Check out the latest issue of MSDN Magazine. The focus of the issue is on Data in the Cloud, and we have a great DataMarket article for you! Check it out to learn more about building applications that consume data from DataMarket services.
Who can use the DataMarket?
Anyone, anywhere, who accepts our terms of use, can use the free offerings. Between now and 11/22, we have a limited invitation-only experience where people in the US can request an invitation to use a credit card to subscribe to data. On 11/22, the limited invitation-only program ends and the DataMarket open to the US market for credit card subscriptions.
How to register for the invitation-only program?
Read DataMarket forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/DataMarket/threads
When new features will be available?
Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket is moving to the service updates cadence with new features coming on a regular basis. Feature prioritization will be based on customer feedback. Please vote for your features through the DataMarket site “Feedback” option.
Current high priority features list includes:
When new data offerings will be available?
Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket is moving to the content updates cadence with new content coming on a monthly basis. Offerings marked as “Coming soon” will be prioritized in each content update wave.
Do we need to upload our data to Microsoft cloud in order to become DataMarket content provider?
Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket provides ability to publish data from any source, ranging from SQL Server and Web Services on customer premise and to SQL Azure and Windows Azure storage.
Who qualifies to become a content provider or an ISV?
Any company or person may become Windows Azure DataMarket Content Provider or ISV. Naturally enough, you have to own your data or have required distribution rights, and you should be able to adhere to the DataMarket SLA.
How to register as content provider or ISV?
Send email to datamarketbd@microsoft.com and provide as much information as possible.
- The DataMarket team
With the launch of our new marketplace yesterday we introduced a number of exciting new datasets – both public and commercial! Check out some of the great new data we have:
We also announced a list of datasets that you can expect to see soon (You can read more about them on DataMarket, but note the blue Coming Soon logo on the right of the page)
As we post more datasets to the site we will be sure to update you here on our blog… and be sure to check the site regular to learn more about the latest data offerings.
Note: Access to commercial paid offerings will be rolled out to all DataMarket accounts by November 22, 2010. In the meantime, if you would like to request early access to paid offerings for your account, you can find instructions here.
- The DataMarket Team
Today during his keynote at PDC’10, Bob Muglia announced the launch of Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket!
Originally announced under the name Microsoft Codename “Dallas”, DataMarket changes the way information is exchanged by offering a wide range of content from authoritative commercial & public sources in a single marketplace, making it easier to find and purchase the data that you need to power your applications and analytics.
DataMarket enables developers to access data as a service. DataMarket exposes OData API’s which can be leveraged by developers on any platform to build innovative applications. Developers can also use service references to these API’s in Visual studio, making it easy for developers to consume the datasets.
Information workers will now be able to make better data purchasing decisions using rich visualization on DataMarket. DataMarket connectivity from Excel and PowerPivot will enable information workers to perform better analytics by mashing up enterprise and industry data.
Today’s key announcements around DataMarket include:
What do our Partners have to say?
How can you find out more?