The guys have a discussion on how customers can grapple with the various cloud vendors and frameworks. Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode106.mp3 http://libcloud.apache.org/ http://www.openstack.org/ http://www.cloudscale-project.eu/ http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-eucalyptus-overview.html Other updates: Run U-SQL scripts locally with updated Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/run-u-sql-scripts-locally-with-updated-azure-data-lake-tools-for-visual-studio/ Exploring Azure DocumentDB in Visual Studio https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/exploring-azure-documentdb-in-visual-studio/ The new Recommendations feature for Azure App Service https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-recommendations-feature-for-azure-app-service/ Azure SQL Server: To upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the question https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-server-to-upgrade-or-not-to-upgrade-that-is-the-question/ Microsoft offers new certification for Linux on Azure http://news.microsoft.com/2015/12/09/microsoft-offers-new-certification-for-linux-on-azure/