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Microsoft Azure is a Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing platform. Use this tag for programming questions concerning Azure. General server help can be obtained at Super User or Server Fault.

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Are there Silverlight assemblies for Windows Azure SDK 1.2

Just wondering if there are Silverlight (4) versions of the following assemblies Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics
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Windows Azure vs Amazon EC2

I want to do something pretty simple, but I'm not sure what the best solution is. Basically, I want to host a custom .NET web service for a client. The web service is just an integration as it will ...
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Windows Azure - Transferring .NET Web Application to Azure

I was hoping someone could answer some brief questions on windows Azure. I know this is a bit lazy, but the Microsoft websites covering Azure seem to be directed at semi technical project leads and ...
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Using lookup tables with Azure Table Storage- worth creating a worker service just to manage this?

I'm looking into doing some development for the Azure platform. I don't need the full Relational stuff that you get from SQL Azure and I would be quite interested to use Table Storage instead. Now ...
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Azure PHP web role, F# worker role: developing on different machines

A friend and I would like to create a website to manipulate Facebook data. The structure is: a PHP web role (contains the web page, user OAuth login, interacts with queues, and interacts with SQL ...
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Deploying Projects on EC2 vs. Windows Azure

I've been working with Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services EC2 for a good many months now (almost getting to the years range) and I've seen something over and over that seems troubling. When I ...
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How do I manage and publish a database with my MVC2 application on Azure?

I'll start by saying that I'm fairly new to the idea of deploying applications to the cloud, but I recently downloaded the Azure SDK and wanted to build a sample application to get myself up-to-speed. ...
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Windows Azure & ASP.NET session

I have ASP.NET web application which stores information on the session while user goes through pages. Will I have any problems if I deploy such application to Windows Azure?
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What types of projects are suitable for Azure?

What type of projects/software applications are suitable for Azure and why? Thanks
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Rename Web Role in VS 2010 Cloud Service Project

I just started using VS 2010 to create a Cloud Service (HealthTracker), and I attached a MVC2 web project to it. When I hit Debug, the dev fabric was started and I was able to navigate my web app on ...
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Connecting to Azure storage account thru proxy server

My 'LocalClient' app is in a corporate LAN behind an HTTP proxy server (ISA). The first Azure API call i make - CloudQueue.CreateIfNotExist() - causes an exception: (407) Proxy Authentication Required....
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Generally speaking, how do I implement a realtime monitoring system?

Suppose I have either an ASP.NET displaying my results, or a Silverlight client. And I'd like to show the current status of my server, or embedded device. (pretend the device reads temperature and ...
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What is the difference between Windows Azure and traditional Windows hosting?

My knowledge of Windows Azure is limited to the several videos I watched on Microsoft's web site. Aside from a few new buzzwords, I'm not seeing how this platform differentiates from traditional web ...
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Update database from model - Entity Framework

Is it possible in any way to just update the database schema from entity model..? So that all the information in the database stays in the database? When you generate database from model the ...
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Azure table with Silverlight 4

I'm looking for a way to manage Azure table with Silverlight 4, can someone tell me where can I find something useful?
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