FREE Windows Azure evening in London on April 15th including FREE... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [Did I overdo the use of FREE in the title? :-)] April 12th to 16th is Microsoft Tech Days – 5 days of sessions on Visual Studio 2010 through to Windows Phone 7 Series. Many of these days are now full ... FREE Windows Azure evening in London on April 15th including FREE... 0 0 0
Windows Desktop Virtualization Gets Easier andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 This past Thursday, Microsoft announced that Windows (7) Virtual PC (WVPC) and its XP Mode feature would no longer require hardware assisted virtualization (HAV). That means any PC running Windows 7 Pro, ... Windows Desktop Virtualization Gets Easier 0 0 0
Guidance and Pricing for MSDN 2010 John Alexander, January 1, 0001 Sorry for the rather lengthy post here. I get asked this all the time so I decided to post it…Visual Studio 2010 editions will be available on April 12, 2010. Product Features Professional with MSDN Essentials ... Guidance and Pricing for MSDN 2010 0 0 6
Code of my Azure presentation at TechDays Sweden. Kurt Claeys, January 1, 0001 You can download the code (VS2010) here. Code of my Azure presentation at TechDays Sweden. 0 0 1
Windows Azure Boot Camp coming to KC in April John Alexander, January 1, 0001 Interested in getting up to speed on Windows Azure? Then check out this FREE boot camp, all across the US this spring. What is a Windows Azure Boot Camp? Windows Azure Boot Camp is a two day deep dive ... Windows Azure Boot Camp coming to KC in April 0 0 10
Free Windows Azure event next Monday in London (29th March) Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I just heard that we still have spaces for this event happening next week (29th March 2010). Whilst the event is designed for start-ups, I’m sure nobody would notice if you snuck in :-) Just keep it to ... Free Windows Azure event next Monday in London (29th March) 0 0 0
Rob Blackwell on interoperability and Azure Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 At QCon in March we had a sample Azure application implemented in both Java and Ruby to demonstrate that the Windows Azure Platform is not just about .NET. The following is an interesting interview with ... Rob Blackwell on interoperability and Azure 0 0 0
Live examples of the Windows Azure Platform running Java and Ruby... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 At QCon in March we had a booth focused on interoperability out of which came the idea to create an application implemented in both Java and Ruby on Rails, running on top of the Windows Azure Platform. ... Live examples of the Windows Azure Platform running Java and Ruby... 0 0 0
Local Events | Azure Bootcamp Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Coming to Kansas City April 8th and 9th is the Microsoft Azure Bootcamp. This event looks very promising for those developers who are looking into Azure for themselves or their companies. It covers the ... Local Events | Azure Bootcamp 0 0 1
ASP.NET Web Roles vs ASP.NET Web Applications kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The 3 differences are: References to the Windows Azure specific assemblies: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diag... Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Serv... and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Stor... Bootstrap ... ASP.NET Web Roles vs ASP.NET Web Applications 0 0 1
VB 6.0 Migration to Web & Cloud (ASP.NET Ajax DHTML/Silverlig... kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 ArtinSoft and Gizmox are now offering a revolutionary solution to address need of Migrating VB 6.0 application to Web and further to Azure. With ArtinSoft’s vast migration experience performing Visual ... VB 6.0 Migration to Web & Cloud (ASP.NET Ajax DHTML/Silverlig... 0 0 0
ASP.NET MVC 2 Released! kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 ASP.NET MVC 2 Features ASP.NET MVC 2 adds a bunch of new capabilities and features. Some of the new features and capabilities include: § New Strongly Typed HTML Helpers § Enhanced Model Validation support ... ASP.NET MVC 2 Released! 0 0 0
Message Buffers in cloud kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Message Buffer is WCF queue in the cloud (although currently it does not provide all features of WCF queue). With on-premise WCF, you can take advantage of MSMQ, so that a message is sent to MSMQ by one ... Message Buffers in cloud 0 0 0
SQL Azure Database Size Calculator kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 A neat trick on how to measure your database size in SQL Azure. Here are the exact queries you can run to do it: Select Sum (reserved_page_count) * 8.0 / 1024 From sys.dm_db_partition_stats GO Select sys.objects.name, ... SQL Azure Database Size Calculator 0 0 0
New release of the Windows Azure SDK and Tools (March CTP) kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 From now on, you only have to download the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio and the SDK will be installed as part of that package. What’s new in Windows Azure SDK Support for developing ... New release of the Windows Azure SDK and Tools (March CTP) 0 0 0
Windows Azure Debugging: Matching an Instance in the DevFabric to... kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Sometimes there may arise a need to match an instance one is watching in the Development Fabric UI back to its process. The following blog post explains the process to do the same: http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/... ... Windows Azure Debugging: Matching an Instance in the DevFabric to... 0 0 0
