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Earlier this week, we hosted the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) Cloud Computing and Virtualization Special Interest Group (SIG) at our Microsoft offices for a talk on Microsoft’s cloud computing strategy. This event was the first of their “Cloud Computing Learning Journey into Major Cloud Providers” series of talks which they are organizing for their members. This was also one of the events which kicked-off our Microsoft Cloud Week this week. The turnout was fabulous (100+ attendees), and we all had a lot of fun sharing with the SCS folks what Microsoft is doing with the cloud. [gallery link=“file” orderby=“rand”] Here are the presentation slides from that night: [slideshare id=3743394&doc=scsopeningjohnfernandes-100416021239-phpapp01] [slideshare id=3743390&doc=scsmicrosoftcloudserviceswalterbenjamin-100416021208-phpapp02] [slideshare id=3743398&doc=scsprojectnimbusnenggiinyap-100416021239-phpapp02] [slideshare id=3743401&doc=scswindowsazureplatformjonathanwong-100416021257-phpapp02] [slideshare id=3743387&doc=scsddcdarrylchantry-100416021137-phpapp01]

Spanning a week of activities, the Microsoft Cloud Week will get you up to speed with the Windows Azure Platform. Things to look out for. Mon, April 12 - Microsoft Hosting Day (0900-1630) Mon, April 12 - SCS Cloud Computing and Virtualization SIG (1800-2000) Tue - Wed, April 14-15 - Metro Windows Azure Deep Dive Workshop (registration closed early though) And the main event: Tue, April 13 MSDN Presents: Windows Azure Platform Speakers, David Chappell of Chappell & Associates and Chris Auld of Intergen Ltd will be present to deliver their own insights into the world of Windows Azure. Today, over twenty million businesses and a billion people use Microsoft’s cloud services. The Windows Azure Platform is a key component within the Microsoft cloud, and we are happy to announce that it is now commercially available in Singapore. Windows Azure offers a flexible, familiar environment designed to create applications and services for the cloud. With Windows Azure, you can shorten your time to market and adapt as demand for your service grows. We invite you to come to this event, and discover your potential with Windows Azure. ...

Due to the popular demand on how to actually host a PHP application on Windows Azure, this post teaches you the easiest way to deploy your PHP applications on the Cloud with the least effort and there is no need to use Windows Azure. Resources Needed PHP Binaries for IIS (http://windows.php.net/) MySQL PHP Solution Accelerator (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/winazuremysqlphp) VS2008 SP1/VS2010 Beta 2 w/ Windows Azure SDK Steps Install the MySQL PHP Solution Accelerator. Extract the PHP binaries for IIS to the “php” folder in the PhpMyAdminWebRole directory. E.g. “C:SamplesAzureMySQLPHP_x86PhpMyAdminWebRolephp” Create a new “Windows Azure Cloud Service” solution in Visual Studio. Add an existing project, “PhpMyAdminWebRole” (From the Solution Accelerator), to the solution you created. Right click on “Roles” and select “Add-> Web Role Project in solution” and select the project you added in your solution previously. Add a new text file in “PhpMyAdminWebRole” and name it “index.php”. The contents of the file is “ <?php echo ‘Hello Cloud’; ?> “ (Optional). Open Web.config and replace “ <add value=“Admin.aspx”/>” to “ <addvalue=“index.php”/> “ And you are all set! Hit F5 in your Visual Studio to see your work in action on the Development Fabric.