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Friday, May 06, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric LABS Scheduled Maintenance and Breaking Changes Notification (5/12/2011)

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 5/6/2011 10:33:36 PM

Due to upgrades and enhancements we are making to Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment, scheduled for 5/12/2011, users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance downtime. When: START: May 12, 2011, 10am PST END: May 12, 2011, 5pm PST Service Bus will be impacted until May 16, 2011, 10am PST Impact Alert: AppFabric LABS Service Bus, Access Control and Caching services, and the portal, will be unavailable during this period. ...

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Thursday, May 05, 2011

New Caching Videos And Code Samples Available

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 5/5/2011 3:47:27 PM

We have released new videos and accompanying code samples to help you learn and get started with the newly released Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service. These videos and code samples are part of the Windows Azure AppFabric Learning Series available on CodePlex. We will be adding more resources to the learning series from time-to-time, so be sure to save this link! The following videos and code samples are currently available: Name Link to Sample Code Link ...

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service Released!

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/28/2011 4:45:38 PM

Recently, at the MIX conference we announced the release of a new version of the Access Control service and the upcoming release of the Caching service. Today we are excited to announce that the Caching service has been released as a production service. The Caching service is a distributed, in-memory, application cache service that accelerates the performance of Windows Azure and SQL Azure applications by allowing you to keep data in-memory and saving you the need to retrieve that data from s ...

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control April release available now!

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/11/2011 10:14:01 PM

Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control April release has been released to production and is now generally available at http://windows.azure.com. The new version of the Access Control service represents a major step forward from the previous production version, introducing support for web application single sign-on (SSO) scenarios using WS-Federation, federation for SOAP and REST web services using WS-Trust and OAuth, and more. In addition, a new web-based management portal and OData-based mana ...

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Announcing the commercial release of Windows Azure AppFabric Caching and Access Control

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/11/2011 10:36:15 AM

Today at the MIX conference we announced the first production release of Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service and a release of a new version of the production Access Control service. These two AppFabric services are particularly appealing and powerful for web development. The Caching service is a distributed, in-memory, application cache service that accelerates the performance of Windows Azure and SQL Azure applications by allowing you to keep data in-memory and saving you the need to retri ...

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Windows Azure AppFabric Caching availability announced!!

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/11/2011 4:51:55 AM

Windows Azure AppFabric Caching will be released to production at the end of April 2011. The CTP of the Caching service has been available for trial since October 2010. Windows Azure AppFabric Caching is an explicit, in-memory, distributed caching service that: Caches all types of data (CLR objects, rows, XML, binary data etc) Provides multi-tenant caching service Hosted on Windows Azure Safeguards access to data using Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control service Highly sc ...

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Thursday, April 07, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric April release now available featuring a new version of the Access Control service!

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/7/2011 6:26:00 PM

We are excited to announce that today we released the Windows Azure AppFabric April release that includes a new version of the Access Control service. The new version of the Access Control service includes all the great capabilities and enhancements that have been available in the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the service for several months. Now you can start using these capabilities using our production service. The new version of the service adds the following capabilities: Federation ...

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric Scheduled Maintenance Notification (April 7, 2011)

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/31/2011 9:20:00 PM

Due to upgrades and enhancements we are making to Windows Azure AppFabric, the AppFabric Portal, located at http://appfabric.azure.com, will be locked for updates for a few hours.During that time you will not be able to create, update or delete any namespaces. There will be no disturbance to the services themselves, nor will there be any breaking changes as result of the upgrades. When: START: April 7, 2011, 9 am PST END: April 7, 2011, 9 pm PST Impact Alert: You will not be able to create, upda ...

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric blog posts series – Part 5: Scale-out Application Infrastructure

by Itai Raz - Microsoft via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/29/2011 4:18:00 PM

In the previous posts in this series we covered the challenges that Windows Azure AppFabric is trying to solve, and started discussing the Middleware Services in the post regarding Service Bus and Access Control, the post regarding Caching, and the post regarding Building Composite Applications. In this post we will discuss how the AppFabric Application Infrastructure is optimized for cloud-scale services and middle-tier components, which enables you to get the benefits of cloud computing. Thes ...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric Scheduled Maintenance Notification (March 31, 2011)

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/23/2011 5:41:00 AM

Due to upgrades and enhancements we are making to Windows Azure AppFabric, the AppFabric Portal, located at http://appfabric.azure.com, will be locked for updates for a few hours.During that time you will not be able to create, update or delete any namespaces. There will be no disturbance to the services themselves, nor will there be any breaking changes as result of the upgrades. When: START: March 31, 2011, 9 am PST END: March 31, 2011, 9 pm PST Impact Alert: You will not be able to create, up ...

