Earlier I introduced you the Microsoft Professional Program for Data Science. Right after few days Microsoft announced the BETA availability of two more tracks Big Data and Front End Development. Big Data Track: This Microsoft program will help you to learn necessary skills from cloud storage and databases to Hadoop, Spark, and managed data services… Continue reading
Category: SQL Azure
Azure in Germany–a complete EU cloud computing solution
With my earlier article Azure in China, it came in to my interest to look for any other country/region specific independent cloud data center requirements. I came across Azure for US Govt(Similar to Amazon Govt Cloud) instance and Azure Germany data center. For this article context I will be covering only Azure in Germany. What… Continue reading
Azure in China
Microsoft Azure presence in China is always a question when there is a need for any customer to deploy azure applications specifically for Chinese Regional customers. Recently I had an interaction with a Microsoft Certified Trainer, who carelessly said Azure only uses Chinese partner based environment is only for serving CDN (Content Delivery Network) needs,… Continue reading
New Certification – MCSD – Azure Solution Architect
Microsoft has made availability of new MCSD certification called as “MCSD – Azure Solutions Architect“. Required Exams: 070-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions 070-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions 070-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions Once you complete the above required exams you will be awarded MCSD – Azure Solutions Architect certificate valid for 2 years. PS:… Continue reading
Visual Studio 2015 – ctp6
Microsoft today has released Visual Studio 2015 Community Technology Preview 6 (CTP 6), which includes some new features and improvements, such as new UI debugging tools for XAML, new Control Flow Guard security tool, and feature updates to ASP.NET framework. For more information about what’s new in this release, please see the release notes. Visual Studio 2015… Continue reading
Get – Visual Studio 2013 – Update 4
Microsoft has released an update for Visual Studio 2013, this update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2013. Download VS2013.04.exe (Online/Web Install) Download VS2013.04.iso (Offline Install) For more information, For more information: Soma’s blog Brian Harry’s blog Visual Studio team blog Slides Also see Visual… Continue reading
Windows Azure SDK for .NET–Version 2.0 (for Visual Studio 2010 SP1/2012)
Latest version of Windows Azure SDK for .NET – Version 2.0 released by Microsoft. DOWNLOAD: Windows Azure SDK for .NET 2.0 (Offline Installer) Recommended: Instead of manually downloading the files from above link, it is recommended you use the automated one-click install provided by the Web Platform Installer x64 or x86. Click on the appropriate… Continue reading
Just Released – Windows Azure Training Kit – November 2012 Update
The November 2012 update of the Windows Azure Training Kit includes: Updated labs to use Windows Azure SDK (October 2012) Updated labs to use Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 New Hands-on lab: Windows 8 Mobile Services (HTMLJS) Updated Presentations .NET 4.5 Support in Web Sites and Cloud Services DOWNLOAD: Windows Azure Training Kit –… Continue reading
Windows Azure Training Kit – October 2012
Microsoft Azure Training Kit – October 2012 is the latest set of Microsoft Azure Training tutorials, samples for Developers and Microsoft enthusiasts. October 2012 Update The October 2012 update of the Windows Azure Training Kit includes 47 hands-on labs, 24 demos and 38 presentations. Some of the updates in this version include: Updated 22 presentations… Continue reading
Windows Azure SDK for .NET – June 2012 SP1(for Visual Studio 2012 RTM and Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2010 SP1/ Visual Studio 2012(RTM) to enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running, packaging and deployment of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure. Version: 1.7 SP1 (1.7.1) Date published: 8/10/2012 To Install 1. Click on the appropriate install link below based on your… Continue reading