http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipagewag Wiki Rss Descriptionhttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=49<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. Building <strong>Hybrid </strong>Apps in&nbsp;the Cloud<br> 4.&nbsp;Developing <strong>Big Data</strong> Solutions in the Cloud&nbsp;</p> <p><br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems. #4 is the ongoing project about developing big data solutions using Windows Azure HDInsight and related technologies.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content on MSDN&nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx">here</a> <br> <br> </p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content on MSDN&nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx">here</a>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Part 4 of the Guide (big data scenarios)</h1> <p>Download the content <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/103405">here</a></p> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinThu, 14 Mar 2013 23:55:38 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20130314115538Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=48<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. Building <strong>Hybrid </strong>Apps in&nbsp;the Cloud<br> 4.&nbsp;Developing <strong>Big Data</strong> Solutions in the Cloud&nbsp;</p> <p><br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content on MSDN&nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx">here</a> <br> <br> </p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content on MSDN&nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx">here</a>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Part 4 of the Guide (big data scenarios)</h1> <p>Download the content here</p> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinThu, 14 Mar 2013 23:45:10 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20130314114510Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Call for Advisory Board Members&version=4<div class="wikidoc"> <p><strong>Call for Advisory Board Members</strong><br> <br> We are looking for both subject matter experts and passionate novices.<br> <br> If you are interested in being an advisor and help us shape the next releases of Windows Azure Guide, please review <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Advisory%20Board%20FAQ">Advisory Board FAQ</a> and send an email to the project leader, Masashi Narumoto at masashin at microsoft dot com and let us know the following: <br> <br> <br> What experiences do you have in Big Data solutions?<br> Any places where you share with a community; such as a blog, twitter, etc.<br> <br> <br> </p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 22:02:55 GMTUpdated Wiki: Call for Advisory Board Members 20130109100255Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Advisory Board FAQ&version=2<div class="wikidoc"> <h1>Advisory Board FAQ</h1> <p>Guidance is harvested from experience and matured through dialog. An essential component for projects in p&amp;p is our advisory boards. We prefer diversity in our boards, which include both Microsoft employees and members from the community at large. We like subject matter experts and passionate novices. We want independent consultants and drivers from large enterprise teams across a wide variety of industries.</p> <h2>What does the project hope to gain from an advisory board?</h2> <p>The advisory board is a representative body for the community of developers interested in being productive in .NET with reusable components, design patterns and good practices in context. They help us to set priorities for the project and they provide real-time feedback about early previews of the application blocks and&nbsp;samples we are creating.</p> <p>We also benefit when our advisors engage their respective communities about the project in order to collect a broad set of feedback. Our ultimate goal is produce practical guidance for real world development problems.</p> <h2>How much time will advisors spend on our project?</h2> <p>Formally, we have a meeting every other week. The conference call (with screen sharing) lasts an hour.&nbsp;In it, we demonstrate what we&rsquo;ve done since the last meeting as well as how and why we did it. We solicit feedback during these meetings and we encourage a critical (though friendly) evaluation of everything we do.</p> <p>We also encourage our advisors to examine our work in between the formal meetings. This involves reviewing the code and commenting on content. This helps the meetings to be more productive.</p> <h2>What do the advisors get out of it?</h2> <p>Our advisory board is voluntary. However, it&rsquo;s a great place to talk about Windows Azure and its related technologies. It&rsquo;s also a good way to meet other people who are passionate and thoughtful. Our goal is to improve the state of our art and our advisors are a significant part of that effort.</p> <p>When the project is released, it is posted on&nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff898430.aspx">MSDN</a>&nbsp;and we make it a point to thank each of our contributing advisors. Also, former advisors have expressed personal value in showing their involvement in helping Microsoft shape guidance in a specific area. We also send free copies of the published books and invite advisors to the p&amp;p symposium.</p> <h2>What are the qualifications for being an advisor?