Connecting to SQL database using SQLCMD kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 As we all know, there are a number of ways you can connect to your SQL Azure Database. One of the quick options is to try to connect to SQL server is SQLCMD. To start the SQLCMD utility and connect to ... Connecting to SQL database using SQLCMD 0 0 0
Linqpad with Table Storage kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 LinqPad as we all know has been a wonderful tool for running ad-hoc queries. With Azure Table storage in picture LinqPad was no longer in picture and we shifted focus to Cloud Storage Studio only to realize ... Linqpad with Table Storage 0 0 0
How to View Current status on the health of the Windows Azure pla... kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Current status on the health of the Windows Azure platform can be found from the below mentioned URL. If one wishes to receive notifications for interruptions to any of the services, one can subscribe ... How to View Current status on the health of the Windows Azure pla... 0 0 0
Updated Release of Windows Azure Service Management Cmdlets Now A... kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 An updated release of the Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets for PowerShell is now available. These cmdlets enable developers to effectively automate and manage all services in Windows Azure ... Updated Release of Windows Azure Service Management Cmdlets Now A... 0 0 0
Windows Azure RoleEntryPoint Method Call Order kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Worker Role Call Order: WaWorkerHost process is started. Worker Role assembly is loaded and surfed for a class that derives from RoleEntryPoint. This class is instantiated. RoleEntryPoint.OnStart() is ... Windows Azure RoleEntryPoint Method Call Order 0 0 0
Azure Design Patterms kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Design patterns are represented as relationships between classes and objects with defined responsibilities that act in concert to carry out the solution. Azure Design Pattern : Design Pattern on the Azure ... Azure Design Patterms 0 0 0
Gladinet Cloud Desktop tool to manage Windows Azure Blob Storage ... kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Gladinet Cloud Desktop is designed to make it easier for Windows Azure users to manage Windows Azure Blob storage directly from Windows Explorer. The solution makes it possible for Windows Azure Blob storage ... Gladinet Cloud Desktop tool to manage Windows Azure Blob Storage ... 0 0 0
MSDN Subscriber Benefits kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Windows Azure Platform offer Introductory MSDN Premium offer Ongoing MSDN Subscription Benefits Windows Azure Compute hours per month 750 hours 250 100 50 Storage 10 GB 7.5 GB 5 GB 3 GB Transactions per ... MSDN Subscriber Benefits 0 0 0
App Fabric Service Bus and Access Control Pricing kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The Service Bus costs $3.99 per Connection-month on a consumption basis for individually provisioned connections. Data transfers charges would also apply. Or, if you are able to forecast your needs ahead ... App Fabric Service Bus and Access Control Pricing 0 0 0
SQL Azure Data Sync kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The Microsoft Sync Framework Power Pack for SQL Azure contains a series of components that improve the experience of synchronizing with SQL Azure. This includes runtime components that optimize performance ... SQL Azure Data Sync 0 0 0
New features in Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1... kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Overview Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2008 and the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 RC to enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running and packaging ... New features in Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1... 0 0 0
Migrating an Existing ASP.NET App to run on Windows Azure kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Converting Existing ASP.NET application in to Windows Azure Method 1: 1. Add a Windows Azure Cloud Service to the existing solution 2. Add WebRole Project in solution and select Existing Asp.Net project ... Migrating an Existing ASP.NET App to run on Windows Azure 0 0 0
SQL Azure Pricing kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Microsoft’s pricing for SQL Server in the cloud, SQLAzure has been announced: $9.99 per month for 0 – 1GB $99.99 per month up to 10GB. There’s currently a 10GB maximum size cap for SQLAzure. For larger ... SQL Azure Pricing 0 0 0
Windows Azure Role Instance Limits kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Brief overview of the limits imposed on hosted services in Windows Azure is as follows: Effective before Dec. 10th 2009 Effective after Dec. 10th 2009 Effective after Jan. 4th 2010 Token (CTP) Token (CTP) ... Windows Azure Role Instance Limits 0 0 0
Path is too long kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Bugged by the irritating "Path is too long after being fully qualified" error while running in the Development Fabric? The solution is pretty funny and not so obvious unfortunately. The culprit here is ... Path is too long 0 0 1
Azure Marketplace kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Microsoft Pinpoint is the place to market your software applications and professional services to the customers who need them most. Pinpoint helps you: •Showcase and sell your innovations •Attract and ... Azure Marketplace 0 0 0
Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC) kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The Windows Azure Management Tool was created to manage your storage accounts in Windows Azure. Developed as a managed MMC, the tool allows you to create and manage both blobs and queues. Easily create ... Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC) 0 0 0
