Archive for February, 2009

Windows Live Mesh is a nifty tool for sharing data across various devices. One problem with it though is that by default new Mesh Folders are added to the Desktop of all the devices in your mesh. There is a way to prevent this though. Creating a new Mesh folder and setting it to synchronise [...]


Whilst the traditional technical video is great at hearing about a subject in detail they are usually around an hour in length making it difficult to fit them into a busy schedule. Fortunately these excellent videos on Azure are around 10 minutes, so there’s no excuse not to fit them into your week. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dd439432.aspx#windowsazure


There is a new updated version of the Windows Azure Training Kit available for download (link below): Azure Services Training Kit – February Update. This release includes the following updates: 19 demo scripts that walkthrough several of the services 10 presentations covering the entire Azure Services Platform 3 additional hands-on labs for Live Services


A selection of the best links for Microsoft Azure information: A Windows Azure Developer Starter Guide SDK Release Notes (always worth re-reading) Gus Perez’s Azure Links Deploying a Service on Windows Azure (MSDN) Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (MSDN) Diagnose & Fix Azure Dev Storage Service Issues Azure Services Developer Centre (MSDN) Azure [...]


The first time the Development Storage service is started up on a machine, an initialization takes place. This was first started on my box when I attempted to debug my first Cloud project in Visual Studio. A successful Initialization should look like this: However this initialization failed with a generic error suggesting a timeout whilst [...]



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