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Version 1.0 of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games has been released to manufacturing with the RTM bits now available for download via CodePlex. I first told you about the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games in the second half of July 2011, at which point the resource had yet to be finalized. But on Augus... |
27 August 2011
01:45 GMT |
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The newly-launched Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform website is designed to be an one-stop destination for customers building private Cloud using the company’s server technologies. However, in addition to a range of resources on private Clouds, the new site also offers information, guidance and products nece... |
26 August 2011
05:52 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to offer customers the option to try out Windows Azure free of charge before committing to the Cloud platform, but as of this week, the Introductory Special was upgraded to offer no less than 750 Small Compute hours.Those already familiar with the Windows Azure Introductory Special know that the ... |
19 August 2011
11:21 GMT |
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Customers looking to streamline and expedite the deployment of websites to Microsoft’s Cloud platform can take advantage of Windows Azure Accelerator for Web Roles. Created by Nathan Totten, the accelerator is designed to simplify the creation of a Windows Azure web role intended to host one or multiple sites.... |
18 August 2011
05:07 GMT |
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System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Azure Applications has been released to manufacturing and is now available for download from Microsoft. I first told you about the solution designed to provide monitoring capabilities for Windows Azure applications back in October 2010 when the software giant offered the Rel... |
17 August 2011
04:54 GMT |
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Come October 1st, 2011, Windows Azure Cloud Essentials will offer customers no less than 1,125 extra small compute hours, up from 750 today. At the start of October 2011 Microsoft plans to update billing for its Cloud platform. The changes are designed to boost flexibility and simplicity, the Redmond company noted. ... |
16 August 2011
06:18 GMT |
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The integration between Windows Azure and the Intuit Partner Platform will evolve to the next level as Microsoft and Intuit plan to kick up a notch the developer resources they’ve built to bridge their respective Cloud platforms. Version 2.0 of the Windows Azure software development kit for Intuit Partner Plat... |
11 August 2011
06:36 GMT |
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Customers leveraging Microsoft’s Cloud platform are now able to take advantage of Logs and Metrics, namely Analytics data designed to provide insight into Windows Azure usage Storage. According to Microsoft, the new enhancements introduced will simplify a variety of tasks, including tracking, analyzing, and de... |
4 August 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the collection of Visual Studio 2010 tools designed for version 1.4 of Windows Azure. Developers building projects for the software giant’s Cloud platform can head over to the Download Center and grab Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 1.4 (August 2011). As was the case... |
4 August 2011
08:22 GMT |
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Microsoft has released an updated version of a collection of resources designed to provide free training for the company’s Cloud platform.The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - August 2011 Update is now available from the Microsoft Download Center, introducing refreshed content. In all fairness, the August... |
4 August 2011
06:41 GMT |
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The Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service free ride is over. Microsoft has announced that as of August 2011, it has started charging customers leveraging the service. Some Microsoft Cloud customers are bound to be among those that used the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service for the past few months without pay... |
2 August 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Business customers looking to migrate Java and COBOL applications to Windows Azure can now leverage one of four new middleware products from Fujitsu designed for Microsoft’s Cloud platform.
Developers must already know by now that they can take advantage of a range of programming languages when working wit... |
30 July 2011
05:43 GMT |
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Developers building services and applications on top of Microsoft’s Cloud leveraging PHP or Java can now access a collection of new code samples offered free of charge by the Redmond company. A set of fresh Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus samples for PHP and Java are now up for grabs via Microsoft CodePlex... |
29 July 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Windows Azure is just one of the offerings from Microsoft for which the company is providing a complex collection of training resources, and the content designed to help customers get started using the Cloud platform has just been updated. Customers looking to start getting up-and-running quickly with Windows Azure ... |
28 July 2011
04:23 GMT |
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Customers using Windows Azure AppFabric are now able to leverage a range of enhancements recently introduced by Microsoft.Both the Windows Azure AppFabric Management Portal and the Access Control service have been kicked up a notch, the software giant revealed. No less than three updates to ACS 2.0 namespaces are b... |
26 July 2011
06:27 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the Windows Azure Marketplace, simplifying the publishing process for customers looking to take advantage of the company’s “one-stop shop for premium data and applications.”The latest update introduced to the Windows Azure Marketplace focuses on providing comprehensive guidanc... |
26 July 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Customers looking to embrace Microsoft’s Cloud can first test drive application deployment and management scenarios on Windows Azure using a free resource from the Redmond company. They’ll need to download “Deploying and Managing Windows Azure Applications Evaluation” while trying to ignore t... |
25 July 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Approximately a week ago an updated version of the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal went live, and it brought with it an additional upgrade for some of Microsoft’s Cloud customers.Essentially, the Redmond company kicked up a notch Windows Azure Connect, but despite the refresh, the development process ... |
25 July 2011
03:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is making it easy for developers to access the necessary code samples they can leverage in their Windows Azure projects.