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric blog posts series – Part 4: Building Composite Applications

by Itai Raz - Microsoft via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/11/2011 2:11:00 AM

In the previous posts in this series we covered the challenges that Windows Azure AppFabric is trying to solve, and started discussing the Middleware Services in this post regarding Service Bus and Access Control, and this post regarding Caching. In the current post we will discuss how AppFabric addresses the challenges developers and IT Pros face when Building Composite Applications and how the Composite App service plays a key role in that.   Building Composite Applications As noted in th ...

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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

New and Improved Windows Azure AppFabric Silverlight Portal Released!

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/9/2011 10:08:00 PM

Today we released the new and improved Windows Azure AppFabric Silverlight-based portal experience. The new Silverlight-based portal provides the same great experience as the Windows Azure and SQL Azure Silverlight portals. The new Silverlight portal has the same capabilities as the old portal with an improved Silverlight experience. We will have both the old and the new portals available in parallel for a while, but we will remove the old portal in the near future. The possible error message t ...

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Friday, March 04, 2011

Recent changes might cause Windows Azure AppFabric Portal error message for a few days

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/4/2011 8:24:00 PM

  In a few days, we’ll be deploying an updated Windows Azure AppFabric portal to correspond to recent changes in our environment. In the interim, users of the AppFabric portal located at http://appfabric.azure.com may experience the following issue: When creating a new service namespace, the namespace appears as “Activating” for several seconds and then appears as “Active”.       If you click on the namespace link yo ...

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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

How BEDIN Shop Systems has been utilizing the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus as part of their aKite “Connected Retail” solution

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/1/2011 4:22:00 PM

Yesterday during the “Cloud Computing in Retail Breakfast” at the Euroshop Retail Design Conference in Dusseldorf, Germany, Microsoft partner BEDIN Shop Systems made an announcement regarding their retail industry software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions powered by the Windows Azure platform.  BEDIN Shop Systems announced that their Windows Azure-based aKite® Vers.2.0 software services suite has gained significant customer acceptance since its introduction on July 11, 2010 at Microsoft’s Wo ...

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP- Scheduled Maintenance Notification (February 28, 2011)

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/25/2011 2:12:00 AM

The next maintenance to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for February 28, 2011 (Monday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.      We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.    When:      START: February 28, 2011, 10 am PST      END:  February 28, 2011, 4 pm PST Impact Alert: The AppFabric LABS environme ...

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric blog posts series – Part 3: The Middleware Services Continued

by Itai Raz - Microsoft via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/24/2011 5:05:00 AM

In the first post we discussed the 3 main concepts that make up Windows Azure AppFabric: Middleware Services, Building Composite Applications, and Scale-out Application Infrastructure. In the second post we started discussing the Middleware Services that already available in production: Service Bus and Access Control service. Focus on Caching In this post we will discuss the Caching service. The Composite App service will be discussed in the next post as part of Building Composite Applications ...

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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP February release now available

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/8/2011 8:01:00 AM

Today we released the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP February release which introduces updates to the Caching service, and a new and improved Silverlight based portal experience. This release builds on the prior Caching CTP October release, and introduces the following improvements: Ability to choose from a set of available cache sizes and provision a cache of the chosen size Support for upgrading or downgrading between caches from the available sizes dynamically based on your requirement ...

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Monday, February 07, 2011

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric blog posts series – Part 2: The Middleware Services

by Itai Raz - Microsoft via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/7/2011 7:46:00 PM

In the previous post we discussed the 3 main concepts that make up Windows Azure AppFabric: 1.       Middleware Services - pre-built services that provide valuable capabilities developers can use when developing applications. This reduces the time and complexity when building the application, and allows the developer to concentrate on the core application logic. 2.       Building Composite Applications - capabilities that enable you to ...

