One of the big benefits of deploying applications to Windows Azure is being able to scale them on demand. What if you could automate this process based on traffic or number of requests? This article explains the different approaches that can be taken to achieve this…
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Windows Azure Insider May 2013 – Geo-Protection for Video Blobs Using a Node.js Media Proxy and MongoDB
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