Category Archives: Azure

Using Windows Azure tables to persist session data

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Niall

Being able to store session data is arguably one of the reasons that the Web features the dynamic applications we all use every day.  If it wasn’t for the session we would have a fairly boring static Web experience. Windows … Continue reading →

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Backup options for SQL Azure

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Niall

SQL Azure makes the move to using Windows Azure easy for many people.  Lots of companies use SQL server and have existing databases and applications in SQL server.  It’s much less daunting moving your SQL server database than re-coding the … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure, Backups, Cloud Computing, Microsoft, RedGate, SQL | 2 Comments

Managing the Azure service as a programmer

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Niall

I’ve been really, really busy this week both in and out of work and have been struggling to find time to get all the interesting things we have been doing with Windows Azure down on paper. This morning while troubleshooting a broken SAN … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure Cloud platform 101

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Niall

Windows Azure has been available for some time now and there are already a lot of good resources on the Internet.  Having been working with Windows Azure since PDC 2009 I like to think I’ve discovered aspects of Azure not … Continue reading →

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