White Papers:
Windows azure: http://www.microsoft.com/azure/whitepaper.mspx
Live framework: Live framework White Paper
Vs 2008:
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 express with SP1
Classic training kit and management tools
Azure Services Training Kit-0904
Azure services management tools-0904
Windows azure:
Windows azure SDK
Windows azure tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
. Net Services:
Microsoft. NET Services SDK
SQL data services:
Microsoft. NET Services SDK
Live framework:
Live framework tools for Visual Studio + SDK
You may also need to install:
Microsoft Visual maxcompute 2008 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Silverlight 2 tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (if you are prompted that Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 is not installed, select a language version that is the same as Visual Studio 2008 in the link to download and install it)
Microsoft. NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
Before you start development, register and get an invitation.Code:
Register for azure services
If everything goes well, you should receive two emails, including two invitation codes: Windows Azure, Microsoft. NET services and Microsoft SQL services.
After logging on to Windows Azure, go to the Account Management link and enter the received invitation code to start creating a project.
The following are the learning resources on the blog site:
Streamcompute Trojan (whose ID is azure)'s azure services platform entry-level series Article Index
Wang Tao's series of walking on the cloud
The following are the blogs and forums of the development team:
Windows azure team blog
. Net service team blog
Live service Tam blog
Live Framework Team blog
Live framework Developer Forum
Live Mesh team blog