Windows Azure SDK 1.3 introduced significant changes to the local development environment. The old DevFabric is broken down into “Compute emulator” & “Storage emulator” which are the local emulated environments for the compute and storage respectively. Azure SDK 1.3 uses the ‘full IIS’ feature for the WebRole running in the compute emulator which makes it [...] Blog Post by: zamd

Andrew Zhu works for Microsoft in Shanghai and has been using WF4 since the very early days.  He frequently answers questions on our internal mailing list and on the WF Forums so when I heard that he was writing a book about WF4 I knew it would be a good one. I just got my electronic copy and I have to say it looks great.  Of course it covers the basics but also gets into great detail especially in the chapter on rehosting the WF designer, it’s definitely on my recommended list. Check it...

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/secondary flag...

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...

It’s not too late, you can still get in. Please see my previous post for complete details. Hope to see you there! Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen