Session Presented @IndicThreads Cloud Computing Conference, Pune, India ( http://u10.indicthreads.com ) ------------ Windows Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft datacenters. This session introduces the concepts of Windows Azure platform including compute and storage. You will learn how to design, develop, debug and deploy your first Cloud application using Visual Studio and Azure Tools.