Why you'll love Windows Azure SDK 2.0

Paul Bouwer@pbouwer | blog.paulbouwer.com

Like all of the other Windows Azure SDKs, the Windows Azure SDK for .NET is a fully open source project (Apache 2 license) hosted on GitHub.

https://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-sdk-for-net

web sites

• Improved Visual Studio Publishing

• Management Support via Server Explorer in Visual Studio

• Live Streaming of Diagnostics Logs

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cloud services

• Support for High Memory VM instances A6 (4 core, 28GB), A7 (8 core, 56GB)

• Faster Deployment Support with Simultaneous Update Option

• Improved Diagnostics SupportDiagnostics ConfigurationView Diagnostics on Live ServiceUpdate Diagnostics Configuration on Live Service

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storage

• Visual Studio Table ExplorerCreate/Delete TablesAdd/Edit/Delete Table Entities

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service bus

• Message Browse Support Peek, Peek(fromSequenceNumber:int), PeekBatch(messageCount:int)

• Message Pump Programming Model

• Task Based APIs (async/await support in .NET 4.5)

• Autodelete on Idle• Minimum duration 5 minutes

• Suspend/ResumeDisabled, SendDisabled, ReceiveDisabled, Active

• Shared Access Signatures

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powershell

• Web SitesGet-AzureWebsiteLog <your website> -Tail

• Cloud ServicesSet-AzureDeployment –Mode Simultaneous

• Virtual MachinesNew-AzureVMNew-AzureQuickVMPowerShell Remoting enabled by default when creating VMs via Powershell

• Service BusGet-AzureSBNamespaceNew-AzureSBNamespaceRemove-AzureSBNamespace

• Windows Azure StoreGet-AzureStoreAddOnNew-AzureStoreAddOnRemove-AzureStoreAddOnSet-AzureStoreAddOn

• StorageNew-AzureStorageContainerGet-AzureStorageContainerRemove-AzureStorageContainerGet-AzureStorageBlobContentSet-AzureStorageBlobContentStart-AzureStorageBlobCopyStop-AzureStorageBlobCopy

• Web/Worker Role ScaffoldingNew-AzureRoleTemplateAdd-AzureWebRole–TemplateFolderAdd-AzureWorkerRole –TemplateFolder

and more …

• WindowsAzure.Diagnostics.dllUpdated to support WindowsAzure.Storage 2.0. No more conflicts.

• Windows Azure SDK 2.0 side by sideWindows Azure SDK 1.8, 1.7

• .NET 4.0WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.dll, WindowsAzure.Configuration.dll and the caching assemblies are now built against .NET 4.0

• Service Bus 1.0 for Windows ServerAzure SDK 2.0 is NOT compatible at this time

Resources• Announcing the release of Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/04/30/announcing-the-release-of-windows-azure-sdk-2-0-for-net.aspx

• Cloud Cover #106 - Scott Guthrie Discusses Windows Azure SDK 2.0http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-106-Scott-Guthrie-Discusses-Windows-Azure-SDK-20

• Channel 9 - Subscribe! - What's new in the Service Bus .NET SDK 2.0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Subscribe/Whats-new-in-the-Service-Bus-NET-SDK-20

Resources• Windows Azure SDK 2.0 For .Net – Taking A Second Look At Windows

Azure Diagnosticshttp://gauravmantri.com/2013/05/12/windows-azure-sdk-2-0-for-net-taking-a-second-look-at-windows-azure-diagnostics/

• What is new in Service Bus 2.0?http://developers.de/blogs/damir_dobric/archive/2013/05/01/what-is-new-in-service-bus-2-0.aspx

• Task Based APIs for Service Bushttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/04/11/task-based-apis-for-service-bus.aspx

Resources• New features in Service Bus Preview Library (January 2013)

http://haishibai.blogspot.de/2013/01/new-features-in-service-bus-preview.html

• http://haishibai.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/new-features-in-service-bus-preview_27.html

• http://haishibai.blogspot.de/2013/01/new-features-in-service-bus-preview_29.html