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-# **Orleans Documentation**
+![](http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=orleans&DownloadId=814974&Build=20959)
+# **Project "Orleans"**
 
-[Getting Started with Orleans](Getting-Started-with-Orleans)
+Orleans is a framework that provides a straightforward approach to building distributed high-scale computing applications, without the need to learn and apply complex concurrency or other scaling patterns. It was created by Microsoft Research and designed for use in the cloud. Orleans has been used extensively in Microsoft Azure by several Microsoft product groups, most notably by 343 Industries as a platform for all of Halo 4 cloud services, as well as by a number of other companies.
 
-This section will introduce the basic concepts of the Orleans programming model as well as the basics of how to provide the runtime with the configuration parameters that it needs in order to function properly.
+[Documentation]([Documentation])
 
-What's new in Orleans?
+[Latest Orleans technical report](http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/210931/Orleans-MSR-TR-2014-41.pdf)
 
-Coverage of the new and changed features in the September refresh of the preview binaries.
+[Repo of community add-ons to Orleans](https://github.com/OrleansContrib)
 
-Step-by-step Tutorials
+[Original Orleans Codeplex site](https://orleans.codeplex.com) with documentation, samples and discussion forum (will be migrated here)
 
-Complementing the "Getting Started" guide, this section will take you through a series of samples and hands-on tutorials that teach you the core concepts, as well as some advanced ones through hands-on experience.
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-Advanced Concepts
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-There are a number of advanced development and deployment concepts that many Orleans developers do not need to know anything about. If you have already familiarized yourself with the basics, this section will allow you to go further into depth.
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-Orleans Configuration Guide 
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-This section covers the configuration system in details.
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-Frequently Asked Questions
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-Some of the most common questions around Orleans, with answers.
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-Orleans Best Practices
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-A collection of tips and trick to help design, build, and run an Orleans-based application.
+[Microsoft Research project page](http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/orleans/)