Azure is a whole new way for Microsoft partners to offer applications and services to customers. For those of you who have not experienced Windows Azure, we've created a simple, step-by-step tutorial.

IMPORTANT: To get ready to work on the tutorial, obtain your own Azure account. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/developers/ and click on "Get Your Account".  The tutorial will hand hold you through creating and uploading your own "hello world" single Web page Azure application. The whole process takes only 45 minutes, including installing a couple of pieces of required software.