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Windows Azure: General Availability of SQL Server Always On Support and Notification Hubs, AutoScale Improvements + More by ScottGu

This morning we released some major updates to Windows Azure.  These new capabilities include: SQL Server AlwaysOn Support: General Availability support with Windows Azure Virtual Machines (enables both high availability and disaster recovery) Notification...
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Announcing the release of the Windows Azure SDK 2.1 for .NET by ScottGu

Today we released the v2.1 update of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET. This is a major refresh of the Windows Azure SDK and it includes some great new features and enhancements. These new capabilities include: Visual Studio 2013 Preview Support: The Windows...
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Windows Azure July Updates: SQL Database, Traffic Manager, AutoScale, Virtual Machines by ScottGu

This morning we released some great updates to Windows Azure. These new enhancements include: SQL Databases : Support for Automated SQL Export and a New Premium Tier SQL Database option Traffic Manager : New support for managing Windows Azure Traffic...
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Windows Azure: General Availability of Web Sites + Mobile Services, New AutoScale + Alerts Support, No Credit Card Needed for MSDN by ScottGu

This morning we released a major set of updates to Windows Azure.  These updates included: Web Sites : General Availability Release of Windows Azure Web Sites with SLA Mobile Services : General Availability Release of Windows Azure Mobile Services...
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Windows Azure: Major Updates for Mobile Backend Development by ScottGu

This week we released some great updates to Windows Azure that make it significantly easier to develop mobile applications that use the cloud. These new capabilities include: Mobile Services : Custom API support Mobile Services : Git Source Control support...
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Windows Azure: Announcing Major Improvements for Dev/Test in the Cloud by ScottGu

Windows Azure provides a great environment for dev/test.  This is true both for scenarios where you want to dev/test in the cloud and then run the production app in the cloud , as well as for scenarios where you want to dev/test in the cloud and...
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Windows Azure: Announcing New Dev/Test Offering, BizTalk Services, SSL Support with Web Sites, AD Improvements, Per Minute Billing by ScottGu

This morning we released some fantastic enhancements to Windows Azure: Dev/Test in the Cloud : MSDN Use Rights, Unbeatable MSDN Discount Rates, MSDN Monetary Credits BizTalk Services : Great new service for Windows Azure that enables EDI and EAI integration...
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Announcing the release of AMQP support with Windows Azure Service Bus by ScottGu

For the past five years, Microsoft has been working with a diverse group of companies to develop the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) standard. The group of 20+ companies consisted of tech vendors, including Red Hat and VMware, and enterprises...
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Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3 by ScottGu

I’m excited to announce the release of WebMatrix 3.  WebMatrix is a free, lightweight web development tool we first introduced in 2010 , and which provides a great, focused web development experience for ASP.NET, PHP, and Node.js.   Today...
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Announcing the release of Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET by ScottGu

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...
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