical suitability for your applications, plan for adoption, and formulate a cloud computing strategy. Part 1: Understanding Windows Azure covers cloud computing, an overview of the Windows Azure platform, and the pricing model. Part 2: Planning for Windows Azure covers evaluation, envisioning risk & reward, identifying opportunities, profiling applications, estimating migration, calculating ROI, and adoption strategies.
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  1. Print length
    300 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    February 25, 2011
  4. Dimensions
    7.52 x 0.63 x 9.25 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    145657471X
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1456574710
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Aristotle
2.0 out of 5 stars Only for novices
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2011
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I was disappointed by this book as it lacks any additional info or opinion that you can't easily find on the Azure Blogs, forums or slideshares. I am struggling to think of anything that I learned from the book that wasn't already well known and publicised. Perhaps if you have no previous insight into Windows Azure then you might gain more benefit that I did.

The book is 270+ pages long but thats because it has probably the biggest font-size and line-spacing I have ever seen in a book (it actually makes it hard to read). From that point of view making this a "volume 1 of 4" looks a bit overcooked.

I wouldn't rule out buying the next volume but I'll be a bit more cautious.
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hung
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2011
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This is a masterpiece.
Read this before your competitors do. Would you rather read many blogs and newspaper and still not getting the big picture or just read this book and have it all.

I used to work for Neudesic and a bit biased here but trust me, Pallmann is a genius.
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Abhilash M. Shanmugan
5.0 out of 5 stars Plan to own them all
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2011
I will start off with a full disclosure that I have worked with David and have reviewed this book before it came out in Press, I really like his way of explaining things using simple to understand models and then extending them to more complex scenarios.

The section on Pricing was one of the chapters I really liked. This book addresses a lot of concerns and debunks a few myths about the Azure Cloud offering. Explains the pricing model clearly to prevent the sticker shock. It explains these with sample scenarios that make the different dimensions of pricing easy to understand.

If you are a Sr Developer it helps you think about cloud as another tool in your toolkit. Throws lot of insight into migrating your applications to the cloud. The different roles , the components of the cloud ,things to keep in mind while designing a cloud solution.

If you are in job positions where you need to figure out how the cloud affects your business , understand what scenarios cloud brings value , want to think about the ROI that cloud brings , then this is a MUST have book for you.
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William H. Zack
5.0 out of 5 stars A Sane methodology for moving to the Windows Azure Cloud
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2011
The Windows Azure Handbook, Volume 1 by David Pallmann has just been published. It is the most up-to-date work on Windows Azure that I have seen so far. It is available in print or you can get it as an eBook.

Volume 1 is on Planning and Strategy. Subsequent volumes will cover Architecture, Development and Management.

This is an excellent book for anyone evaluating and planning for Windows Azure. It also provides an excellent comparisons of several other public cloud services including Amazon Web Services and Google AppEngine.

One of its strengths is detailed documentation of a complete methodology for evaluating the technical and business reasons for determining which of your applications should be moved to the cloud first.
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