Cloud Computing Tools Team : Azure

New walkthroughs for the July CTP of Windows Azure Tools

cctblog — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT

Jim's put together some new walkthroughs for some of the new features in the July CTP of the Windows Azure Tools + SDK:

Working with Multiple Web and Worker Roles

Associating an ASP.NET Web Application (including MVC) as a Web Role

Have a look, some cool new stuff.

July CTP of Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

cctblog — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:30:00 GMT

We've just released a July CTP of the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio! (try the direct link to the download while it propogates)

What’s New for the July 2009 CTP?

Support for developing and deploying services containing multiple web and worker roles. A service may contain zero or more web roles and zero or more worker roles with a minimum of one role of either type.
New project creation dialog that supports creating Cloud Services with multiple web and worker roles.
Ability to associate any ASP.NET Web Application project in a Cloud Service solution as a Web Role
Support for building Cloud Services from TFS Build
Enhanced robustness and stability

Please see this post for more information.

Now Available: May 2009 CTP of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK

cctblog — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (includes SDK). If the release is still propagating, try the Direct Link.

New for the May 2009 CTP:

Support for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1
Update for Visual Studio 2008
Improved integration with the Development Fabric and Storage services to improve the reliability of debug and run of Cloud Services from Visual Studio
Enhanced robustness and stability

Release notes/Known issues are available here

Visual Studio 2010 compatible samples are available here

Please see this post for more information.

Using the Web Platform Installer to install Pre-reqs for the Windows Azure Tools/SDK

cctblog — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT

Jim walks you through using the Web Platform Installer to get your pre-reqs (like installing IIS7) for the Windows Azure Tools and SDK using the Web Platform Installer.

Packaging up files for the cloud

cctblog — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:53:00 GMT

Jim has posted about how you can include additional files in your package when packaging for the Development Fabric and for the cspkg you upload to the cloud.

Windows Azure PDC Session Video Streams Available

cctblog — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Gus has posted a list of sessions from the PDC that covered Windows Azure along with links to each of their video streams that anyone can watch. Head over to his blog post here to see the list.