DotNetNuke on Azure: from A to Zure

What a title to begin a post! It is actually something that I've been trying to take for some time: start a series of posts dedicated to the publication of the well-known CMS DotNetNuke on the Windows Azure platform commenting on each of the aspects, since the creation of the portal to the management of updates and post-maintenance, bringing each one of the tricks I've been finding over these past two years.

After having some "break-in" in the matter and after seeing confused people with the new Windows Azure Websites and the Virtual Machines (IaaS) options, adding to the already mature platform PaaS (Cloud Services with the DotNetNuke Azure Accelerator), I found almost every day answering questions about the basics of Windows Azure and others not as basic as how to perform backups depending on the choice made.

That is why, after making me a harakiri while planning my little free time, I decided to start this idea plus writing about other topics. They will both be written in Spanish as in English –perhaps with one day of difference- to increase the audience.

The number of initial blogs that I have in mind will be focused on the operational aspects of hosting DotNetNuke CE on Azure and I accept any suggestion. It is to make an interactive series where we clarify issues that may be obvious to some and not to others.

The second series of entries that I thought is about the specific development of DNN modules hosted in Windows Azure, which of course, will not have much sense without having earlier begun the previous.

The initial series is as follows:

1. What is DotNetNuke? What is Windows Azure? And DotNetNuke on Azure
2. Azure Websites, Virtual Machines, or Cloud Services: what to choose?
3. SQL Server Virtual Machines or SQL Azure: what to choose?
4. DotNetNuke on Azure Websites: deploying the content management system
5. DotNetNuke on Azure Websites: upgrade management
6. DotNetNuke on Azure Websites: making changes with WebMatrix 2
7. DotNetNuke on Azure Websites: integrating with TFS and Git
8. DotNetNuke on Azure Websites: scaling our website
9. DotNetNuke on Virtual Machines: deploying the content management system
10. DotNetNuke on Virtual Machines: upgrade management
11. DotNetNuke on Virtual Machines: enabling the FTP, SMTP, and other services
12. DotNetNuke on Virtual Machines: sending backups to Azure Storage
13. DotNetNuke on Virtual Machines: scaling our website
14. DotNetNuke in Cloud Services: deploying the content management system
15. DotNetNuke in Cloud Services: upgrade management
16. DotNetNuke in Cloud Services: customizing the service package
17. DotNetNuke in Cloud Services: scaling our website

As you can see, the thing have crumbs. Tomorrow I will be starting with the first entries and you know, if you have any suggestions to add some chapters, are welcome.

Un saludo y Happy Coding!