Earlier this summer we announced a number of great changes to Windows Azure that make it a fantastic cloud environment to use for Dev/Test scenarios .  These Dev/Test capabilities work great even for scenarios where you are building apps that ultimately will still be deployed using on-premises servers.
Some of the dev/test changes we announced for Windows Azure included:
No Charge for Stopped VMs Pay by the Minute Billing MSDN Use Rights Support on Windows Azure Heavily Discounted MSDN Dev/Test Rates – up to 97% discount off standard rates We also introduced a new MSDN Monthly Monetary Credit pro ...

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