Speaking of Windows 8 and Cloud Dev... Here's a resource round-up for both!

Microsoft UK Faculty Connection - Great Set of Resources for Windows 8 and Cloud Developers

Now that you've worked through the HOLO's (Whole lot of HOLO's (Hands On Labs Online) for Windows 8 RTM and Windows Azure (Get developing without installing anything)) here are the links to get everything installed and running on your system (or get more training, resource kits, SDK's, etc.)

 

Related Past Post XRef:
Whole lot of HOLO's (Hands On Labs Online) for Windows 8 RTM and Windows Azure (Get developing without installing anything)