Posted by Alin Irimie
on May 05, 2009
Today Microsoft announced the first Azure Services Platform Developer Challenge.
Over the next two months, developers will have the opportunity to show off what they can do on the Azure Services Platform
There are a couple of surprise twists to this challenge. The first twist is this contest will have three winners – best .NET application, a top PHP application, and one more we’ll talk about in just a bit. For the .NET application category, you should build a .NET application running on Windows Azure using ASP.NET or Silverlight to incorporate additional Azure services such as .NET Services and Live Services. Incorporate other Microsoft, 3rd party services, or other cloud services and author a unique web, mobile, or desktop application.
For the PHP contest category … Continue reading…
Posted by Alin Irimie
on March 22, 2009
Microsoft Live Team have new samples available for your use at Live Framework Code Gallery. They intend to release more samples at this location. You can subscribe to RSS Feed to keep track of changes being posted to Code Gallery.
You can also contribute your samples to MSDN Code Gallery. Click on Create New Resource Page, follow the instructions and upload the Code Sample/Application. Once you are done uploading, make sure that you tag your Sample/Application with Livefx and other appropriate tags so other community members can easily find this. Also, a post to this forum would be appreciated as well!
Here’s the list of samples added, for March 2009: Continue reading…
Posted by Alin Irimie
on February 07, 2009
The Azure Services Training Kit was released the other day. It includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Azure Services Platform.
The February release includes the following updates:
- 19 demo scripts that walkthrough several of the services
- 10 presentations covering the entire Azure Services Platform
- 3 additional hands-on labs for Live Services
This technical content covers services including: Windows Azure, .NET Services, SQL Services, Live Services.
You can find the training kit here.
Posted by Alin Irimie
on February 03, 2009
The Live Framework Tools team announced the release of an update to the Community Technical Preview (CTP). The January CTP update addresses top customer issues and includes a new update notification feature to notify you whenever the tools are updated.
The Live Framework Tools January CTP includes a number of bug fixes. A few of the most notable fixes are listed below: Continue reading…
