As it was announced by Joey de Villa yesterday, the "work-in-progress" eBook "Azure in Action" can be bought for $15.00 USD, using coupon code dotd0926. It was supposed to only work on September 26th, but I just tried, and it seems to still be valid. Hurry up and take advantage of this promotion. I did…
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