December 2011 - Posts

• Windows Azure Storage (WAS) Internals - Achieving Consistency

  Windows Azure Storage has three primary components - a Queue, a Binary Large Object (BLOB) store (two types of these), and Table Storage. Storage of data on-premises is fairly well understood - but there components of it that you may not consider. When Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:05 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage

• How Microsoft helps you NOT break your Windows Azure Application: Storage Services Versioning

  One of the advantages of using Windows Azure to run your code is that you don’t have to constantly manage upgrades on your platform. While that’s a big advantage indeed, it immediately brings up the question - how do the upgrades happen? Microsoft upgrades Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:42 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Design, Testing, Latest Version, Documentation, Upgrades, Data, Installation and Upgrade, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Service Packs