</h2> <p>First, an advisor needs to&nbsp;<em>care</em>&nbsp;about line-of-business application development in the cloud and related topics. Prior experience with Windows Azure is welcomed but not necessary. Secondly, they need to be willing to participate in the feedback process. With respect to technical knowledge, both real world experience or the need to be successful in the near future are good qualities to bring to the table.</p> <h2>I&rsquo;d like to be an advisor on this project, what do I do?</h2> <p>Answer this&nbsp;<a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Call%20for%20Advisory%20Board%20Members">Call for Advisory Board Members</a>.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 22:02:15 GMTUpdated Wiki: Advisory Board FAQ 20130109100215Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Advisory Board FAQ&version=1<div class="wikidoc"> <h1>Advisory Board FAQ</h1> <p>Guidance is harvested from experience and matured through dialog. An essential component for projects in p&amp;p is our advisory boards. We prefer diversity in our boards, which include both Microsoft employees and members from the community at large. We like subject matter experts and passionate novices. We want independent consultants and drivers from large enterprise teams across a wide variety of industries.</p> <h2>What does the project hope to gain from an advisory board?</h2> <p>The advisory board is a representative body for the community of developers interested in being productive in .NET with reusable components, design patterns and good practices in context. They help us to set priorities for the project and they provide real-time feedback about early previews of the application blocks and&nbsp;samples we are creating.</p> <p>We also benefit when our advisors engage their respective communities about the project in order to collect a broad set of feedback. Our ultimate goal is produce practical guidance for real world development problems.</p> <h2>How much time will advisors spend on our project?</h2> <p>Formally, we have a meeting every other week. The conference call (with screen sharing) lasts an hour.&nbsp;In it, we demonstrate what we&rsquo;ve done since the last meeting as well as how and why we did it. We solicit feedback during these meetings and we encourage a critical (though friendly) evaluation of everything we do.</p> <p>We also encourage our advisors to examine our work in between the formal meetings. This involves reviewing the code and commenting on content. This helps the meetings to be more productive.</p> <h2>What do the advisors get out of it?</h2> <p>Our advisory board is voluntary. However, it&rsquo;s a great place to talk about Windows Azure and its related technologies. It&rsquo;s also a good way to meet other people who are passionate and thoughtful. Our goal is to improve the state of our art and our advisors are a significant part of that effort.</p> <p>When the project is released, it is posted on&nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff898430.aspx">MSDN</a>&nbsp;and we make it a point to thank each of our contributing advisors. Also, former advisors have expressed personal value in showing their involvement in helping Microsoft shape guidance in a specific area. We also send free copies of the published books and invite advisors to the p&amp;p symposium.</p> <h2>What are the qualifications for being an advisor?</h2> <p>First, an advisor needs to&nbsp;<em>care</em>&nbsp;about line-of-business application development in the cloud and related topics. Prior experience with Windows Azure is welcomed but not necessary. Secondly, they need to be willing to participate in the feedback process. With respect to technical knowledge, both real world experience or the need to be successful in the near future are good qualities to bring to the table.</p> <h2>I&rsquo;d like to be an advisor on this project, what do I do?</h2> <p>Answer this&nbsp;<a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=EntLib6AdvisoryBoardCall">Call for Advisory Board Members</a>.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 22:01:31 GMTUpdated Wiki: Advisory Board FAQ 20130109100131Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Call for Advisory Board Members&version=3<div class="wikidoc"><b>Call for Advisory Board Members</b><br /><br />We are looking for both subject matter experts and passionate novices.<br /><br />If you are interested in being an advisor and help us shape the next releases of Windows Azure Guide, please review Advisory Board FAQ and send an email to the project leader, Masashi Narumoto at masashin at microsoft dot com and let us know the following: <br /><br /><br />What experiences do you have in Big Data solutions?<br />Any places where you share with a community; such as a blog, twitter, etc.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 21:12:35 GMTUpdated Wiki: Call for Advisory Board Members 20130109091235Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Call for Advisory Board Members&version=2<div class="wikidoc"><b>Call for Advisory Board Members</b><br /><br />We are looking for both subject matter experts and passionate novices.<br /><br />If you are interested in being an advisor and help us shape the next releases of Windows Azure Guide, please review Advisory Board FAQ and send an email to the project leader, Masashi Narumoto at masashin at microsoft dot com and let us know the following: <br /><br /><br />What experiences do you have in Big Data solutions?<br />Any places where you share with a community; such as a blog, twitter, etc.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 21:12:18 GMTUpdated Wiki: Call for Advisory Board Members 20130109091218Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Call for Advisory Board Members&version=1<div class="wikidoc">We are looking for both subject matter experts and passionate novices.