In case you're waiting on a token to use Windows Azure, my experience has been as follows. As of last week's PDC you can start signing up for accounts on azure.com. There appear to be 2 varieties: a token that allows you use SQL Services and .NET Services; and a token that allows you to put applications into the cloud. I applied for my account the middle of last week. I received my .token for SQL and .NET Services 2 days later; and my cloud token 7 days later. I believe PDC attendees are in line ahead of others, so if you weren't at the PDC it might take longer.