Here’s a quick list of Azure resources for startups.
- BizSpark is the program for providing startups with free Microsoft software, including Azure. http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
- The Let’s Dev This Cloud event series, also known as the Azure Dev Camp, is described here:
- https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/web/index.cfm?pkwebid=0x46184b14&cr_cc=200672494&wt.mc_id=usdx_evan_newsletter_misc_dev_owned_dvcamps_0_0&ls=email&lsd=newsletter
- The content from this event is at http://aka.ms/letsdevthistourcontent, which downloads a big zip file. The zip file is a zip of the content here: https://github.com/Azure-Readiness/DevCamp/tree/FY16Q1-US-CloudDevCamp
- Information on running web apps on Azure is here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/scenarios/web-app/
- Information on pricing for running a web app is here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/
- http://bit.ly/2015H2ChgoITEvents is a list of IT events through the end of the year.
- All the videos from AzureCon are or will soon be here: https://channel9.msdn.com/events/Microsoft-Azure/AzureCon-2015/?WT.mc_id=dx_MVP5001417
- There will be Azure events next year such as Cloud Saturday, Ignite, and others listed at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/community/events/?type=roadshow and at https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/default.aspx?culture=en-US&community=1
- There are also a number of developer user groups on Meetup.com that would be a good place to go to talk with other developers about developing on Azure.
–Michael