Some days ago the Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure was released, this integration pack includes two application blocks: automatic scale for Web and Worker roles and transient fault handling. The complete set of features included in this pack are: – Autoscaling Application Block (“Wasabi”) to help you to automatically scale both Web and Worker…
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New offers and price for Blob and Table Storage in Windows Azure
Windows Azure recently announced a lowering of the price of Windows Azure Storage from $0.15 to $0.14 per GB per month, also announced new commitment volume discounts. More details: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2011/10/27/microsoft-lowers-storage-cost-for-blob-and-table-storage-in-windows-azure.aspx
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – October Release is available
The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – October Release is available now. This training kit includes hands-on labs, presentations, and samples to help you understand how to build applications that utilize Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and the Windows Azure AppFabric. Download now from the Microsoft download center: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=130354 Also, you can download the hands-on labs…
More In-Place Updates options = more elasticity
Windows Azure recently adds new in-place updates options, and that give us more elasticity capabilities. The new in-place updates options are: Change the virtual machine size. Increase local storage. Add or remove roles to a deployment. Change the number or type of endpoints. That means that we don’t need a VIP swap or re-deploy anymore…