<br /><br />If you are interested in being an advisor and help us shape the next releases of Windows Azure Guide, please review Advisory Board FAQ and send an email to the project leader, Masashi Narumoto at masashin at microsoft dot com and let us know the following: <br /><br /><br />What experiences do you have in Big Data solutions?<br />Any places where you share with a community; such as a blog, twitter, etc.</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 21:11:17 GMTUpdated Wiki: Call for Advisory Board Members 20130109091117Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=47<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. Building <strong>Hybrid </strong>Apps in&nbsp;the Cloud<br> 4. Analyzing <strong>Big Data</strong> in the Cloud&nbsp;</p> <p><br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download original samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> <br> </p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </strong></li></ul> <h1>Part 4 of the Guide (big data scenarios)</h1> <p>Coming soon.</p> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>masashinWed, 09 Jan 2013 21:01:15 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20130109090115Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=46<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The newly updated (8/14/2012) <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444"> WAAG - Part 1 Samples and Document</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.7..</p> <p>Download oringinal samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with the cloud)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> </a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </strong></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 14 Aug 2012 23:25:20 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120814112520Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=45<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The newly updated (8/14/2012) <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444"> WAAG - Part 1 Samples, Hands on Labs, and Document</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.7..</p> <p>Download oringinal samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with the cloud)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> </a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </strong></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:17:21 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120814071721Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=44<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The newly updated (9/14/2012) <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444"> WAAG - Part 1 Samples, Hands on Labs, and Document</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.7..</p> <p>Download oringinal samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with the cloud)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> </a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </strong></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:17:01 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120814071701Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=43<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples, Hands on Labs, and Document</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.7..</p> <p>Download oringinal samples, browse the content on MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with the cloud)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> </a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </strong></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 14 Aug 2012 19:14:35 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120814071435Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=42<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040" alt="WAZ.png"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.7..</p> <p>Download samples, browse the content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><span style="color:#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with the cloud)</span></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> </a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </strong></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzFri, 29 Jun 2012 15:53:09 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120629035309Phttps://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=41<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" alt="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>. <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with the cloud)</font></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&#160;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><b></b></a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></p> </b></li><li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </b></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:55:53 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120327095553Phttps://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=40<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" alt="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>. <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with and the cloud)</font></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&#160;</p> <p>Lessons learned in Testing Part 3 of the Guide</p> <ul> <li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><b></b></a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></p> </b></li><li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </b></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:54:58 