Windows Azure User Group – NYC/NJ

June 30th, 2011 Posted in .NET Framework, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Ira Bell, John Shaw, Kristine Drier, New Jersey, New York City, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Press, Software as a Service (SaaS), SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Azure
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Nimbo is now driving the Windows Azure User Group for New York and New Jersey. If you’re in area and are interested in joining, please click the following link. It’s free to attend each event. There will be free food at every event, as well as creative ways of distributing training and prizes.

Please click the following link and join the meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/azurenyc/

- Kristine Drier

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Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2010)

June 30th, 2011 Posted in Cloud Computing, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Ira Bell, Windows Azure
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As of 11/29/2010, Microsoft has released a new version of the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio. The official version is 1.3.11122.0038 and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a1089b6-4050-4307-86c4-9dadaa5ed018

New for version 1.3:

  • Virtual Machine (VM) Role (Beta):Allows you to create a custom VHD image using Windows Server 2008 R2 and host it in the cloud.
  • Remote Desktop Access: Enables connecting to individual service instances using a Remote Desktop client.
  • Full IIS Support in a Web role: Enables hosting Windows Azure web roles in a IIS hosting environment.
  • Elevated Privileges: Enables performing tasks with elevated privileges within a service instance.
  • Virtual Network (CTP): Enables support for Windows Azure Connect, which provides IP-level connectivity between on-premises and Windows Azure resources.
  • Diagnostics: Enhancements to Windows Azure Diagnostics enable collection of diagnostics data in more error conditions.
  • Networking Enhancements: Enables roles to restrict inter-role traffic, fixed ports on InputEndpoints.
  • Performance Improvement: Significant performance improvement local machine deployment.

I’m particularly happy about the Virtual Machine (VM) Role. I plan on reading through the documentation this week and standing one up. I’ll let you know how it goes!

-Ira Bell

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