October 2010 - Posts

Video: Introduction to SQL Azure Data Sync by SQL Azure Team Blog

In this session we will show you how SQL Azure Data Sync enables on-premises SQL Server data to be easily shared with SQL Azure allowing you to extend your on-premises data to begin creating new cloud-based applications. Using SQL Azure Data sync’s...
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Video: Introduction to Database Manager for SQL Azure by SQL Azure Team Blog

The database manager for SQL Azure (previously known as Microsoft® Project Code-Named “Houston”) is a lightweight and easy to use database management tool for SQL Azure databases. The web-based tool is designed specifically for Web developers...
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This Week’s Link List (October 29, 2010) by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

I’m consistently amazed on a weekly basis by the community-produced content that I see. Here’s this week’s highlights… Great advice from an impressive list of PHP masters: http://mashable.com/2010/10/21/php-tips-for-beginners...
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Microsoft PDC 2010 – Streaming Now using IIS Smooth Streaming by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Today is the start of the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC) 2010, and you can view it now – live or on-demand – at www.microsoftpdc.com . Powering the streaming at PDC is IIS Smooth Streaming, part of IIS Media Services . As usual, there...

Introduction to SQL Azure Reporting by SQL Azure Team Blog

With the preview release of new SQL Azure Reporting capabilities, developers can now take advantage of familiar tools and development techniques to build reporting capabilities embedded within your Windows Azure Platform application. This new service...
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What's New in SQL Azure? by SQL Azure Team Blog

SQL Azure is Microsoft’s cloud data platform. Initially offering a relational database as a service, there are new enhancements to the user experience and additions to the relational data services provided. Most notably, updates to SQL Azure Data Sync...
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Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric Caching CTP by Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog

This blog post provides a quick introduction to Windows Server AppFabric Caching. You might also want to watch this short video introduction . As mentioned in the previous post announcing the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release , we've just...

PDC 2010 Announcements by SQL Azure Team Blog

Today at PDC we are excited to  announce a number of exciting new features related to SQL Azure which are designed to further build out our platform and reduce complexity in building and managing applications. Today we are announcing. SQL Azure Reporting...

You spoke. We listened, and responded. by Windows Azure

Today, at PDC 2010 , we announced new Windows Azure functionality that will make it easier for customers to run existing Windows applications on Windows Azure, enable more affordable platform access and improve the Windows Azure developer and IT Professional...

Determining Azure Drive Letter with PHP by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about getting started with the new Windows Azure Tools that are available for Eclipse , but I glossed over some of the Windows Azure features that you can configure with the tools. In the next few weeks, I hope to...
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Windows Azure AppFabric SDK October Release available for download by Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog

A new version of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK V1.0 is available for download starting 10/27. The new version introduces a fix to an issue which causes the SDK to rollback on 64 bit Windows Server machines with BizTalk Server installed. The fix is included...

Video: Interacting with a SQL Azure Database by SQL Azure Team Blog

In the first video, Your First SQL Azure Database, we created a new blank SQL Azure database in the cloud. In this second part, learn how to provision your database with tables and basic queries using Transact-SQL and additional tools including Visual...
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Video: SQL Azure: Creating Your First Database by SQL Azure Team Blog

This video is a brief tutorial that walks through the three steps to create a SQL Azure database and provision a simple database. Alternative direct link to Microsoft Showcase Site: Creating Your First Database . Read More...
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What the “Failed Requests” counter in ARR really means by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

While troubleshooting an intermittent performance issue recently, the question came up: “What does the Failed Requests” counter in the Monitoring and Management feature in Application Request Routing (ARR) mean?” For example, does a failed health check...
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