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One of the best practices when creating an application on top of the Azure Service Platform is to constantly log your applications activity. This is so that when a worker role inevitably goes down (and it will) you will be view output in your log files
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Great Channel 9 video featuring Amitabh Srivastava the VP for Windows Azure, talking about Azure, the cloud, cloud services, developing for the cloud and some insights into what's in store for the future. My favourite quote from this hour long dive into
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Just been announced that Windows Azure will be making a leap from using Pacific Standard Time and using Co-Ordinated Universal Time ( UTC ). This change is being done so that it poses less problems for global dev’s and users, however the exact date of
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Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing is a whitepaper giving a deep insight into cloud computing. A big thank to Steve Clayton and his post about about Above the Clouds, this paper looks like it will be a great read. It sets out to look
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This is a great link for anyone just getting started or new to developing on the Azure Services Platform. Giving a whole bunch of web casts and tutorial videos that will walk you through the basics of Windows Azure, Live Services and .NET Services as
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This cool video gives a nice simplified explanation of cloud computing in “plain English”. Covering the basics of scalability, XaaS, and Utility computing. More videos on cloud computing can be found at: http://videos.techielife.com/tag/cloud http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Azure/
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Bill Lodin over at IT Mentors has put together a really nice tool that allows you to view your Windows Azure logs in a WPF log viewer The application replicates the functionality of the development fabric’s UI that lets you monitor any messages that are
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I’ve been wanting to create a WPF or Console application that could communicate with Azure by passing a Message to the Fabric. However, I did not want to have to pass WCF messages to a worker role as I had seen people doing in previous examples, instead
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I have recently been taking a look at Windows Azure Storage, and the use of Blob’s, Queues and Tables. Queues are primarily used for passing small (approx 8kb) messages from the web role of a Azure application to the back end worker role that can then
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This month’s Wired magazine has a 11 page article on Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie. Documenting his eventful life from his love for the PLATO system which he discovered as a sophomore studying at the University of Illinois, right through
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This video gives found via Steve Clayton's and Mark Johnston's blog's shows one of the funniest tongue in cheek overviews of what Windows Azure (codename: Red Dog) is all about. It also proves that the DPE guys, within Microsoft UK have a little too much
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After having recently downloaded the Azure Training Kit I launched straight into trying to build some of the demos to get my head around how Azure works, especially the use of the storage areas (Blobs, Tables and Queues) that developers can access to
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After recently watching Manuvir Das's video on Channel 9, Introducing Windows Azure I have decided to put a quick blog post together to share my thoughts about the back end workings of Azure. Overview I have provided below a jpg to show a simplified overview
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Microsoft has just announced Windows Azure at PDC 2008 and has opened a community technology preview for all of us eager developers around the world who just can’t wait to get our hands on the platform and writing some code. As with every new technology
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