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Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta Was Released

Maor David-Pur — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:17:42 GMT

The beta of Visual Studio LightSwitch was released today. Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch gives you a simpler and faster way to create professional-quality business applications for the desktop, the web, and the cloud. LightSwitch is a new addition...(read more)

SQL Azure Now Supports Database Copy

Maor David-Pur — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:02:12 GMT

SQL Azure now supports Database copy. This update is part of SQL Azure Service Update 4. Also, this service update includes: Development: How-to Topics (SQL Azure Database) on MSDN Development Center. Microsoft project Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston...(read more)

Windows Azure Training Kit Updated for Visual Studio 2010

Maor David-Pur — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:21:05 GMT

The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit has been updated. The kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including:...(read more)

Updates to SQL Azure

Maor David-Pur — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:09:38 GMT

SQL Azure news were announced today at TechED North America. Microsoft announced it will offer spatial data support and access to 50GB of SQL Azure Database capacity allowing for higher scalability, flexibility and easier management of applications and...(read more)

Windows Azure News

Maor David-Pur — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:51:17 GMT

Windows Azure news were announced today at TechED North America. This includes an updated Windows Azure Software Development Kit with support for .NET Framework 4, which enables developers to build more connected applications in the cloud, and support...(read more)

How To Determine Status Of a Service Within The Dev Fabric?

Maor David-Pur — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:28:05 GMT

We can use the CSRun command-line tool (CSRun.exe) which deploys a service to the development fabric and manages the running service. The CSRun tool can be found at C:\Program Files\Windows Azure SDK\v1.0\bin\csrun.exe. For example, to determine the service...(read more)

What Happens When I reach the allocated level (1 GB or 10 GB) in SQL Azure?

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:55:21 GMT

Many times I am asked “When I reach the allocated level (1 GB or 10 GB) in SQL Azure, what happens?” The answer: only SELECTs and DELETEs will be supported. UPDATEs and INSERTs will throw an error. Any workaround? yes. Because of above size constraints...(read more)

What Happens When I reach the allocated level (1 GB or 10 GB) in SQL Azure?

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:20:55 GMT

Microsoft Robotics Studio is Now Free

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:21:51 GMT

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 is now a freely available .NET-based programming environment for building robotics applications. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 (Microsoft RDS) provides a wide range of support to make it easy to...(read more)

Ford, Microsoft Showing Cars With Custom App Plat Running Win7, Robotics Studio

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:13:20 GMT

"Wait – this car tweets? " Yes – and checks in on FourSquare, plus a lot more! As part of a program called American Journey 2.0, Ford and Microsoft ran a course at the University of Michigan this Spring that taught students...(read more)

Data Security On Windows Azure

Maor David-Pur — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:58:12 GMT

The patterns & practices team is writing Azure Security Guidance as a series of application scenarios and solutions. The goal is to show the most common application scenarios on the Microsoft Azure platform. Patterns that described in the article...(read more)

Update Azure Service While It Is Running

Maor David-Pur — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:17:07 GMT

Lets assume that we are doing a project that needs to update endpoint configuration (for example: add a new internal/input endpoints) and even create new worker role when the service is running. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd179341...(read more)

Windows Server AppFabric RC Ships

Maor David-Pur — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:33:25 GMT

Windows Server AppFabric Release Candidate was announced today at Application Infrastructure Virtual Launch Event. The final availability will follow in June. Windows Server AppFabric provides improved speed, elastic scale and high availability...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4 Launches

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:44:47 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 launched today. You can get the new version in your MSDN subscription. Download from: MSDN Subscriber Downloads Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) Download test drive editions Visual Studio is available in four versions: Professional...(read more)

Introduction to Cloud Computing & Windows Azure: my Developer Academy 4 Presentation

Maor David-Pur — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:07:58 GMT

Developer Academy 4 is here! its tomorrow! More than 1400 attendees will join us at the Avenue, Airport City, Israel. We’ll launch there .NET 4, Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4 & Windows Azure. I’ll speak there about cloud computing and Windows...(read more)

SAVE THE DATE: Developers Academy 4

Maor David-Pur — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:24:24 GMT

Similar Posts: Save datagrid changes in the database My session at Dev Academy 2007 Introduction to Cloud Computing & Windows Azure: my Developer Academy 4 Presentation Read More......(read more)

Windows Azure & .NET 4

Maor David-Pur — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:33:51 GMT

Many customers and developers ask me lately if it possible to running ASP.NET 4.0 applications on Windows Azure. Most of them use VS2010 Beta 2 + November 09 Azure SDK. The answer: Windows Azure currently supports .NET 3.5 SP1. Similar Posts: AppFabric...(read more)

SQL Database Migration To SQL Azure

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:56:11 GMT

Many customers are asking about migration from SQL to SQL Azure. This post will describe the considerations you have to take and the migration process. First of all, be familiar with SQL Azure limitations: Transact-SQL Reference (SQL Azure Database):...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Error Message – THE APPLICATION CANNOT START

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:50:14 GMT

If you running the VS 2010 Ultimate Beta 2 and you are getting a screen with an error message – THE APPLICATION CANNOT START , you can fix this problem: Use Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010) and run “devenv /resetuserdata”. [C] :\Program Files...(read more)

The World Summit of Cloud Computing

Maor David-Pur — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:40:40 GMT

originally posted at: http://blog.maordavid.com/the-world-summit-of-cloud-computing/ Two days ago, at the annual conference of The World Summit of Cloud Computing ( http://events.myreg.co.il/IGT2009/ ), organized by The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies...(read more)

Silverlight 4, Office/Sharepoint 2010 Beta Announced at PDC 09

Maor David-Pur — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:59:17 GMT

Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie and Kurt DelBene were the top speakers announced for day 2 keynote. If you would like to watch the keynotes on-demand, you can do so at www.microsoftpdc.com site. Silverlight 4 Scott Guthrie announces the public beta of...(read more)

AppFabric, Identity, Dallas Announced at PDC 09

Maor David-Pur — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:42 GMT

Here are the headlines from yesterday’s announcements at Professional Developers Conference (PDC09). Windows Identity Foundation, ASP.NET MVC Beta 2 Supported on Windows Azure Windows Server virtual machine support on Windows Azure, RTM of Windows Identity...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 2

Maor David-Pur — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:53:26 GMT

Its here! msdn subscribers can download today, general availability is 21st October. Visit the Visual Studio 2010 / .NET Fx 4 Beta site for more information, downloads, forums and to submit feedback. You’ll also notice that MSDN website has undergone...(read more)

Windows Azure Service Management API Has Been Released

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:02:41 GMT

Cross posting from: http://blog.maordavid.com/windows-azure-service-management-api-has-been-released/ The Windows Azure Service Management API has been released to help you manage your deployments, hosted services and storage accounts. This is a REST...(read more)

Multi-Tenant Architecture @ Windows Azure Platform

Maor David-Pur — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:55:00 GMT

Cross posting from: http://blog.maordavid.com/multi-tenant-architecture-windows-azure-platform/ common question is how a multi-tenant architecture works with Windows Azure Platform . You can find an answer at Project Riviera that has been released on...(read more)