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120327095458Phttps://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=39<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" alt="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>. <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: integrating on-premises app with and the cloud)</font></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&#160;</p> <p><span style="font-size:xx-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Lessons learned in Testing <span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide</font></span></font></font></span></span></p> <ul> <li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><b></b></a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></p> </b></li><li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </b></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:53:37 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120327095337Phttps://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=38<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" alt="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>. <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (hybrid scenarios: on-premises and cloud integration)</font></span></div> </div> </h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&#160;</p> <p><span style="font-size:xx-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman"><font size="3">Lessons learned in Testing <span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide</font></span></font></span></span></p> <ul> <li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><b></b></a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></p> </b></li><li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </b></li></ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:51:40 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120327095140Phttps://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=37<div class="wikidoc"> <p><img title="WAZ.png" alt="WAZ.png" src="http://i3.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=110040"></p> <h1>Welcome to patterns &amp; practices Windows Azure Guidance site</h1> <p>Many customers are looking for guidance on how to make the move to Windows Azure, and how to make the most of it. patterns &amp; practices has a series of projects that target application design and development on Windows Azure. <br> The key themes for these projects are: <br> <br> 1. <strong>Moving</strong> to the Cloud <br> 2. <strong>Developing</strong> for the Cloud <br> 3. <strong>Integrating</strong> with the Cloud <br> <br> These themes will allow us to categorize the scenarios that we will be delivering. Most of the scenarios are challenges that customers face today. And as we progress the program forward we will have more scenarios. <br> <br> #1 is about migration and re-purposing existing applications and skills. #2 is about taking advantages of intrinsic properties from the cloud, such as elastic demand, etc., #3 is about connecting cloud applications with on-premises systems.</p> <h1>Part 1 of the Guide (brownfield scenario)</h1> <p>Download samples, browse the content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728592.aspx"> here</a>. <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71444">WAAG - Part 1 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1>Part 2 of the Guide (focused on greenfield scenarios)</h1> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx"> here</a> <br> The newly updated <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/71446">WAAG - Part 2 Samples and Hands-on-Labs</a> supports Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - August 2011.</p> <h1> <div> <div id="TitleContentDiv"><span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide (focused on integration of on-premises and in the cloud scenarios)</font></span></div> </div> </h1> <blockquote> <p>Download samples and browse content <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh871440.aspx"> here</a>&#160;</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-size:xx-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman"><font size="3">Lessons learned in Testing <span style="color:#ff0000"><font color="#000000">Part 3 of the Guide:</font></span></font></span></span></p> </blockquote> <ul> <ul> <li><b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image"> <p><b></b></a><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a></p> </b></li><li> <p><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%202%3a%20Deploy%20Visual%20Studio%20VM">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</a> </p> </li></ul> </ul> <h1>Enterprise Library 5 - Beta 2 on Windows Azure white paper</h1> <p>This document explains the capabilities and limitations of <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com"> Enterprise Library 5.0</a> in terms of use within .NET applications designed to run with the Windows Azure platform. Download it <a href="http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/75025#DownloadId=336804">here</a>.</p> <h1>Music Store sample application on Windows Azure</h1> <p>An end to end sample using most of the application blocks on Windows Azure as described in the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=111359">whitepaper</a>. Download it from <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/42450">here</a>.