In the first post we discussed the 3 main concepts that make up Windows Azure AppFabric: Middleware Services, Building Composite Applications, and Scale-out Application Infrastructure . In the second post we started discussing the Middleware Services...

Read this blog post to learn about this new Windows Azure Platform free trial offer. This new offer includes various platform capabilities such as compute, storage, SQL Azure, as well as 2 AppFabric Service Bus Connections and 100K AppFabric Access Control...

We are starting a webcast series featuring ISVs that are using the Windows Azure Platform. Our first webcast “ Managing Your Website on the Azure Cloud: Benefits for IT & Business Leaders ” will feature SiteCore. SiteCore provides a content management...

Today we released the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP February release which introduces updates to the Caching service, and a new and improved Silverlight based portal experience. This release builds on the prior Caching CTP October release, and introduces...

In the previous post we discussed the 3 main concepts that make up Windows Azure AppFabric: 1. Middleware Services - pre-built services that provide valuable capabilities developers can use when developing applications. This reduces the time...

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for February 9, 2011 (Wednesday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: February...

To answer customers’ demand we have added a detailed FAQ page on our MSDN documentations in addition to the existing FAQs we have on our website. The current content is mainly focused on Service Bus pricing questions, but we will be updating this page...

Recently, in October 2010, at our Professional Developers Conference (PDC) we made some exciting roadmap announcements regarding Windows Azure AppFabric, and we have already gotten very positive feedback regarding this roadmap from both customers and...

When: START: Thursday 27, 2011, 3 pm PST END: Thursday 27, 2011, 4 pm PST Impact Alert: Customers of Service Bus CTP in LABS environment will experience intermittent failures for the duration of this maintenance. Action Required: None...

We recently published this case study on Advanced Telemetry , a startup that offers an extensible, remote, energy-monitoring-and-control software framework. The company migrated its telemetry solution to the Windows Azure Platform in order to expand into...

The AppFabric CTP services in our Labs environment preview the future enhancements and capabilities that we are planning to release in the near future. In order to better serve our customers who are using the CTP AppFabric services we created a new forum...

Read this article on InformationWeek to learn how customers are benefitting already today from cloud computing. More specifically, this article highlights one of our customers, NVoicePay, that makes use of Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus and Windows...

Check out the latest updates to the FabrikamShipping SaaS sample application. This sample provides a great example on how the Access Control service helps solve real-life identity federation requirements. You can find more details in Vittorio Bertocci...

Earlier in October, at our Professional Developer Conference (PDC), we made some exciting announcements regarding the future and roadmap of Windows Azure AppFabric. If you want to learn more regarding these announcements you can visit the Windows Azure...

Today we deployed an incremental update to the Access Control Service in the Labs environment. It's available here: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com/ . Keep in mind that there is no SLA around this release, but accounts and usage of the service are free...

Register today for new Windows Azure AppFabric training!  Join this MSDN webcast training on February 7 , 2011 at 11:00 AM PST .   It's more than just calling a REST service that makes an application work; it's identity management, security...

Today (12/13/2010) the Windows Azure platform AppFabric has updated the IP Ranges on which the AppFabric nodes are hosted. If your firewall restricts outbound traffic, you will need to perform the additional step of opening your outbound TCP Ports and...

The latest issue of the MSDN Magazine features a great article on the Windows Azure Access Control service written by our two technical evangelists: Vittorio Bertocci and Wade Wegner . Want to get an overview of what Access Control is good for and how...

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for December 15, 2010 (Wednesday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: December...

To answer a popular request we’ve been getting from our customers, Wade Wegner our AppFabric evangelist has written a blog post that explains how to use the SAML CredentialType to Authenticate to the Service Bus. Read Wade’s blog post to learn more on...

Wade Wegner , Technical Evangelist for Windows Azure AppFabric, has released an interview with Karandeep Anand, Principal Group Program Manager with Application Platform Services, about the new Caching service: We are conducting...

Good news - the Windows Azure Platform Introductory Special offer (which includes the SQL Azure Free Trial ) has been extended through March 31, 2011! This promotional offer enables you to try a limited amount of the Windows Azure platform at no charge...

This blog post provides a quick introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric Caching. You might also want to watch this short video introduction . As mentioned in the previous post announcing the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release , we've just...

A new version of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK V1.0 is available for download starting 10/27. The new version introduces a fix to an issue which causes the SDK to rollback on 64 bit Windows Server machines with BizTalk Server installed. ...

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release Today we are announcing the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release, available in our LABS environment: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com. This release introduces an exciting new service called Windows...