Building a Windows 8.1 Developer Environment in Windows Azure

I've been developing for the last few years professionally and recreationally. I'm a Software Engineer for Symantec where I develop for a few of their mainline products. My experience includes development in many spectrums of .NET including MVC, SharePoint and Azure development; as well as additional languages such as Java, Perl, HTML5 and JavaScript. I have two Microsoft certifications; one, for development in SharePoint 2010 (MCTS), and the other for programming in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 (MS). My interests are in cloud development and mobile development. Feel free to reach out to me for questions and/or advice.