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h1>Blogs</h1> <h2>Scott Densmore</h2> <p><a href="http://scottdensmore.typepad.com">http://scottdensmore.typepad.com</a></p> <h2>Ryan Dunn</h2> <p><a href="http://dunnry.com/blog/syndicationservice.asmx/GetRss">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>David Hill</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dphill/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Alex Homer</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/alexhomer/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Masashi Narumoto</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Eugenio Pace</h2> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/rss.xml">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> <h2>Matias Woloski</h2> <p><a href="http://feeds.southworks.net/mwoloski">Click here</a> to view the RSS feed.</p> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:48:16 GMTUpdated Wiki: Home 20120327094816Phttp://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM&version=3<div class="wikidoc"> <h2 align="center">Lessons Learned in Testing the TreyResearch Sample Windows Azure Application</h2> <h1 align="center">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM</h1> <h2>Introduction</h2> <blockquote> <p>We created and deployed Visual Studio VM Role Instances in the cloud during the course of testing the <a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/releases/view/74838">TreyResearch Windows Azure Hybrid Application</a>. We use the VM to perform local load test, distributed load test, as well as function test.</p> </blockquote> <h2>Lessons learned</h2> <blockquote> <p>We learned the following lessons in creating, deploying, and using Visual Studio VM Role instances in the :</p> <ul> <li> <p>Starting from a base VHD file can save time. Remember to increase the disk size. We increased our Visual Studio VM disk size to 50GB. Our base VHD only have 15 GB disk size. </p> </li><li> <p>Use sa authentication or mixed mode authentication when installing SQL Server or SQL Server Express in the VHD even if we would eventually use the integrated Windows Authentication when the VM Role instance is in the cloud. The reason is that after Sys-prep the computer identity will be changed and the Windows user (even for the administrator) in the original VHD will become invalid, and we would be unable to access the SQL Server. </p> </li><li> <p>Make sure that certain port is open. this include icmpv6, tcp port 445, inbound 6901 port and 6910 port. </p> </li><li> <p>Always test the VHD after sys-prep. After the VHD is sys-preped, we always save it and test it to make sure that the software installed still works. This step will catch issues such as not being able to access the SQL Server due to authentication settings not using sa. </p> </li><li> <p>Upload the vhd to the cloud at the end of day and check it next morning can save us time. The vhd upload can take hours. Again, test the vhd before uploading. </p> </li><li> <p>Share the vhd with the team members. All team can use the same vhd image, but different VM role instances if every one has a valid VS license. That can save a lot of installation time. </p> </li></ul> </blockquote> <h2>Steps for Creating and Deploying Visual Studio VM Role</h2> <h3>Steps to Create VSClient.vhd</h3> <blockquote> <h4 align="left"><a name="_Toc315261317"><font color="#000000">1. Copy AzureBase.vhd </font></a>to VSClient.vhd</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>If you don’t already have AzureBase.vhd, prepare AzureBase.vhd following the steps in <b><a href="http://wag.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Setting%20Test%20Environment%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Part%201%3a%20Creating%20Base%20VHD%20Hyper-V%20Image">Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 1: Creating Base VHD Hyper-V Image</a>. </b>Copy AzureBase.vhd to VSClient.vhd. (We use the name VSClient since we will use it as the VS Client machine in distributed load test). </p> </blockquote> <h4>2<font color="#000000">. </font>Extend vhd disk size to 50GB </h4> <ul> <li> <p>Start Hyper-V manager; create a new VM and name it VSClient, pointing the vhd to the newly copied VSClient.vhd.</p> </li><li> <p>Once the VM is configured, start the VM.</p> </li><li> <p>Inside the VM, start the Server Manger, go to Storage-&gt;Disk Management, and Extend Volume of the C drive to 50GB.</p> </li><li> <p>Go to the property of C:\, and verify that its capacity is 50GB</p> </li></ul> <h4>3. Install VS2010 Ultimate and SP1</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p>Run visual studio 2010 ultimate setup.exe</p> </li><li> <p>Run Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Setup.exe</p> </li><li> <p>Install Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010: Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate allows you to stress test your application with 250 virtual users on a local load test run. If your load testing requires more virtual users, or if you want to use remote machines, you must purchase Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010.</p> </li><li> <p>Install Visual Studio 2010 Load Test Feature Pack if you are MSDN subscribers. MSDN subscribers with Visual Studio Ultimate are provided a license key to generate UNLIMITED virtual users without having to purchase the Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010.</p> </li><li> <p>Configure SQLExpress Authentication Mode to Mixed Mode </p> </li></ul> </blockquote> <blockquote> <h4>4. Install SQL Server 2008 R2</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong>Note</strong>: If you don’t install SQL server, SQLExpress will be used for storing load test result by default, which limits storage space to 4GB.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p>Run SQL Server installation set program setup.exe</p> </li><li> <p>Select Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and Windows authentication) for Authentication Mode.