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Installing the Windows Azure Tools using the Web Platform Installer
Today, the IIS team released a the Web Platform Installer 2.0 RTW .  Among the many cool new things (more tools, new applications, and localization to 9 languages) is the inclusion of the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Install Read More...
Working with Multiple Web and Worker Roles
After you install the July 2009 CTP and create a new project via File | New Project | Cloud Service, you now have a single template “Cloud Service” instead of the 4 you had in the past. Clicking on that brings up our new project creation dialog. There Read More...
Windows Azure Tools and SDK July 2009 CTP
I’m pleased to announce that we have released a new version of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK ! (will take time to propogate, try the direct link to the download ) What’s New for the July 2009 CTP? Support for developing and deploying services containing Read More...
Adding an HTTPS Endpoint to a Windows Azure Cloud Service
Lately there has been a couple of threads on the forum and some internal email around setting up an https endpoint on a Windows Azure Cloud Service. A good starting point is this article , but there are some common issues that people run into that I wanted Read More...
Azure Services Platform Developer Challenge
Azure Services Platform Developer Challenge! Everything you need to know from a page hosted on Windows Azure: http://www.newcloudapp.com/ Couple things to point out: There are 3 categories .Net Applications ($5000 prize), PHP Applications ($5000 prize) Read More...
The Easy Way to Install the Windows Azure Tools and SDK Pre-Requisites
(Update 9/24/2009 -- We're now included in the Web Platform Installer! See: http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2009/09/24/installing-the-windows-azure-tools-using-the-web-platform-installer.aspx ) One of the first things I do when I get a new box is install Read More...
Windows Azure Mix Videos
If you weren't able to make it to MIX09 , you can catch videos of the sessions . My session is available for watching here: Using the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio to Build Cloud Services If you haven't seen the keynotes, I highly recommend Read More...
Walkthrough: Enabling Full Trust to Call Native Code on Windows Azure
One of the cool new features in the Windows Azure Mix 09 CTP is the ability to run your Web and/or Worker Roles in full trust (non-admin). This opens up all kinds of features that weren’t available in the previous CTPs. An interesting feature, which is Read More...
Now available: March CTP of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK
New release of the Windows Azure SDK and Tools! From now on, you only have to download the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio and the SDK will be installed as part of that package. Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (please give Read More...
Adding Files to your Windows Azure Service Package
When using the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio, there are two times that you end up creating a Windows Azure Service Package: When you build and run on the Development Fabric -- this is a folder based package, extension is csx. This is used by the Read More...
January 2009 CTP of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK released
We're excited to announce that we've released an update to the Windows Azure Tools and SDK. Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio Windows Azure SDK What's new in the Tools? Addressed top customer bugs. Resolved hang and performance issues on Read More...
Your Live Mesh in your car
azurejournal just posted an article, Porsche, Live Mesh and Windows Azure which touches on a cool experience that is enabled through Cloud technologies. That kind of thing is exactly what got me excited about the future of the Cloud in the first place Read More...
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