A while ago, SDN asked me to write an article for them. “Maybe PHP and Windows Azure related?” they added. To be honest, while Windows Azure is pretty new, I’ve had enough of writing “PHP on Azure 101” articles. And that’s the reason why this article will not be about how you can store a file in blob storage. And not about how you can connect with SQL Azure. If you are interested in these topics, browse to http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/ and have fun. If you are interested in going beyond that, please bear with me. I will introduce you to the wonderful world of Windows Azure and SQL Azure’s Service Management API and take you along a journey of building an “application factory”, a concept that you can reuse when building your own Software-as-a-Service. Sounds intriguing? Let’s go.   lees meer...