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Well folks I’ve been greeted with the news that Microsoft Windows Azure will be in 2 geo-replicated places here on Australian soil, coming ‘shortly’. As an Azure MVP & from Breeze (a leading Microsoft Cloud Partner) perspective we invest heavily in cloud technologies. What does this mean and why...

This morning we released the v2.0 update of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET. This is a major refresh of the Windows Azure SDK with some really great new features and enhancements.  These new capabilities include: Web Sites : Visual Studio Tooling updates for Publishing, Management, and for Diagnostics...

*** THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON WORLD WIDE even as we speak! *** The wrap up of the day: Saturday morning was nothing short of sensational in Sydney today, early morning sun, bright blue skies, smell of coffee and a city that felt like it was snoozing and waking for some playtime. I walked into...

Something that you’ve always wanted at your finger tips all the public IP ranges for the Azure Data Centers. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29840 <!--Below address ranges are represented using CIDR notation--> <!--For detail on how to interpert CIDR notation refer http...

This morning we released some great enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include: Virtual Networks : New Point-to-Site Connectivity (very cool!), Software VPN Device and Dynamic DNS Support Virtual Machines: Remote PowerShell and Linux SSH provisioning enhancements Cloud Services : Enable...

Windows Azure Virtual Machines are the new IaaS offering from Windows Azure that allows for Virtual Machines in the Cloud.  Using Windows Azure Virtual Machines you have the ability to add additional Data Disks in addition to your core Operating System Disk to your Virtual Machines.  The number...

This Tuesday, April 23, we’ll be hosting Windows AzureConf – a free online event for and by the Windows Azure community.  It will be streamed online from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST via Channel 9 , and you can watch it all for free. I’ll be kicking off the event with a Windows Azure keynote in the morning...

Stay current with the latest information on Windows Azure Virtual Machines Management by joining our Windows Azure Virtual Machine and Virtual Hard Disk Management Newsletter . Features: Virtual Machines View the Service Name, Deployment Name, Virtual Machine Name, and Location of online Virtual Machines...

This tool is intended to get you moving in the right direction and not intended to solve all your problems out of the box. You will need to use the Windows Azure REST API Reference guide when working with this tool. I have provided a few sample Request Body templates for Creating a Hosted Service, Creating...

This tool is outdated - get the latest version here: http://www.biztalkgurus.com/windows_azure/m/windows_azure/37137.aspx Basic Steps for Cross Account VHD Copy: Shut down your Virtual Machine. Delete your Virtual Machine. Delete the associated Image or Disk inside the Virtual Machine Portal. This does...

Basic Steps for Cross Account VHD Copy: Shut down your Virtual Machine. Delete your Virtual Machine. Delete the associated Image or Disk inside the Virtual Machine Portal. This does not remove the underlying blob of the vhd. Copy the blog from one storage account to another. Add your vhd back and recreate...

Are you experienced with Azure? Have you tried the Free 90-Day trial? Have you activated the Virtual Machine Preview? Are you up and running with BizTalk Server 2010 R2 CTP in an Azure Virtual Machine? If you answered NO to any of these questions then this video is for you! This video is a follow up...

Hi there! I have an internal WCF service that needs to connect with an Azure queue. Does the BizTalk 2010 AppFabric connect tool support storage queues? According to the following MSDN blog it requires a relay endpoint. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2010/10/21/biztalk-server...

These code samples are part of the book "Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform". Each folder relates to a specific chapter in the book. While this code can be useful on its own, this code is best used along with the book. The book walks through a detailed use-case and then...

This download contains the power point slides and code from the Azure Platform AppFabric session at the European BizTalk Convention in Stockholm, Sweden. This session reviewed a unique scenario related to Remote Message Broadcasting into home devices on different networks. Using the AppFabric Service...