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Saturday, February 05, 2011

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP February release – Breaking Changes announcement and scheduled maintenance

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/5/2011 12:16:00 AM

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for February 9, 2011 (Wednesday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:      START: February 9, 2011, 10 am   PST      END:  February 9, 2011, 6 pm PST Impact Alert: The AppFabric LABS environment (Service Bus, Access Control, Caching, and portal) ...

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Thursday, February 03, 2011

New Detailed Windows Azure AppFabric Pricing FAQs

by AppFabric Team via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/3/2011 9:25:32 PM

To answer customers’ demand we have added a detailed FAQ page on our MSDN documentations in addition to the existing FAQs we have on our website. The current content is mainly focused on Service Bus pricing questions, but we will be updating this page frequently, so please make sure to check back often. Here is a link to the new Windows Azure AppFabric FAQ page on MSDN. You can also find general FAQs on the Windows Azure Platform FAQ page on our website, and filter these results according to ...

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric blog posts series – Part 1: What is Windows Azure AppFabric trying to solve?

by Itai Raz - Microsoft via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/27/2011 7:30:00 PM

Recently, in October 2010, at our Professional Developers Conference (PDC) we made some exciting roadmap announcements regarding Windows Azure AppFabric, and we have already gotten very positive feedback regarding this roadmap from both customers and analysts (Gartner Names Windows Azure AppFabric "A Strategic Core of Microsoft's Cloud Platform"). As result of these announcements we wanted to have a series of blog posts that will give a refreshed introduction to the Windows Azure AppFabric, its ...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

How Advanced Telemetry became instantly profitable after migrating to the Windows Azure Platform

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/25/2011 5:27:08 PM

We recently published this case study on Advanced Telemetry, a startup that offers an extensible, remote, energy-monitoring-and-control software framework. The company migrated its telemetry solution to the Windows Azure Platform in order to expand into new vertical markets without having to incur the costs of investing in server infrastructure. As part of their solution the company used Windows Azure, SQL Azure and Windows Azure AppFabric. AppFabric Service Bus is used by the developers in ...

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Announcing the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP Forum

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/24/2011 8:54:03 PM

The AppFabric CTP services in our Labs environment preview the future enhancements and capabilities that we are planning to release in the near future. In order to better serve our customers who are using the CTP AppFabric services we created a new forum: Windows Azure AppFabric CTP Forum. The new forum launched last week and has already attracted questions and views. If you are using the AppFabric CTP services be sure to use this forum as a valuable resource to get help. Through the forum yo ...

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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Gartner Names Windows Azure AppFabric “A Strategic Core of Microsoft's Cloud Platform”

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/6/2011 5:23:54 AM

Earlier in October, at our Professional Developer Conference (PDC), we made some exciting announcements regarding the future and roadmap of Windows Azure AppFabric. If you want to learn more regarding these announcements you can visit the Windows Azure AppFabric website, and also read content and watch sessions from PDC. Today, we wanted to highlight a paper the leading analyst firm Gartner published following PDC regarding these roadmap announcements. Here is a quick summary and link to the ...

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP December release now available

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 12/14/2010 6:28:00 PM

Today we deployed an incremental update to the Access Control Service in the Labs environment. It's available here: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com/. Keep in mind that there is no SLA around this release, but accounts and usage of the service are free while it is in the labs environment.  This release builds on the prior October release of the Access Control Service, and has a few changes:  Improved error messages by adding sub-codes and more detailed descriptions. Adding primary/seco ...

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MSDN Webcast: Windows Azure Boot Camp: Connecting with AppFabric (Level 200)

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 12/14/2010 6:29:56 AM

Register today for new Windows Azure AppFabric training!  Join this MSDN webcast training on February 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM PST.   It's more than just calling a REST service that makes an application work; it's identity management, security, and reliability that make the cake.  In this webcast, we look at how to secure a REST Service, what you can do to connect services together, and how to defeat evil firewalls and nasty network address translations (NATs). Presenters: Mi ...

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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Article on the Access Control service on MSDN Magazine

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 12/8/2010 7:23:22 PM

The latest issue of the MSDN Magazine features a great article on the Windows Azure Access Control service written by our two technical evangelists: Vittorio Bertocci and Wade Wegner. Want to get an overview of what Access Control is good for and how to get started? Follow this link to the article: Re-Introducing the Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service.         ...

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Monday, December 06, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP December release – announcement and scheduled maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 12/6/2010 11:53:00 PM

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for December 15, 2010 (Wednesday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:      START: December 15, 2010, 10 am PST      END:  December 15, 2010, 6 pm PST  Impact Alert:  The AppFabric LABS environment (Service Bus, Access Control, Caching, and portal) wi ...

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Updated on 12/13/2010 -- Windows Azure AppFabric CTP December release – announcement and scheduled maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 12/6/2010 11:53:00 PM

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for December 15, 2010 (Wednesday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:      START: December 14, 2010, 12 pm (noon) PST      END:  December 15, 2010, 4 pm PST  Impact Alert:  The AppFabric LABS environment (Service Bus, Access Control, Cachin ...

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Thursday, November 04, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric Caching CTP - Interview and Feedback Opportunity

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 11/4/2010 4:35:00 PM

 Wade Wegner, Technical Evangelist for Windows Azure AppFabric, has released an interview with Karandeep Anand, Principal Group Program Manager with Application Platform Services, about the new Caching service:    We are conducting a survey on Caching where you can help guide the future of Caching: let us know how you use Caching and what features you would most like to see in the future. ...

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric Caching CTP

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 10/28/2010 6:01:00 PM

This blog post provides a quick introduction to Windows Azure 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 introduced Windows Azure AppFabric Caching, which provides a distributed, in-memory cache, implemented as a cloud service.  Earlier this year we delivered Windows Server AppFabric Caching, which is our distributed caching solution for on-prem ...

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 10/22/2010 11:12:00 PM

Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release Today we are announcing the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP October Release, available in our LABS environment: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com.    This release introduces an exciting new service called Windows Azure AppFabric Caching, some important new features for Service Bus, and some bug fixes for Access Control.  The Caching service is the first of several new services planned for AppFabric, several of which are being announced at PDC ...

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric Labs October release – announcement and scheduled maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 10/13/2010 4:33:00 AM

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for October 26, 2010 (Tuesday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:     START: October 26, 2010, 8 am PST     END:  October 28, 2010, 11 am PST  Impact Alert:   The AppFabric LABS environment (Service Bus, Access Control and portal) will be unavailable dur ...

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric SDK September Release available for download

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 9/20/2010 4:13:00 AM

As part of the Windows Azure AppFabric September Release we are now providing both 32- and 64-bit versions of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK.   In addition to addressing several deployment scenarios for 64-bit computers, Windows Azure AppFabric now enables integration of WCF services that use AppFabic Service Bus endpoints in IIS 7.5, with Windows® Server AppFabric. You can leverage Windows® Server AppFabric functionality to configure and monitor method invocations for the Service ...

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric LABS September release now available

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 9/16/2010 4:59:00 PM

Today we deployed an incremental update to the Access Control Service in the Labs environment. It’s available here: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com. Keep in mind that there is no SLA around this release, but accounts and usage of the service are free while it is in the labs environment.   This release builds on the prior August release of the Access Control Service, and adds the following features:   ·        Support for OAuth 2.0 Web S ...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric Labs September release – announcement and scheduled maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 9/14/2010 7:36:00 PM

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for September 16, 2010 (Thursday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:       START: September 16, 2010, 10am PST     END:  September 16, 2010, 6pm PST   Impact Alert:     The AppFabric LABS environment (Service Bus, Access Control and portal) wil ...

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

New version of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK available for download

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 8/12/2010 5:48:00 PM

A new version of the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK is available for download starting 8/12. The new version introduces a fix in the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK for the following Service Bus bug:   Adding a Ws2007HttpRelayBinding endpoint that uses TransportWithMessageCredential security mode to a ServiceHost that also exposes a local MEX endpoint (not visible through the Service Bus) using the mexHttpsBinding, causes the local MEX endpoint to stop working. Invoking the MEX endpoint results in ...

