Today we announced the release to web of both an updated Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio. While there may be some debate on how it's pronounced, there's little disagreement that Azure is a great step forward and can enable some great scenarios. I've been doing some work with Azure as part of a new project, so expect some Azure content to make it's way into the blog soon.
Links and details for the updated bits below:
The Windows® Azure SDK provides developers with the APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop Internet-scale applications that run on Windows Azure. Using the Windows Azure SDK, developers can create applications and run it in a local development fabric even without a registered account*.
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure.
