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New role instance allocation

Since we launched the Windows Azure CTP last year up until yesterday, a regular Windows Azure token would grant you the following Windows Azure assets: 2 storage accounts 1 hosted service with 2 deployment slots, each with up to 5 roles (any combination Read More...

Windows Azure Storage Made Easy

There are three tools that came up on my radar that allow to manipulate your Windows Azure storage quite easily and intuitively. The first one, which I have been using for a while is called Cloud Storage Studio from Cerebrata Software , and I like it Read More...

Custom Domain Names in Windows Azure

This is a topic that comes up quite frequently, and I always find myself referencing Steve’s post on the matter of mapping a Hosted Service running in Windows Azure (for example http://frogs69.cloudapp.net ) to a custom domain that you otherwise own. Read More...

How to redeem a Windows Azure token?

Quick refresher as this still comes up a lot: Where can I get a token for Windows Azure? Read my previous post about this How do I redeem a token once I have one? Go to the Windows Azure portal on http://windows.azure.com Sign in using the Windows Live Read More...

Where did Copy Logs go?

Up until a few days ago, when you wanted to get a dump of your application logs running in Windows Azure, you could go to the hosted service configuration page, and request the log dump using the Copy Logs button. This has changed. The Windows Azure logging Read More...

Windows Azure developer portal release refresh

As you have undoubtedly noticed, as part of today’s release refresh, the Windows Azure developer portal got a major face lift. This is the new theme that will be adopted by all the Windows Azure Platform for PDC’09. PDC’08 UI theme PDC’09 UI theme I already Read More...

Invalid token error message

If you have received a Windows Azure token after registering on Microsoft Connect, tried to redeem it, but get the message “Invalid token” or “Enter a valid promotion code”, this post is for you. Scenario 1: You try to redeem the token on the Windows Read More...

Windows Azure Geo Location Feature Terminology

Here is some information about the terms and concepts introduced in the Dev Portal with the Windows Azure Geo Location feature . The most important one is the notion of affinity group, which is now part of the creation wizard of the Windows Azure storage Read More...

Windows Azure Geo Location Feature Walkthrough

As you may have noticed if you logged in to the Azure Services Developer Portal since yesterday afternoon (4/29/2009), the Windows Azure Geo Location feature has been released and added to the existing Dev Portal functionality. The feature was announced Read More...

Where Can I Get A Token For Windows Azure

Even though this has already been widely blogged and publicized, I still get a high amount of requests asking me how to obtain a Windows Azure token. Whether you work in Microsoft or not, here is the fastest way to get one. Go to the Windows Azure web Read More...

Activate your Developer Account to work in the Mesh Sandbox

This was an important topic on the forum after the PDC ‘08 release, so we streamlined the token redemption workflow for Live Framework CTP, and also implemented a way to bypass it altogether. This FAQ post walks you through the account creation and activation Read More...