February 2009 - Posts

Hotfix for VS Crash with ASP.Net MVC in a Windows Azure Cloud Service Project by Cloud Computing Tools Team

If you've seen VS crash while using the MVC RC in a Windows Azure Cloud Service project -- check out the fix that is now available. Read More...
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Moving to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by Windows Azure

Currently, the time zone within Windows Azure is Pacific Standard Time (PST). Soon, we’ll be migrating to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This is potentially a breaking change for applications which rely on local time. When will we make the change?...
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Interview posted of Nigel Ellis and Niraj Nagrani from PDC 08 by SQL Data Services Team Blog

Just a heads up... Nigel and Niraj were interviewed by the folks over at Deep Fried Bytes during PDC a couple months back. Its a really cool interview you should all check out. You can listen to it here http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-26-discovering...

The need for “standards for application logic” in PaaS. Really? by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

In his latest post on Coghead’s demise, Phil argues that: “ What this highlights is the lack of any standard for transferring not just data but application logic between such platforms.” My argument is that those standards already exist and are widely...
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Upcoming Azure Services Platform Webcasts by Cloud Computing Tools Team

You have to check out the upcoming Azure Services Platform Webcasts: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9652699 Explore the Azure Services Platform, an Internet-scale cloud services platform that provides an operating system and a set of developer services...
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SQL Data Services – What’s with the silence? by SQL Data Services Team Blog

Hey everyone, Just wanted to drop a quick note. People are starting to question what’s going on in the SDS world and why we have been so silent. Well, to be honest, we have been so silent because the entire team has been heads down adding some new exciting...
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Getting Started with SharePoint 2007 Development – Q & A by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

I was recently asked a few questions from a magazine publisher about my thoughts on SharePoint 2007 development and some of the challenges it brings for developers who are new to the game.  There’s no one right answer to these questions of course...
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Two Web Controls Being Retired, New Stuff on the Way by Live Services

Next month, at the MIX09 conference, we’ll be releasing some cool new bits. As such, we’ll be deprecating a bit of our current functionality later this month (details below). Thanks to everyone who has tried our current technologies and given feedback;...

A Discussion of Windows Azure Strategy by Windows Azure

Doug Hauger, General Manager Business Strategy, recently spoke at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2009 Technology & Telecom conference. The wide ranging discussion covers an overview of the Windows Azure service and cloud technology more broadly. Transcript...

Deploy a Service Package from the Cloud by Cloud Computing Tools Team

You can now deploy Services Packages that are hosted in Blob Storage to Windows Azure. Check it out . Read More...
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IssueTracker Azure Edition - a Cloud Application by Matias Woloski's Blog

Couple of weeks ago Ryan Dunn announced Azure Issue Tracker. From this post: "This sample application is a simple issue tracking service and website that pulls together a couple of the Azure services:  SQL Data Services and .NET Access Control...
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Windows Azure "How Do I" Videos by Cloud Computing Tools Team

The first 9 of 40 Azure Services Platform "How Do I" videos have been released! Windows Azure is well represented with 5 videos. Read More...
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New 'How Do I' Videos Released by Windows Azure

Check out the first in a series of videos on using Windows Azure . The first covers what it takes to move your application into the cloud – you’ll see how to request and register a token, how to upload your Windows Azure application and how to move it...

Moonlight 1.0 Release by ScottGu's Blog

I am excited to announce that Novell today released version 1.0 of Moonlight , and is making it available for download at no cost with support for most major Linux distro’s (including openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Fedora, Red Hat, and Ubuntu). For...
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Making the Internet a Safer Place by Live Services

Hey - this is Angus Logan from the Live Services team! Yesterday was Safer Internet Day and I was at the Open ID UX summit . There are two things close to my heart, internet safety and user experience, and I wanted to take a moment to post some things...
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