A few days ago I wrote a blog post about migrating code from storage client library 1.7 to 2.0 to manage Windows Azure Table Storage. You can read that post here: https://gauravmantri.com/2012/11/17/storage-client-library-2-0-migrating-table-storage-code/. In this post, I will talk about migrating … [Read more...]
Storage Client Library 2.0 – Migrating Table Storage Code
November 17, 2012 by 12 Comments
Recently with the release of SDK 1.8 for Windows Azure, the Windows Azure Storage Team announced the availability of the next version of storage client library (version 2.0). The new library is significantly different than the previous version and from what I know, it has been written from ground up … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Media Service-Part IV (Managing Access Policies via REST API)
October 11, 2012 by 4 Comments
In the last post about Windows Azure Media Service (Media Service), I talked about how you can manage assets using REST API. You can read that post here: https://gauravmantri.com/2012/10/10/windows-azure-media-service-part-iii-managing-assets-via-rest-api/. In this post, I’m going to take this … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Media Service-Part III (Managing Assets via REST API)
October 10, 2012 by 1 Comment
UPDATE: I originally posted this blog in October 2012. At that time the REST API service version was 1.0. A few days back, Media Services team released a new version of REST API (version 2.0). There are some changes in version 2.0 over version 1.0 so I decided to update this blog post. In the … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Media Service-Part II (Setup, API and Access Token)
October 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
In the previous post about Windows Azure Media Service (Media Service), I provided an introduction to the service as to how I understood it. I also explained some key terms associated with Media Service. You can read this post here: … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Media Service–Part I (Introduction)
October 5, 2012 by 3 Comments
Windows Azure Media Service (Media Service) is one of the newest service offering on Windows Azure platform. I haven’t really looked at it till now (thanks to Brent Stineman for pushing me ) and in next few blog posts, I will share my understanding of this service, what it can do for you and how you … [Read more...]
Understanding Windows Azure Diagnostics Costs And Some Ways To Control It
October 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
In this blog post, we’ll try to understand the costs associated with Windows Azure Diagnostics (WAD) and some of the things we could do to keep it down. Brief Introduction Let’s take a moment and talk briefly about WAD especially around how the data is stored. If you’re familiar with WAD and … [Read more...]
About Windows Azure Publish Settings File and how to create your own Publish Settings File
September 14, 2012 by 14 Comments
In this blog post I’m going to talk about the publish settings file for Windows Azure and how you can create your own publish settings file. Publish Settings File In this section we’re going to talk about publish settings file, how it works, and some observations about using this file. If … [Read more...]
Consuming Windows Azure Service Management API in a Windows 8 Application
September 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
In this blog post, we’re going to talk about how to write a Windows 8 application which consumes Windows Azure Service Management REST API (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee460799.aspx). Unlike my other post on Windows 8 and Windows Azure Mobile Service, I’ll try to be less … [Read more...]
Simple Calculator for Comparing Windows Azure Blob Storage and Amazon S3 Pricing
September 3, 2012 by 17 Comments
UPDATE - 06-DECEMBER-2012 I originally wrote this post in September 2012. Recently at their re:Invent event, Amazon announced reduction in their storage prices by 24-28% (http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/amazon-s3-price-reduction-december-1-2012.html). Yesterday Microsoft announced similar price … [Read more...]