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August Release, Breaking Changes Announcement and Scheduled Maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 7/29/2010 11:58:00 PM

The Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August release is expected to be released on August 5, 2010 (Thursday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:       START: August 5, 2010, 10am PST     END:  August 5, 2010, 6pm PST   Impact Alert:     LABS AppFabric Service Bus, Access Control and portal will be unavailable during this period.   ...

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-Updated on 7/30/2010- Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August Release, Breaking Changes Announcement and Scheduled Maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 7/29/2010 11:58:00 PM

The Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August release is scheduled for August 5, 2010 (Thursday).  Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time.     When:       START: August 5, 2010, 10am PST     END:  August 5, 2010, 6pm PST   ...

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Application Infrastructure: Cloud Benefits Delivered

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/26/2010 10:57:00 PM

http://www.appinfrastructure.com We would like to highlight an exciting upcoming event which brings a fresh view on the latest trends and upcoming product offerings in the Application Infrastructure space.  This is a Virtual Event that focuses on bringing some of the benefits of the cloud to customers’ current IT environments while also enabling connectivity between enterprise, partners, and cloud investments. Windows Azure AppFabric is a key part of this event. Want to bring the benef ...

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

New OData Service for SQL Azure Uses AppFabric

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/20/2010 8:54:00 PM

In his MiX 2010 keynote, Doug Purdy announced a new service that exposes data in SQL Azure to web based clients using the OData protocol.   The new service is exciting for two reasons:   1)      It can be used to publish SQL Azure data with no code, and 2)      It uses AppFabric Access Control (ACS) exclusively for authentication and authorization.   You can learn more about it from the following blog posts:   ·  & ...

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Real World AppFabric: Interview with Richard Prodger, Technical Director at Active Web Solutions

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/14/2010 11:37:00 PM

We talked to Richard Prodger, Technical Director at Active Web Solutions (AWS), about using the Windows Azure platform to deliver the company’s search-and-rescue application and the benefits that Windows Azure platform AppFabric provides. Here’s what he had to say:   MSDN: Tell us about Active Web Solutions and the services you offer. Prodger: AWS specializes in Web application and custom software development. In 2006, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution contracted AWS to build an autom ...

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Real World AppFabric: Interview with Richard Prodger, Technical Director at Active Web Solutions

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/14/2010 11:37:00 PM

We talked to Richard Prodger, Technical Director at Active Web Solutions (AWS), about using the Windows Azure platform to deliver the company’s search-and-rescue application and the benefits that Windows Azure platform AppFabric provides. Here’s what he had to say:   MSDN: Tell us about Active Web Solutions and the services you offer. Prodger: AWS specializes in Web application and custom software development. In 2006, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution contracted AWS to build an autom ...

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Announcing commercial availability of Windows Azure platform AppFabric

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/13/2010 1:00:00 AM

Earlier in March, we informed you about the upcoming commercial availability of Windows Azure platform AppFabric. Today, we are absolutely thrilled to let you know that AppFabric has now become a fully SLA-supported paid service. Customers using AppFabric will see billing information in their accounts, as usage charges have begun accruing as of 11:00 PM (UTC) on April 12, 2010.   Windows Azure platform AppFabric includes Service Bus and Access Control services. AppFabric Service Bus connect ...

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Announcing commercial availability of Windows Azure platform AppFabric

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/13/2010 1:00:00 AM

Earlier in March, we informed you about the upcoming commercial availability of Windows Azure platform AppFabric. Today, we are absolutely thrilled to let you know that AppFabric has now become a fully SLA-supported paid service. Customers using AppFabric will see billing information in their accounts, as usage charges have begun accruing as of 11:00 PM (UTC) on April 12, 2010.   Windows Azure platform AppFabric includes Service Bus and Access Control services. AppFabric Service Bus connect ...

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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

The Windows Azure platform AppFabric April 2010 Release is Live

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 4/7/2010 10:48:00 PM

The Windows Azure platform AppFabric April Release is now live. In addition to improvements in stability, scale, and performance, this release addresses two previously communicated issues in the March billing preview release. We recommend that you re-check your usage previews for April 7th or later per the instruction in the March Billing Preview announcement to ensure that you sign up for the appropriate pricing plan in preparation for AppFabric billing that will start after April 9. For more ...

