Getting Started with Windows Azure SendGrid

Today's article comes from SendGrid software engineer Gabe Moothart. SendGrid provides a cloud-based electronic http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/12489.html "> messaging service that eases enterprise costs and maintains the complexity of custom e-mail systems.

As a Windows azure customer, you know that you can easily access a highly scalable e-mail submission solution for applications integrated into any Windows azure environment? Getting Started with Windows Azure SendGrid is easy.

The first thing you need to do is to have a SendGrid account. You can find SendGrid here in the Windows Azure market. Simply click the green "Learn more" button and continue by creating a SendGrid account registration process. As a Windows Azure customer, you will automatically be offered a free package for sending 25000 emails/months.

Then click Sign up to create your SendGrid account.

Now that your SendGrid account has been created, it is time to integrate it into Windows Azure Web Site. Log in and click the "+ New" button at the bottom of the page to create a new Web site: