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I passed the Azure Exam this week and thought I would share my preparation steps.  Overall I thought it was a fair exam that emphasized product knowledge and analysis skills.    There was no combing thru code or config files looking for minor syntax variation type questions. There were 55 questions and 700 was the passing ...

Summary In this article, we will create an deploy an ASP.Net MVC application and deploy it to Azure. Download and install the Visual Studio Azure tools from here Get an Azure account if you do not already have one (optional) Open Visual Studio and choose File –> New –> Project Select “Windows Azure Project” Select ASP.Net ...

Summary Learn how to take advantage of Azure features in SharePoint There are 3 areas where you can leverage the cloud computing power of Azure: Reach - you can deploy custom WCF services (optionally secured by Access Control Service) to take the burden off your data center. This is especially useful if your application is ...

Summary The Windows Azure Platform is an application platform in the cloud that allows Microsoft datacenters to host and run applications. It provides a cloud operating system called Windows Azure that serves as a runtime for the applications and provides a set of services that allows development, management and hosting of applications ...

Summary When you attempt to launch the Windows Azure storage emulator, you are presented with the following error message: ''Failed to initialize Windows Azure storage emulator. See output window for more information'' The error message in the output window provides more details: Windows Azure Tools: Failed to initialize Windows ...

  I’m going thru the Azure Training kit and need to obtain a windows azure account and I am reaching out to see what is the best way to go. As I understand it, options are: · I’m aware of free 30 day (no credit card required) trial accounts (for example http://windowsazurepass.com/?campid=878F2064-1944-E011-98E3-001F29C8E9A8) .  I ...

Given that most people walk around with a GPS enabled mobile device in their pocket all day, it is hardly surprising that there is increasing interest in spatial data. I was surprised, however, that three sessions on spatial data were voted in for SqlBits 7 happening this Saturday (2nd October 2010). 9:30 AM-10:30 AM, You can create UK maps ...

Back in May I presented to the UKAzureNet group about how we at EMC Consulting had developed the See The Difference website using many technologies including Windows Azure. Part of this session included some information on how we had consumed data we were storing in Windows Azure Table Storage. In this post, I am going to describe the patterns I ...

It is unusual for me to be able to publically blog about project work that I have been doing due to client confidentiality, but my last finished project – See the Difference is different. See the Difference is a start up charity site designed to provide a new way of giving, where people donate to projects run by charities that have a specific ...

I’ve just about had my fill of Azure demos and presentations. After more than a year in beta it seemed that the only people that could stand up in front of a crowd and talk about Azure were those from Microsoft or their hymn-singing partners. It is not that the presentations and videos are bad, it is just that they are a lot of the same – either a ...