Devs building Cloud applications or services can head over to the Windows Azure Code Samples Gallery and take advantage of the resources shared on the online hub.
When I made my ... |
23 July 2011
05:09 GMT |
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Microsoft has joined forces with the Capgemini Group in order to push its Cloud platform and associated services on no less than 22 countries worldwide. U.K., the Netherlands, North America, France, Belgium and Brazil are considered priority markets, but additional countries will also come into focus, the software g... |
22 July 2011
11:19 GMT |
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A collection of free resources available from Microsoft is designed to streamline the development of social games running on top of the company’s Cloud platform. The Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games can be downloaded from Microsoft CodePlex free of charge, but developers will need to read the license car... |
21 July 2011
04:19 GMT |
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An update to the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal has been rolled out and is now available to customers leveraging Microsoft’s Cloud platform. The refresh was announced on July 18th, 2011 by Bharat Ahluwalia, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft, who noted that the revamping was designed to boost user exp... |
19 July 2011
05:47 GMT |
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As of the start of July 2011, all inbound data transfer to Windows Azure will no longer be billed by Microsoft. The tweaking of the Windows Azure billing policy was announced in the second half of June, and it came into effect as of July 1st. According to the software giant, the change will have the largest imp... |
2 July 2011
05:36 GMT |
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The “Why Desktop IT Pros Should Care About the Cloud?” Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable is now available on demand from Microsoft. IT professionals need only make their way to TechNet and watch the video offered by the software giant online, or download it (WMV format). As the name implies, the roun... |
27 June 2011
06:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated a tool designed to streamline the building, configuration and deployment packages of Java applications on Windows Azure for the developers leveraging Eclipse. Devs can go ahead and download the June 2011 Community Technology Preview of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java, which the R... |
27 June 2011
05:45 GMT |
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No less than a dozen videos focused on Windows Azure from Microsoft are available to customers free of charge on Channel9.The first video of the series offers IT professionals looking to embrace the Redmond company’s Cloud platform an overview of Windows Azure. Obviously, Microsoft is attempting to convince I... |
14 June 2011
04:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is not offering Windows Azure to customers looking to build private Clouds, pointing them to Windows Server instead, but the company is hard at work on the next best thing in partnership with its OEM partners, Windows Azure platform appliances. The Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform service, FGCP/A5 is the firs... |
8 June 2011
06:52 GMT |
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It’s not Windows 8, or any new Windows client releases that represent the future in terms of operating system evolution for Microsoft, according to one of the greatest minds in Redmond. After working on products such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich hesitated little to jump shi... |
30 May 2011
09:32 GMT |
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PHP developers can now access new and enhanced resources from Microsoft, designed to let them leverage their existing set of skills to build Windows Azure applications and services. Even back when Microsoft’s Cloud platform was still referred to mainly under the codename Red Dog, the company had placed interop... |
27 May 2011
08:17 GMT |
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Technology is often abused for illegal purposes and it appears that this also applies to Microsoft’s Cloud offerings. In a move designed to prevent fraud, the software giant has make it mandatory for customers purchasing new Windows Azure accounts to also go through an extra hoop before being able to use the p... |
25 May 2011
06:24 GMT |
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A new web application from Microsoft is available to customers that want to assess the costs of embracing the company’s Cloud offerings. The Windows Azure Platform Pricing Calculator is now live, and available free of charge on the site dedicated to Windows Azure. As the official label of the web app implies,... |
25 May 2011
05:03 GMT |
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Customers that want to give Microsoft’s Cloud platform a try can do so without paying a single cent. The Redmond company has launched the “Try Windows Azure Platform 30 Day Pass” special deal, stressing that the offer is designed especially to let developers, partners, IT professionals, etc. test... |
20 May 2011
07:08 GMT |
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Want to get started with Windows Azure AppFabric beginning with the basics? Then Microsoft might have the right set of resources for you. The software giant is providing Cloud customers with the Windows Azure AppFabric Learning Series, available on CodePlex. According to the description from Microsoft: “This ... |
16 May 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a new development milestone of the Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket Add-in for Excel. Customers that are already leveraging the Redmond company’s Cloud and spreadsheet solution can head over to the Microsoft Download Center and grab the second Community Technology ... |
12 May 2011
08:09 GMT |
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The Windows Azure ISV Business Economics Package is just one example among the resources provided by Microsoft to catalyze increased adoption of its Cloud offerings. This particular package is designed for Independent Software Vendors, and as the official label implies, it’s focused on the business advant... |
11 May 2011
09:04 GMT |
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As the next step in helping devs build native experiences on multiple platforms, Microsoft has announced the release of the Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS.
