This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with the offerings that both Windows Azure and SQL Azure have to offer. If that is not the case, I recommend you visit the products features page located at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/features/. To begin, go to www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/sdk and click on the Get Tools amp; SDK button, shown below: Alternatively, you could choose to download the Standalone Windows Azure SDK or the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK, but that is beyond the scope of this article. Basically you would choose this option if you did not want to install the other ...