Please read:
Chapter 1: “Cloud Computing is a True Paradigm Shift”
Chapter 6: “Demystifying the Cloud: A Case Study Using Amazon's Cloud Services (AWS)”
Chapter 7: “Virtualization: Open Source and VMware”
Chapter 10: “Windows Azure”

Please read:
Chapter 1: “Introducing Windows Power Shell”
Chapter 2: “Interacting with the Windows Power Shell Command Line and Graphical Environment”
Chapter 4: “Working with Variables, Arrays, and Hashes”
Chapter 5: “Implementing Conditional Logic”

Please read:
Chapter 8: “Securing the Cloud: Reliability, Availability, and Security”
Chapter 9: “Scale and Reuse: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”

Please read:
Chapter 3: “Limitations and Challenges in Cloud-Based Applications Development”

Please read:
Chapter 4: “Impact of Cloud Services on Software Development Life Cycle”
Chapter 5: “Cloud-Based Development Using Classic Life Cycle Model”
Chapter 6: “Business Requirements Engineering for Developing Cloud Computing Services”