04.18
Azure, Development, C# ASP.NET and Social Media
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. This new service now makes it possible for customers to move applications into the cloud.
The latest relase of the WIndows Azure platform, portal and tools (check here) includes support for one of the features announced at PDC last month: remote desktop access to your role instances. This feature is pretty easy to use and currently allows you to deploy a preconfigured VM with IIS where you can play with the OS. No real application needed!
MvcSiteMapProvider is, as the name implies, an ASP.NET MVC SiteMapProvider implementation for the ASP.NET MVC framework. Targeted at ASP.NET MVC 2, it provides sitemap XML functionality and interoperability with the classic ASP.NET sitemap controls, like the SiteMapPath control for rendering breadcrumbs and the Menu control.
Here is a quick jump-list of all 8 videos from the Silverlight Firestarter. This includes the keynote and the 7 sessions that are targeted at helping you build business applications with Silverlight. I included links to:
By popular request, we are collecting the updated slides and code samples from speakers and will post them on the event site soon, too.