--- title: Book review: Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook description: A technical reviewer recommends the Windows Azure Development Cookbook by Neil Mackenzie, published by Packt, praising its depth and clarity for both novice... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/book-review-microsoft-windows-azure-development-cookbook-5jwu7y3mx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Book review: Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook | daily.dev og:description: A technical reviewer recommends the Windows Azure Development Cookbook by Neil Mackenzie, published by Packt, praising its depth and clarity for both novice... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/book-review-microsoft-windows-azure-development-cookbook-5jwu7y3mx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5jWu7y3Mx.png og:image:alt: Book review: Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Book review: Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A technical reviewer recommends the Windows Azure Development Cookbook by Neil Mackenzie, published by Packt, praising its depth and clarity for both novice and expert readers. The book covers topics like access control, blobs, tables, queues, hosted services, diagnostics, the Service Management API, SQL Azure, and Windows Azure AppFabric, with a free sample chapter available on the Service Management API. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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