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

A Calculator for the Windows Azure platform AppFabric Billing Preview

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/16/2010 8:35:00 PM

Last week we released a Billing Preview that provided a usage summary to help customers prepare for when billing begins in April. Usage statistics in this billing preview are consistent with our new Connection-based billing for the AppFabric Services Bus that we announced in January.  A key feature of this model allows customers to purchase Connections individually on a pay-as-you-go basis, or in Connection Packs if they anticipate needing larger quantities. To provide greater insight into ...

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Now Available: The Windows Azure platform AppFabric LABS Environment

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/12/2010 12:35:00 AM

Today the AppFabric team has released the AppFabric LABS environment. This is a new environment which the team will use to showcase some early bits and get feedback from the community. Usage for this environment will not be billed.   AppFabric Labs provide a way for customers to test out and play with experimental AppFabric technologies. These are upcoming capabilities that excite us, and we want to get your feedback on them as soon as possible. As a result, there is no support or SLA assoc ...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Announcing upcoming commercial availability of Windows Azure platform AppFabric

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/10/2010 5:30:00 PM

We are happy to share that starting April 9, 2010, Windows Azure platform AppFabric will be commercially available on a paid and fully SLA-supported basis.     In order to help you get familiarized with AppFabric billing, we released the AppFabric Billing Preview yesterday March 9. With this billing preview, you will be able to download a usage summary from the AppFabric Developer Portal, with information similar to that of the “daily usage summary” currently available to you for ...

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Announcing availability of Billing Preview for Windows Azure platform AppFabric

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/9/2010 8:15:00 PM

Here’s a ‘Thank You’ to all our customers and partners, for creating a Windows Azure platform AppFabric commercial account. The trust you have placed in the Windows Azure platform is tremendously appreciated. As you may remember from our previous announcement, AppFabric will become fully SLA-supported in April, and your account will begin to accrue charges.   In order to help prepare you for the onset of billing, today we are releasing the AppFabric Billing Preview. To use this billing prev ...

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Announcing availability of Billing Preview for Windows Azure platform AppFabric

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/9/2010 8:15:00 PM

Here’s a ‘Thank You’ to all our customers and partners, for creating a Windows Azure platform AppFabric commercial account. The trust you have placed in the Windows Azure platform is tremendously appreciated. As you may remember from our previous announcement, AppFabric will become fully SLA-supported in April, and your account will begin to accrue charges.   In order to help prepare you for the onset of billing, today we are releasing the AppFabric Billing Preview. To use this billing prev ...

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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Submit Your Solution for the Windows Azure Platform Partner of the Year Award

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/3/2010 10:04:00 PM

Are you a Microsoft partner who has built and delivered an innovative solution on the Windows Azure Platform? This year we're showcasing more partner solutions than ever before at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2010 to be held in Washington, D.C.  July 11 - 15, 2010. Don't miss this opportunity to get your innovative solution recognized with a Microsoft WPC 2010 Award! Winning a Microsoft WPC Partner Award gives you valuable business advantage through public recognition ...

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Submit Your Solution for the Windows Azure Platform Partner of the Year Award

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 3/3/2010 10:04:00 PM

Are you a Microsoft partner who has built and delivered an innovative solution on the Windows Azure Platform? This year we're showcasing more partner solutions than ever before at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2010 to be held in Washington, D.C.  July 11 - 15, 2010. Don't miss this opportunity to get your innovative solution recognized with a Microsoft WPC 2010 Award! Winning a Microsoft WPC Partner Award gives you valuable business advantage through public recognition ...

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Windows Azure & SQL Azure announce General Availability

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 2/1/2010 10:40:00 PM

Today, Feb 1st 2010, Windows Azure and SQL Azure have announced general availability and have started charging customers. Windows Azure platform AppFabric continues to be free until April 2010. Details available at  http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2010/02/01/windows-azure-platform-now-generally-available-in-21-countries.aspx   Windows Azure platform AppFabric Team ...

