January 2009 - Posts

Windows Azure - Accessing the Request.Url Property!
27 January 09 09:00 AM | davidlem | 6 Comments   

So I've blogged previously about a known issue regarding port translation/mapping in Windows Azure , and today (well, today and a few weeks ago) I came across an interesting side effect of this issue when accessing the Request.Url property within a Windows Read More...

Windows Azure SDK on Windows 7 Beta!
16 January 09 07:12 AM | davidlem | 9 Comments   

So with the new release of our SDK and VS Tools and the recent release of Windows 7 Beta , some folks may have tried to run one on the other... Well, in case you have and are wondering why some parts don't work, or in case you haven't and were thinking Read More...

Windows Azure SDK and Tools Refresh!
15 January 09 12:03 PM | davidlem | 6 Comments   

Today we released refreshes to both the Windows Azure SDK and the VS Tools for Windows Azure ! Windows Azure SDK (this has the dev fabric and local storage stuff) VS Tools for Windows Azure (this has the templates and integration functionality to connect Read More...

Windows Azure - Sending SMTP Emails!
08 January 09 12:52 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

A question popped up today about sending emails from within the Windows Azure environment, specifically using SmtpClient . So, to cover off some basics: The Windows Azure environment itself does not currently provide a SMTP relay or mail relay service Read More...

Windows Azure and Web Services!
07 January 09 11:54 AM | davidlem | 6 Comments   

So I've had a couple of questions about hosting web services (SOAP style services in the form of *.aspx pages in a Web Role or *.svc files in the form of WCF services) in Windows Azure, specifically, how to get them to work? Now, as I've mentioned before Read More...

Cya 2008
01 January 09 11:41 AM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

Wow, so it's 5:38pm on Wednesday the 31st of December, 2008, I've just wrapped up some last minute posts and am getting ready to head home. What a year 2008 has been, just thinking back over it, it's been one of the most amazing years of my life. What Read More...

Windows Azure Logs!
01 January 09 11:00 AM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

So I've been playing around with the logging capabilities in Windows Azure, and have some thoughts to get down. Firstly, Windows Azure provide provides an object called the RoleManager as part of its Runtime API . With the RoleManager, you can WriteToLog Read More...

Windows Azure Storage - Queues [0]!
01 January 09 10:39 AM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

OK, so let's get stuck into queues ! Queues in the Windows Azure Storage service provide reliable storage and delivery of messages. There is no limit to the number of messages you can have in a queue, however in the current PDC release, any message older Read More...