Migrating Databases from SQL Server 2008 to SqlAzure kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Connect SQL Azure through SSMS. (It will get connected, only if you have port 1433 open.) Create required databases on SQL Azure. Create and execute schema scripts for databases.(Make sure you have written ... Migrating Databases from SQL Server 2008 to SqlAzure 0 0 0
New Endpoint options that enable additional application patterns kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The two communication-related capabilities: a) inter-role communication and b) external endpoints on worker roles enable new application patterns in Windows Azure-hosted services. Inter-role Communication ... New Endpoint options that enable additional application patterns 0 0 0
Windows Azure Platform TCO/ROI Analysis Tool kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Microsoft have released a tool to help you figure out how much money you can save by switching to Windows Azure from your on-premises solution. The tool will provide you with a customized estimate of potential ... Windows Azure Platform TCO/ROI Analysis Tool 0 0 0
Windows Azure Upgrade Domain kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Windows Azure automatically divides your role instances into some “logical” domains called upgrade domains. During upgrade, Azure is updating these domains one by one. This is a by design behavior to avoid ... Windows Azure Upgrade Domain 0 0 0
Windows Azure: Server and Cloud Division kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 On 8th Dec 2009 Microsoft announced the formation of a new organization within the Server & Tools Business that combines the Windows Server & Solutions group and the Windows Azure group, into a ... Windows Azure: Server and Cloud Division 0 0 0
Generation 4 Modular Data Center kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Microsoft’s launched Generation 4 Modular Data Center design at the PDC 09 - The 20-foot container built on container-based model. Microsoft says the use of server-packed containers – known as Pre-Assembled ... Generation 4 Modular Data Center 0 0 0
Windows Azure XDrive kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 This allows your Windows Azure compute applications running in our cloud to use the existing NTFS APIs to store their data in a durable drive. The drive is backed by a Windows Azure Page Blob formatted ... Windows Azure XDrive 0 0 0
Azure Full trust permissions kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Under Windows Azure full trust, your role has access to a variety of system resources that are not available under partial trust File System Resources A role running in Windows Azure has permissions to ... Azure Full trust permissions 0 0 0
Choice of Operating System Version for Azure Roles kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Customers can now choose when their applications receive new operating system updates and patches by selecting which version of the operating system their applications will run on in Windows Azure. Right ... Choice of Operating System Version for Azure Roles 0 0 0
Microsoft Codename Houston kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 On one of the final talks about SQL Azure in Day 3 of PDC09, David Robinson, Senior PM on the Azure team, announced a project codenamed ‘Houston’ which is basically a Silverlight equivalent of SQL Server ... Microsoft Codename Houston 0 0 0
Microsoft Codename Dallas kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Dallas is Microsoft’s Information Service offering which allows developers and information workers to find, acquire and consume published datasets and web services. Users subscribe to datasets and web ... Microsoft Codename Dallas 0 0 0
Azure Storage Explorer kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Azure Storage Explorer – an another way to Deploy the services on Cloud Azure Storage Explorer is a useful GUI tool for inspecting and altering the data in your Azure cloud storage projects including the ... Azure Storage Explorer 0 0 0
Windows Azure Interop kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 How Windows Azure Platform is an open cloud platform. What makes it interoperable? The Windows Azure platform supports popular standards and protocols including SOAP, REST, and XML. Developers can use ... Windows Azure Interop 0 0 0
T-SQL in SQL Azure kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The following table summarizes the Transact-SQL support provided by SQL Azure Database at PDC 2009: Transact-SQL Features Supported Transact-SQL Features Unsupported Constants Constraints Cursors Index ... T-SQL in SQL Azure 0 0 0
Azure November CTP updates kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Below some modifications to be noted, which were shipped in latest Nov CTP. 1. StorageClient class has been deprecated. We can now find StorageClient methods in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Stor... CloudStorageAccount ... Azure November CTP updates 0 0 12
Azure Table Storage Creation using Nov 2009 CTP kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The new SDK introduces a new class - · The CloudTableClient : This new class enables us to create tables and test for the existence of tables. We need not need use this class for querying table storage, ... Azure Table Storage Creation using Nov 2009 CTP 0 0 0
Two new features in November 2009 CTP kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Windows Azure Diagnostics Managed Library: The new Diagnostics API enables logging using standard .NET APIs. The Diagnostics API provides built-in support for collecting standard logs and diagnostic information, ... Two new features in November 2009 CTP 0 0 0