In order to make it easier for our customers to follow our announcements and updates, we decided to stop using this blog and will be only using the Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog from now on. This blog will continue to exist but we will not be posting...

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...

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for October 26, 2010 (Tuesday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: October 26...

As part of the Windows Azure AppFabric September Release we are now providing both 32- and 64-bit versions of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK. In addition to addressing several deployment scenarios for 64-bit computers, Windows Azure AppFabric now...

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...

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for September 16, 2010 (Thursday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: September...

A new version of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK is available for download starting 8/12. The new version introduces a fix in the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK for the following Service Bus bug: Adding a Ws2007HttpRelayBinding endpoint that uses TransportWithMessageCredential...

The Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August Release is live as of August 5th, 2010. This release is a major update to Access Control. It’s available in our LABS environment: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com . For more details please see Justin...

The Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August release is scheduled for August 5, 2010 (Thursday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: August 5, 2010, 10am PST...

As part of the Windows Azure AppFabric July Release , we have added support for cross-domain policy files to enable cross-domains calls to Service Bus and Access Control Service from Silverlight and Flash clients. This new sample demonstrates how to consume...

The Windows Azure AppFabric July Release is live as of July 1 st , 2010. New features include support for Rich Internet Application (RIA) clients, and support for .NET Framework 4. Read more about the newest release here . The Windows Azure AppFabric...

Today (6/7/2010) 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 IP...

Today the AppFabric team has released the AppFabric LABS environment. This is a new environment which the team will use to showcase some early bits and get feedback from the community. Usage for this environment will not be billed. AppFabric Labs...

We are happy to share that starting April 9, 2010, Windows Azure platform AppFabric will be commercially available on a paid and fully SLA-supported basis. In order to help you get familiarized with AppFabric billing, we released the AppFabric Billing...

Here's a ‘Thank You' to all our customers and partners, for creating a Windows Azure platform AppFabric commercial account. The trust you have placed in the Windows Azure platform is tremendously appreciated. As you may remember from our previous...

Today, Feb 1 st 2010, Windows Azure and SQL Azure have announced general availability and have started charging customers. Windows Azure platform AppFabric continues to be free until April 2010. Details available at http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure...

Window Azure platform AppFabric has now been deployed to more data centers around the world. Previously, when you provisioned a service namespace, you were asked to select a region from a list that contained only United States (South/Central). Now, when...

As part of the announcement of the commercial availability of Windows Azure platform offers , we are also introducing updated pricing for the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, which helps developers connect cloud and on-premises applications. Based on...

The Windows Azure platform AppFabric December release is live as of December 18 th 2009. This release includes improvements in stability, scale, and performance. Please refer to the release notes for a complete list of the breaking changes in this release...

Windows Azure platform AppFabric Breaking Changes Pre-Announcement In this Windows Azure platform AppFabric release, there are improvements in stability, scale and performance over the previous CTP. Some of these improvements might require user code...

The November 2009 CTP release of the Access Control Service includes support for a new community protocol and token format. Their names are Web Resource Authorization Protocol (WRAP) and Simple Web Tokens (SWT). See here for specifications, community...

The team is excitedly preparing the next milestone of the Microsoft .NET Services Community Technology Preview (CTP). Once the .NET Services CTP becomes available, we’ll post the details via this blog, including a download link. The next release...