</p> </li><li> <p>Use NT Authority\Network Service for the account of all the services.</p> </li><li> <p>Enter NT Authority\System account where windows account is required. Don’t use ComputerName\administrators since the Computer Name will change after SysPrep.</p> </li></ul> </blockquote> <blockquote> <h4>5. Run Windows update</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p>Run Windows update. You may need to run it multiple times to get all the updates.</p> </li></ul> </blockquote> <blockquote> <h4>6. <a name="_Toc315261329"><font color="#000000">Run Sysprep to Prepare Image for Cloning</font></a></h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li>The purpose of this step is to prepare the image for cloning by generalizing unique elements that are present on the operating system like computer names, security identifiers and driver cache. By doing this step we will be able to clone from this image and generate VMs that are unique after the base image is uploaded. </li><li>Now, inside the VM, open the Start menu, type <b>%windir%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe</b> and then press Enter to launch the System Preparation Tool. Set the System Cleanup Action to “Enter System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)”, check the option labeled Generalize, set the Shutdown Options to Shutdown, and then press OK. </li><li><b>Note: </b>The Sysprep tool (Sysprep.exe) prepares the image by cleaning up various user and machine settings and log files, as well as removing any hardware-dependent information. </li><li>Wait for the system to completely shut down. Our image is now ready for deployment. </li></ul> </blockquote> <h3>Steps to Upload VSClient.vhd to the Cloud</h3> <blockquote> <h4>1. Run CsUpload tool to upload VSClient.vhd to Windows azure in the cloud</h4> <p>In this step, we upload the VHD file to the Management Portal.</p> <ul> <li>Open a Windows Azure SDK Command Prompt as an administrator from <strong>Start </strong>| <strong>All Programs </strong>| <strong>Windows Azure SDK v1.x. </strong> At the command prompt, execute the following command line: <br> <strong>CsUpload</strong> <strong>Add-VMImage</strong> <br> -<strong>Connection</strong> &quot;<strong>SubscriptionId</strong>=&lt; SUBSCRIPTION-ID &gt;; <strong>CertificateThumbprint</strong>=&lt; CERTIFICATE-THUMBPRINT &gt;&quot; <br> -<strong>Description</strong> &quot;Our Description&quot; <br> -<strong>LiteralPath</strong> &quot;&lt;PATH-TO-VHD-FILE&gt;&quot; <br> -<strong>Name</strong> “VSClient.vhd” <br> -<strong>Location</strong> “&lt;HOSTED-SERVICE-LOCATION&gt;” <br> <strong>Example: <br> </strong>CsUpload Add-VMImage <br> -Connection &quot;SubscriptionId=12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab; CertificateThumbprint=c8 4b e0 46 f6 0e 72 6b 4e 9c 28 94 a5 17 0a 21 90 55 8f 83&quot; <br> -Description &quot;Visual Studio Load Test Client&quot; <br> -LiteralPath &quot;C:\myvhd\VSClient.vhd&quot; <br> -Name “VSClient.vhd” <br> -Location &quot;North Central US&quot; </li><li>Wait for the uploading to complete. The process may take a few hours. </li><li>Press <strong>Enter</strong> to start execution. </li><li>In the Windows Azure VHD Verification Tool dialog, click <strong>OK</strong> to allow the VHD to be mounted. If the AutoPlay dialog appears, close it. </li><li><strong>Note</strong>: Initially, the tool executes a preparation phase where it mounts the VHD file and verifies it. It then processes the file to create a smaller compressed copy. The file it generates has a .preped extension and it stores it by default in the same folder as the original image file. To change the folder where CsUpload stores this file, use the –TempLocation parameter and then specify the path to the alternate location. <br> After the preparation phase completes, the tool creates a new blob to hold the image file and then begins to upload the compressed image to our Windows Azure account. </li><li><strong>Note</strong>: The VHD image files are typically large and, depending on the speed of the Internet connection, may take a significant amount of time to upload. If we stop in the middle of the upload, next time we start the process it will pick it up from where it left before. </li><li>In the Management Portal, select the Hosted Services, Storage Accounts &amp; CDN tab, and then VM Images. Notice that the list includes the VSClient.vhd file that we are currently uploading and that its status is shown as Pending. </li><li>Wait for the upload to complete, which may take several hours. Examine the status of the VM role image in the Management Portal and verify that it has now changed to Committed. </li></ul> </blockquote> <h3>Steps to Publish VSClient VMRole in the Cloud</h3> <blockquote> <h4>1. Submit Request to participate in the VM role program</h4> <ul> <li>Go to the Windows Azure Portal and submit request to participate in the VM Role and Windows Azure Connect programs. Once your submission has been approved run the script EnableVMRole-X64 or 32 bit version. Run this script on your development Visual Studio machine on premise. </li></ul> <h4>2. Created a new hosted service if you don’t have one available</h4> <ul> <li>Following the the steps in <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg433118.aspx"> How to Create a Hosted Service</a> </li></ul> <h4>3. Created an empty Windows Azure Project</h4> <ul> <li>After the VM image deployed to your Windows Azure account, you can create a service model and configure it to reference this image. </li><li>Start <strong>Microsoft Visual Studio 2010</strong>. </li><li>Click <strong>File </strong>-&gt; <strong>New </strong>-&gt; <strong>Project</strong> </li><li>Select <strong>Visual C# –</strong>&gt; <strong>Cloud –</strong>&gt; <strong> Windows Azure Project</strong> </li><li>Type the <strong>Name </strong>as MyVSClientVM and click <strong>OK</strong> </li><li>In the <strong>New Windows Azure Project</strong> dialog, click <strong>OK</strong> without adding any roles. </li></ul> <h4>4. Add a VM role to the Azure Project</h4> <ul> <li>Once the solution is created, right-click the <strong>Roles</strong> folder inside the project, point to <strong>Add</strong>, and then select <strong>New Virtual Machine Role</strong>. </li></ul> <p><a href="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=349456"><img title="Ne-VM-role_thumb1" border="0" alt="Ne-VM-role_thumb1" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=wag&DownloadId=349457" width="606" height="227" style="border-right-width:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; display:inline; border-top-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; border-left-width:0px; padding-top:0px"></a></p> <ul> <li>Note: If you don’t see the “New Virtual Machine Role” in the list, you can create and run one of the following .reg files to add a Windows registry entry: </li></ul> </blockquote> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li>EnableVMRole-X64.reg (for For 64 bit OS): <br> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 <br> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010\1.0] <br> &quot;VirtualMachineRoleEnabled&quot;=dword:00000001 </li><li>EnableVMRole-x86.reg (For 32 bit OS): <br> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 <br> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010\1.0] <br> &quot;VirtualMachineRoleEnabled&quot;=dword:00000001 </li></ul> </ul> </ul> <blockquote> <h4>5. Configure Windows Azure Management Portal Credentials in Visual Studio</h4> <ul> <li>Double click on VM role project then select the <strong>Virtual Hard Disk</strong> tab. To show the window, expand the <strong>Roles</strong> node in Solution Explorer and then double-click the <strong> VMRole1</strong> role. </li><li>In the <strong>Virtual Hard Disk</strong> tab, expand the drop down list labeled <strong>Select or create your Windows Azure account credentials</strong>, and then choose <strong>Add…</strong> </li><li>In the <strong>Windows Azure Project Management Authentication </strong>dialog, expand the drop down list below the label Create or select an existing certificate for authentication and choose <strong>Create</strong>. </li><li>In the <strong>Create Certificate </strong>dialog, set the name to AzureMgmt and click <strong>OK</strong>. </li><li>Now, click the link labeled <strong>Copy the full path </strong>to store the path to the certificate file in the clipboard. </li><li>Visual Studio stores the public key file for the certificate it generates in a temporary folder inside your local data directory. Click <strong>OK </strong>to dismiss the confirmation message box and then save the path in the clipboard to a safe location. You will need this value shortly, when you upload the certificate to the portal. </li><li>Now, in the <strong>Windows Azure Project Management Authentication </strong> dialog, click the link labeled <strong>Windows Azure Portal </strong>to open a browser window and navigate to the Management Portal. </li><li>At the Management Portal, if you have not already done so, sign in using your Windows Live ID. </li><li>Select the <strong>Hosted Services, Storage Accounts &amp; CDN </strong>option, click <strong>Management Certificates</strong>, and then click <strong>Add Certificate </strong> on the ribbon. </li><li>In the <strong>Add New Management Certificate </strong>dialog, click <strong> Browse</strong>, change the file name to the path for the public key (.cer) file generated by Visual Studio that you copied earlier to your clipboard, and then click <strong>Open</strong>. Click <strong>Done </strong>to upload the certificate to the Management Portal. </li><li>In the Properties pane, make a record of your subscription ID. You will need it in the next step. </li><li>Go back to the <strong>Windows Azure Project Management Authentication </strong> dialog in Visual Studio and paste the value retrieved from the Management Portal into the subscription ID textbox. </li></ul> <h4>6. Configure Virtual Hard Disk</h4> <ul> <li>Double click on VM role project then select the <strong>Virtual Hard Disk </strong> tab. To show the window, expand the <strong>Roles</strong> node in Solution Explorer and then double-click the <strong>VMRole1</strong> role. </li><li>Once you configure the credentials, choose them in the drop down list labeled Select or create your Windows Azure account credentials. After you do this, Visual Studio accesses your subscription and retrieves a list of available virtual machine images. </li><li>Expand the drop down list labeled Select VHD and choose the image you uploaded (<strong>VSClient</strong>). </li></ul> <h4>7. Configure Number of Instances and Virtual Machine Size</h4> <ul> <li>Set Instance count to 1. Set the size as <strong>large</strong>. </li></ul> <h4>8. Configure Remote Desktop Connection</h4> <ul> <li>Next, configure the Remote Desktop connections for your role. To do this, right-click the <strong>MyVMRole</strong> cloud service project in Solution Explorer and select <strong> Package</strong>. In the Package Windows Azure project dialog box, click <strong> Enable Remote Desktop for all roles</strong>. </li><li>In the <strong>Remote Desktop Configuration</strong> dialog, choose the newly created certificate from the drop