Contents tagged with Azure
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Fix: Azure Disabled over 49 cents? Beware of using a Java Virtual Machine on Microsoft Azure
I love my MSDN Azure account. I can spin up a demo/dev app or VM in seconds. In fact, it is so easy to create a virtual machine that Azure shut down my whole account!
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Creating a SQL Azure Database Should be Easier
Every time I try to create a database + tables + data for Windows Azure SQL I get errors. One of them is 'Filegroup reference and partitioning scheme' is not supported in this version of SQL Server.'
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We Need a Capped Plan for MSDN Azure Benefits
Like many developers, I’d like to play more with Windows Azure. Microsoft recently improved the MSDN Azure benefits – extending them to MSDN Professional subscribers.
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I Owe $282.06 for Windows Azure Usage Charges on an MSDN Subscription
Since the launch of Windows Azure, I’ve been using my complimentary Microsoft MVP MSDN Premium subscription to play with Azure and enter some deployment contests. Unfortunately, I left up those trivial deployments and used 2,979 compute hours. That’s way beyond the 750 hours that come with the subscription.
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Naughty Words at Azure’s cloudapp.net (NSFW in French)
I was configuring some Windows Azure sites today. When prompted for a globally unique public name for an account, I started playing with the Check Availability button.
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Silverlight Streaming Beta Outage
My apologies to those unable to access my screencasts on building a Silverlight 2 data form. The Silverlight Streaming service has been flakey for the last few days and, as I write this, it is non-existent.