Common Tasks for "Dallas"

This section describes how to perform common tasks in Microsoft® Codename “Dallas”.

Signing Up for a “Dallas” Account

To sign up as a data provider, email dallasbd@microsoft.com to begin the process. To sign up as a developer, follow the latest instructions at the “Get Started With Dallas” section of the “Dallas” developer page at https://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/developers/dallas/

Managing Account Keys

To access the page that manages account keys, log in to the “Dallas” Marketplace, click the “Home,” tab then click the link labeled “Manage” that is next to the default account key. From here, more account keys can be added to your account and existing account keys can be removed from your account (except the Default key).

Subscribing to and Unsubscribing from a Dataset

To subscribe to a dataset, log in to the “Dallas” Marketplace, click the tab labeled “Catalog.” Search the available datasets for one of interest to you then click the link labeled “Subscribe” that is next to the dataset.

To unsubscribe from a dataset, log in to the “Dallas” Marketplace, click the tab labeled “Subscription,” and click the link labeled “Unsubscribe” that is next to that dataset.

For more information about dataset subscriptions, see the “Exploring Data Sets and Subscriptions in the Developer Portal” section in Lesson 2: Exploring the "Dallas" Marketplace.

Browsing Subscriptions

To see the currently active dataset subscriptions for a your account, log on to the “Dallas” Marketplace. Click the “Subscriptions” tab. On this page, the date and cost of the subscriptions are viewable, as are the subscribed datasets’ Service Explorer links.

Previewing a Dataset with the Service Explorer

For information about how to use Service Explorer, see Lesson 3: Exploring the Service Explorer.

See Also

Concepts

Getting Assistance with "Dallas"
Frequently Asked Questions
Community Resources for "Dallas"