ScottGu's Blog
Scott Guthrie lives in Seattle and builds a few products for Microsoft
-
Windows Azure: New Hadoop service + HTML5/JS (CORS), PhoneGap, Mercurial and Dropbox support
Today we released a number of great enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include:
-
Windows Azure Updates: Android Support, SQL Reporting Services, Active Directory, More…
This past weekend we released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include:
-
Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 Update
I’m excited to announce the final release of the ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 update. This update is a free download for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5, and adds some great additional features to both ASP.NET and Visual Studio.
-
Startup Accelerator for Windows Azure: Demo Day
Earlier this month, the 10 startups in our Fall 2012 Accelerator class got the chance to pitch to a room full of investors, mentors and technology enthusiasts. Over three hundred people joined us on the Redmond campus to see the final pitches in person.
-
Windows Azure Store: New add-ons and expanded availability
During the BUILD 2012 conference we announced a new capability of Windows Azure: the Windows Azure Store. The Windows Azure Store makes it incredibly easy for you to discover, purchase, and provision premium add-on services, provided by our partners, for your cloud based applications. For example, you can use the Windows Azure Store to easily setup a MongoDB database in seconds, or quickly setup an analytics service like NewRelic that gives you deep insight into your application’s performance.
-
Broadcast push notifications to millions of mobile devices using Windows Azure Notification Hubs
Today we released a number of great enhancements to Windows Azure.
-
Announcing Release of Windows Azure Media Services
I’m excited to announce the general availability (GA) release of Windows Azure Media Services. This release is now live in production, supported by a new media services dev center, backed by an enterprise SLA, and is ready to be used for all media projects.
-
“Unplugged” LIDNUG online talk with me on Wednesday (Jan 9th)
Update: A recording of the talk is now posted.
-
Updates to Windows Azure (Mobile, Web Sites, SQL Data Sync, ACS, Media, Store)
This morning we released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include:
-
Applications are now open for the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure - 2013
In October, I introduced the finalists for the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure, powered by TechStars. Over the past couple of months, these startups have been mentored by business and technology leaders, met with investors, learned from each other, and, most importantly, been building great products. You can learn more about the startups in the first class and how they’re using Windows Azure here.