How does learning about cloud computing while contributing to scientific research sound to you? Join us for @home with Windows Azure to get a solid understanding of the Windows Azure platform while giving back to a very deserving cause.

You will deploy an application to Windows Azure that directly contributes to Stanford University’s Folding@home effort, a distributed computing project that carries out simulations of protein folding. By simply running a piece of software, you can help scientists learn more about diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s disease and many cancers through banding together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world.

A special thanks to those who participated during the first half of 2012, as Microsoft matched your efforts with a $3880 monetary donation to Stanford's program.

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7,593 VMs have contributed 205,706 Work Units! 41 VMs are cracking on it right now. Here's what some of them are doing:

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Access our webcast recordings below, or watch our step-by-step screencasts to learn how you can participate.

Date	Topic
3/15/2012	@home with Azure Overview
3/22/2012	Windows Azure Roles
3/29/2012	Azure Storage Options
4/05/2012	Debugging in the Cloud
4/12/2012	Async Cloud Patterns