New Version of Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

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Originally posted at: https://blog.maordavid.com/2009/05/new-version-of-windows-azure-tools-for-microsoft-visual-studio/

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual  Studio extend Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of Visual Studioscalable web applications and services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.

New for the May 2009 CTP:

  • Support for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1
  • Update for Visual Studio 2008
  • Improved integration with the Development Fabric and Storage services to improve the reliability of debug and run of Cloud Services from Visual Studio
  • Enhanced robustness and stability

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio includes:

  • C# and VB Project Templates for building Cloud Services
  • Tools to change the Service Role configuration
  • Integrated local development via the Development Fabric and Development Storage services
  • Debugging Cloud Service Roles running in the Development Fabric
  • Building and packaging of Cloud Service Packages
  • Browsing to the Azure Services Developer Portal
  • SSL Certificate selection

 

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