In my previous post, we went through the basics of Windows Azure Table Storage. The sample application we are going to create is a small guestbook app which will allow your site visitors to enter some information. Creating the Project Open Visual Studio 2008 and create a Web Cloud Service project. &... [More]

I always wanted to write a small post which would help others getting started with Windows Azure. So here is my post which I wrote for Geekzone VS 2008 blog The Azure Services Platform is designed to help developers quickly and easily create, deploy, manage, and distribute web applications and serv... [More]

So, Windows Azure SDK was updated in the MIX09 conference and here is what now we developers can take advantage of: FastCGI allows developers to deploy and run web applications written with 3rd party programming languages such as PHP.  This provides developers using non-Microsoft languages... [More]

Windows Azure provides simple data storage services like blobs, tables and queues to store your data in the cloud. They are called as Storage Account Using Table Storage is one of the simplest way to start exploring the Windows Azure Storage. The tables are accessed using a Uri which is: http://... [More]

If you want to take your applications to the ‘cloud’ from the local storage, that is, from http://127.0.0.1:10002 to http://{application-name}.table.core.windows.net/ , all you need to do is edit your ServiceConfiguration.csfg file of your Web Role with the proper values! <?xml v... [More]

If you want to use CardSpace authentication in your .Net services, then all you need to do is don’t add any authentication type to your binding ;) Confused? Well, .Net Services by default uses CardSpace Authentication. So, all you need to supply is just your solution name and automatically yo... [More]

If you are not familiar with Microsoft .Net Services, do read my earlier post So, are you ready to start programming .Net Services ? Not so fast, there are still certain things that you need to know before you start coding ;) Microsoft .Net Services Account First you need a Microsoft .Net Service... [More]

Microsoft .Net Services is a part of the recently announced Microsoft Azure Platform. What does Microsoft .Net Services provide ? Microsoft .Net Services consists of three main components: Service Bus Access Control Workflow Services They provide a hosting platform where you can develop con... [More]

After downloading the Windows Azure SDK (October 2008 CTP), I wanted to create a simple application which can make use of Azure Tables. Using the Development Storage tool, Azure SDK simulates the Azure Tables in your local machine than in the cloud. But, when I started the Development Storage tool, ... [More]

Yesterday night was a big night for Intergen - Intergen won the Microsoft Partner of the Year 2008! Hear it straight from Tony's words : At the Microsoft Partner Awards ceremony in Auckland, in front of over 300 attendees, Intergen won the premier award of Partner of the Year for 2008. Microsoft... [More]