We are continuing our innovation in the Windows Azure Platform and releasing at a frequent cadence of high-value new features and enhancements to our public cloud services. Today at TechEd I’m excited to make a few new announcements: For AppFabric...

I am really excited to announce availability of Windows Azure Marketplace Service Update 2. This release include key enhancements to the marketplace based on our customer feedback. Internationalization With this release Windows Azure Marketplace...

A few months ago, at the Professional Developer Conference (PDC), we released Community Technology Previews (CTPs) and made several announcements regarding new services and capabilities we are adding to the Windows Azure Platform . Ever since then we...

Today we released some new CTP features to make importing and exporting data between SQL Azure and SQL Server databases much easier. Through updates to the DAC framework that will be shipping in the next version of SQL Server (code-named “Denali”), migrating...

Today the Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket team announced the release of the first DataMarket Service Update and the February Content Update including a number of exciting new offerings. The new offerings include both public and commercial data and...

Today, the Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket team announced the release of a number of exciting new offerings on DataMarket. The new offerings include both public and commercial and come from a number of companies, some entirely new to DataMarket,...

Over the past 2 months we have seen tremendous validation from leading industry analyst firms (Gartner and Forrester) that we are delivering great value for our customers and are headed in the right direction with our relational database, middleware services...

We have launched the new Windows Azure Platform Management Portal , and with it the database manager for SQL Azure (formerly known as Project Houston).  Now, you can manage all your Windows Azure platform resources from a single location – including...

With the PDC’10 launch of DataMarket as a part of the Windows Azure Marketplace, we introduced the premium online marketplace to find, share, advertise, buy and sell premium data sets to customers. Today’s update to DataMarket enables paid transactions...

As I mentioned in my previous post , today we announced the launch of the Windows Azure Marketplace. Windows Azure Marketplace is an online marketplace to find, share, advertise, buy and sell building block components, premium data sets and finished applications...

Today at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference we announced a wide range of new Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, capabilities for the Windows Azure Platform. The PDC is a fully virtualized event, so I invite you to visit the site and view the...

Today we are excited to announce that we have Released to Manufacturing (RTM) BizTalk Server 2010 and it will be available for purchase starting October 1 st , 2010. BizTalk Server 2010 is the seventh major release of our flagship enterprise integration...

As part of our continued commitment to provide regular and frequent updates to SQL Azure, I am pleased to announce Service Update 4 (SU4). SU4 is now live with three new updates - database copy, improved help system, and deployment of our web-based tool...

Today Microsoft is releasing to web an important update to the SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant) family of products which includes support for both Access and MySQL. This release makes it possible to move data directly and easily from local Microsoft...

During his keynote speech at the Worldwide Partner Conference in July, Microsoft President Bob Muglia announced that the third Community Technology Preview of “Dallas” would be available within 30 days. Today, we are thrilled to announce the...

Microsoft just released two new benchmark reports for Windows Server AppFabric and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. These reports can be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/stocktrader-benchmarks.aspx . The first looks at the...

Today we are excited to announce the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August 2010 Release. This release represents a significant expansion of the capabilities of AppFabric Access Control. As you know, we released the Access Control service back in April to...

We are pleased to announce the CTP 1 of Project “Houston”. Originally announced at TechEd as “SQL Server Web Manager”, Project “Houston” is a lightweight and easy to use database management tool for SQL Azure databases...

The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is a great chance for us to sit down with industry partners and understand their latest plans for adopting cloud technologies and the opportunities they see with SQL Azure, Windows Azure AppFabric, and “Dallas”...

Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, we announced some continued momentum around Microsoft codename “Dallas”. Businesses can use “Dallas” to discover, manage, and purchase premium data subscriptions that can be integrated...

The Windows Azure AppFabric July Release is live as of July 1 st , 2010. This is our second update since commercial availability for the Windows Azure platform began earlier this year, and we are pleased to deliver on our commitment to provide you with...

My name is Zane Adam and I am the GM for the Microsoft Azure business driving SQL Azure, Windows Azure AppFabric, Microsoft codename “Dallas” and middleware. Today I wanted to share some updates with you on some new features for SQL...