down list, enter the name of the user that you will use to connect remotely to your role–this can be any name of your choice (we use <strong>loadtestadmin</strong>) –enter a password and confirm it, and leave the account expiration date unchanged. Upon completion of the package deployment the user you entered will be created as new administrator of the hosted service. You will need to select the same user across controller and agent to be able to monitor performance metrics. Click <strong>OK</strong> to close the Remote Desktop Configuration dialog. </li><li>Finally, back in the <strong>Package Windows Azure project</strong> dialog, click <strong>Package</strong> and then wait until Visual Studio creates it. Once the package is ready, Visual Studio opens a window showing the folder that contains the generated files. </li></ul> <h4>9. Publish to the cloud</h4> <ul> <li>Right click <strong>MyVMRole</strong> and select <strong>MyVMRole</strong> </li><li>In Common Settings, Select your Hosted service </li><li>Click <strong>MyVMRole</strong> </li></ul> </blockquote> <h3>Steps to Login and Configure VSClient VMRole Instance in the Cloud</h3> <blockquote> <h4>1. Connect to a Role Instance with Remote Desktop</h4> <ul> <li>Once the role’s status changes to <strong>Ready</strong>, expand the deployment in the center pane to show its instances and select the line labeled <strong>VM Instance</strong>–there should only be a single instance for the current deployment– and then click <strong>Connect</strong> on the ribbon. </li><li>Download the Remote Desktop connection file from the Management Portal. Depending on your browser security configuration, the browser may block the download and prompt you for confirmation. If this happens, you may need to allow the download to proceed and then repeat the previous step once the page refreshes. In the <strong>File Download</strong> dialog, click <strong>Open</strong>. </li><li>If prompted by a security warning from your browser, click <strong>Allow</strong> to proceed. </li><li>Click <strong>Connect </strong>in the <strong>Remote Desktop Connection </strong> dialog. </li><li>In the Windows Security dialog, enter the credentials that you specified earlier when you configured the Remote Desktop connection for the role (<strong>loadtestadmin)</strong>, and then click <strong>OK</strong>. </li><li>Remote Desktop prompts you with a dialog warning that the identity of the remote computer cannot be verified. Click <strong>Yes </strong>to proceed. </li></ul> <h4>2. Install Azure connect Local Endpoint </h4> <ul> <li>Go to the Windows Azure management portal (<a href="http://windows.azure.com)">http://windows.azure.com)</a> and login in. </li><li>Click <strong>Virtual Network</strong>, under <strong>Connect</strong>, click on your Subscription </li><li>Click <strong>Install Local Endpoint</strong>, click <strong>Copy Link to Clipboard</strong>, click <strong>OK</strong> </li><li>Start IE and Paste the clipboard on the IE address bar. The address should look similar to <a href="https://waconnecttokenpage.cloudapp.net/Default.aspx?token=12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab"> https://waconnecttokenpage.cloudapp.net/Default.aspx?token=12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab</a> <br> <strong>Note</strong>: make sure that to Configure <strong>IE ESC</strong> off by running Server Manager. Otherwise, it may be unable to install the endpoint. </li><li>Follow the wizard to run and install the local endpoint </li><li>Wait for a few minutes for the endpoints to show up under the azure portal under <strong>Virtual Networks</strong>/<strong>Connect</strong>/Your Subscription/Groups and Roles as C<strong>omputer</strong> as shown in the <strong>Type</strong> column. </li><li>If the “<strong>Type</strong>” in the azure portal doesn’t show up as “Computer” for a long time then try re-installing the local endpoint software in the VMs. </li></ul> <h4>3. Configure SQL Server Login for the local Windows account</h4> <ul> <li>Start SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the database with SQL Admin account sa. </li><li>Right click on Security/Logins and click New Login… </li><li>Click General page </li></ul> </blockquote> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li>For Login name: type .\<strong>loadtestadmin</strong> </li><li>Check Windows authentication. </li></ul> </ul> </ul> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Click Server Roles page </li></ul> </blockquote> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li>Check all the Server roles (bulkadmin, dbcreator, diskadmin, processadmin, public, securityadmin, serveradmin, setupadin, sysadmin) </li></ul> </ul> </ul> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Click User mapping page </li></ul> </blockquote> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li>Check all the maps </li><li>Highlight master and check db_owner role </li><li>Highlight model and check db_owner role </li><li>Highlight msdb and check db_owner role </li><li>Highlight ReprotServer and check db_owner role </li><li>Highlight ReprotServerTempDB and check db_owner role </li><li>Highlight temdb and check db_owner role <br> </li></ul> </ul> </ul> <blockquote> <p align="center"><strong>=========================</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>***************************************</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>=========================</strong></p> </blockquote> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div>hanzFri, 02 Mar 2012 21:49:33 GMTUpdated Wiki: Setting Test Environment in the Cloud - Part 2: Deploy Visual Studio VM 20120302094933P