Microsoft said the toolkit contains resources and services designed to make it easier for iOS developers to use Windows Azure, the cloud-based building and host... |
10 May 2011
05:31 GMT |
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Parametric sweep, SOA application and Microsoft Excel offloading are application types for which HPC customers running Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Service Pack (SP1) can also leverage Windows Azure’s computing power. Microsoft is currently hard at work building Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP2, but it first start... |
9 May 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Microsoft is planning to introduce an upgrade to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment this week. According to the Redmond company, the refresh process is scheduled to start in just three days, and as such Cloud customers will not be able to take advantage of the AppFabric LABS portal. Not only will the AppF... |
9 May 2011
03:45 GMT |
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Customers looking to get started with Windows Azure need to take a look at an excellent resource put together by Microsoft. I’m talking about the Windows Azure Platform Offer Comparison Table, which is used to summarize all the offers available around Microsoft’s Cloud platform. Not only this, but custo... |
29 April 2011
09:01 GMT |
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A new service from Microsoft designed to boost the performance of Cloud Application has hit the RTW (release to web) milestone. With the release deadline announced at MIX2011, Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service RTW can be used for production projects, and at least for the time being and the next few months, it ... |
29 April 2011
05:29 GMT |
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A new Channel 9 video focused on the latest step in the evolution of the development resources for Windows Azure is designed to provide insight into a new deployment feature introduced by Microsoft earlier this month. Version 1.4.1 Refresh of the Windows Azure software development kit also includes a new web deploym... |
21 April 2011
03:57 GMT |
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Windows HPC with Burst to Windows Azure: Application Models and Data Considerations is a new resource offered by Microsoft for customers that want to add extra computing power to their high performance environments. The first upgrade for Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 is designed, among other things, to enhance integrat... |
20 April 2011
06:42 GMT |
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Microsoft has released a new update to the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit, a collection of resources designed to provide insight into Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and the Windows Azure AppFabric.The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit April Update is a natural response to the evolution of additional developer tool... |
19 April 2011
06:51 GMT |
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Developers thinking about migrating an application to Windows Azure might want to give Windows Azure Migration Scanner (WAMS) a try. Microsoft’s Hanu Kommalapati and David Pallmann, Windows Azure MVP from Neudesic built WAMS focusing on streamlining app migration to the Cloud. What the tool does is scan the s... |
18 April 2011
09:56 GMT |
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The number of Microsoft solutions also available as Cloud alternatives from the Redmond company is increasing, and customers can add one more to that list: Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming. According to the software giant, IIS HD Smooth Streaming will be available as a Windows Azure Service in the near... |
13 April 2011
08:31 GMT |
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MIX 2011 was the stage where Microsoft unveiled enhancements to the special offers made available around its Cloud platform. According to the Redmond company, customers leveraging Windows Azure Introductory Special but also Microsoft partners using Cloud Essentials Pack, as well as MSDN subscribers, will all be able... |
13 April 2011
06:28 GMT |
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The Windows Azure AppFabric April release is now live, with Microsoft introducing a number of changes in the update, kicking up a notch the Access Control service and modifying billing details for Service Bus usage. Customers will be able to take advantage of the same features and capabilities that early adopters ha... |
8 April 2011
06:43 GMT |
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Toyota is starting to accelerate on the Cloud highway and it has chosen Microsoft as its co-pilot. The two companies have joined forces on a new project focused on creating a new telematics platform designed to seamlessly serve telecommunications and information technologies to Toyota automotive customers worldwide ... |
7 April 2011
06:29 GMT |
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Are you ready to add a Cloud twist to the traditional rock, paper and scissors game? Then you might be interested in Microsoft’s Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge. Well, fact is that technically, the Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge involves rock, paper, scissors dynamite and water balloon. And a few prizes for taking,... |
31 March 2011
08:27 GMT |
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Want to get a quick overview of Microsoft’s relational Cloud database service (RDBMS)? Well, Steve Yi, Director of Product Management for SQL Azure made available the SQL Azure at a Glance video which you will find embedded below. While the Redmond company is offering a variety of resources on its Cloud data... |
22 March 2011
07:27 GMT |
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