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Windows Azure Compute Hours include the time your Deployment is Stopped

jnak — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:05:00 GMT

One of my tenets on this blog is to not do posts that simply point to someone else’s post. I’m breaking that tenant today because of something I just found out that I think is super important for all Windows Azure customers to be clear on and saw that Ryan Dunn had already posted about this. Windows Azure compute time is calculated based on the time that you’ve deployed the app, not the time your app is in the running state. For example, if you put your deployment in the stopped state, you

Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Joannès Vermorel, CEO of Lokad

WindowsAzure — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:57:00 GMT

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to CEO Joannès Vermorel about using the Windows Azure technology platform to deliver powerful forecasting models to Lokad customers. Here's what he had to say: MSDN: What services does Lokad provide? Vermorel: Lokad delivers forecasts as a service. Companies send us data, and we return forecasts-in less than one hour, no matter the amount of data. Sales forecasts are especially useful in retail and manufacturing industries to opt

Microsoft and NSF Announce Client + Cloud Computing Project to Accelerate Scientific Discovery and Foster Collaborative Research

WindowsAzure — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:31:00 GMT

Today, February 4, Microsoft and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a collaborative project where Microsoft will offer individual researchers and research groups (selected through NSF's merit review process) free access to advanced client-plus-cloud computing including Windows Azure. By extending the capabilities of powerful, easy-to-use PC applications via Microsoft cloud services, this project aims to shift the focus from infrastructure to empowerment to broaden resea

Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Conor O'Riordan, CEO at TradeFacilitate

WindowsAzure — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:52:00 GMT

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Conor O'Riordan, CEO at TradeFacilitate, about using the Windows Azure technology platform to build the company's premier Web site and the benefits that Windows Azure provides. Here's what he had to say: MSDN: What services does TradeFacilitate provide? O'Riordan: TradeFacilitate delivers an online service that enables importers and exporters of excisable alcohol products in the European Union (EU) to exchange customs d

Beta Release of Windows Azure Drive

WindowsAzure — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:16:40 GMT

Today we are providing access to a beta release of Windows Azure Drive (announced as XDrive at PDC 2009). Customers have told us that they want to take their already running Windows applications and run them in the cloud using the standard Windows NTFS APIs, and make sure that the data is durable. With Windows Azure Drive, your Windows Azure applications running in the cloud can use existing NTFS APIs to access a durable drive. This can significantly ease the migration of existing Windows appli

February 2010 Release of the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio v1.1

jnak — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I’m pleased to announce that the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.1 (direct link while the release propagates) has been released to coincide with the general availability of Windows Azure. This release supports VS 2008 and the upcoming VS 2010 RC. For VS 2010 Beta 2 please use the November 2009 release. New for version 1.1: Windows Azure Drive: Enable a Windows Azure application to use existing NTFS APIs to access a durable drive. This allows the Windows Azure applicatio

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RC

jnak — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, configuring, debugging, running and packaging of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure. The February 2010 release of the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio support the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 RC. We’re very excited about Visual Studio 2010! The RC, available soon, will support a broad ‘go-live’ license, increased performance and

SQL Azure Database Now Generally Available – SLAs in effect

davidrob — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:41:00 GMT

Starting today, customers and partners in countries across the globe will be able to launch their SQL Azure Database production applications and services with the support of the full Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Customers who have yet to upgrade their CTP accounts to paid commercial subscriptions are encouraged to do so at the earliest in order to maintain access to their accounts. SQL Azure Database CTP customers who have not upgraded their accounts will be able to keep using t

Windows Azure & SQL Azure announce General Availability

netsqlservicesteam — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:00 GMT

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

Windows Azure Platform Now Generally Available in 21 Countries

WindowsAzure — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:58:00 GMT

In today's era of computing, businesses face the challenge of reducing their IT infrastructure costs while extending the value of their current investments. For us, this has meant that the experiences of our customers and the developer community are key in building a cloud services platform that provides the flexibility and agility our customers need to tackle their business problems in new ways. As we continue this journey, today marks a significant milestone, not only for us at Microsoft