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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Announcing Windows Azure platform commercial offer availability and updated AppFabric pricing

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/5/2010 1:23:00 AM

As part of today's announcement about the commercial availability of Windows Azure platform offers, we are also introducing updated pricing for the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, which helps developers connect cloud and on-premises applications. Based on discussion and feedback from hundreds of customers during the CTP process, we have made the pricing simpler and more predictable. Service Bus will now be priced at $3.99 per Connection-month, and Access Control will be $1.99 per 100,000 Trans ...

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Announcing Windows Azure platform commercial offer availability and updated AppFabric pricing

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/5/2010 1:23:00 AM

As part of today's announcement about the commercial availability of Windows Azure platform offers, we are also introducing updated pricing for the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, which helps developers connect cloud and on-premises applications. Based on discussion and feedback from hundreds of customers during the CTP process, we have made the pricing simpler and more predictable. Service Bus will now be priced at $3.99 per Connection-month, and Access Control will be $1.99 per 100,000 Trans ...

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Announcing Windows Azure platform commercial offer availability and updated AppFabric pricing

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 1/5/2010 1:23:00 AM

As part of today's announcement about the commercial availability of Windows Azure platform offers, we are also introducing updated pricing for the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, which helps developers connect cloud and on-premises applications. Based on discussion and feedback from hundreds of customers during the CTP process, we have made the pricing simpler and more predictable. Service Bus will now be priced at $3.99 per Connection-month, and Access Control will be $1.99 per 100,000 Trans ...

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Windows Azure platform AppFabric December 2009 Release is Live

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 12/23/2009 12:39:00 AM

The Windows Azure platform AppFabric December release is live as of December 18th 2009.  This release includes improvements in stability, scale, and performance. Please refer to the release notes for a complete list of the breaking changes in this release. You are encouraged to visit the AppFabric portal to retrieve the latest copy of the SDK. ...

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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Microsoft .NET Services November CTP Release

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 11/5/2009 3:30:00 PM

A few weeks ago, we outlined what you could expect from the next update to the Microsoft .NET Services CTP. Throughout the CTP process, tens of thousands of developers signed up for the services and provided us with feedback. You will see much of that feedback incorporated into the latest version of Service Bus and Access Control Service. Today, we are excited to announce our November CTP, which represents the complete feature set that will be available at Microsoft’s PDC conference from both th ...

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Microsoft .NET Services November CTP Release

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 11/5/2009 3:30:00 PM

A few weeks ago, we outlined what you could expect from the next update to the Microsoft .NET Services CTP. Throughout the CTP process, tens of thousands of developers signed up for the services and provided us with feedback. You will see much of that feedback incorporated into the latest version of Service Bus and Access Control Service. Today, we are excited to announce our November CTP, which represents the complete feature set that will be available at Microsoft’s PDC conference from both th ...

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Windows Azure Platform Launch Update

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 10/29/2009 6:14:00 PM

In October 2008 at our Professional Developer Conference we opened the Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the Windows Azure platform (Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services).  The CTP has been invaluable in terms of shaping many aspects of the Windows Azure platform. PDC 2009 is an exciting event for all of us who are working on the Windows Azure platform as it’s our opportunity to show you the work that we’ve done over the past year, including some brand new features. The conferenc ...

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Pricing information for the Windows Azure platform

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 7/16/2009 4:05:00 AM

Pricing information for the Windows Azure platform was announced on Tuesday, July 14 at Worldwide Partner Conference. Click the link to learn about pricing, SLA, offers, and commercial availability for Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and .NET Services. ...

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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Microsoft .NET Services July 2009 CTP Release

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 7/7/2009 7:41:00 PM

The IT industry is in the midst of a computing transformation as more applications are delivered over the Web and through the browser. Today businesses and customers have the power of choice to run applications locally, in the cloud, or a combination of both.   The hybrid model prioritizes user and organizational experiences that rise above the level of a single computer, phone, corporate data center or Web browser, and beyond the forced choice dictated by a single deployment model, data ce ...

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

.NET Services July 2009 CTP Breaking Changes Announcement and Scheduled Maintenance

by netsqlservicesteam via Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog on 7/1/2009 1:05:00 AM

Please see this blog post for the .NET Services July 2009 CTP breaking changes and scheduled maintenance detail. .NET Services Team ...

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