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Windows Azure Virtual Machine and Virtual Hard Disk Management Tool – Can save you Money!

by Stephen Thomas | Feb 12, 2013 | Azure Integration Thoughts

Did you know you are charged for a Windows Azure Virtual Machine every hour it is deployed even if it is not running?  I would guess many people are not using their Virtual Machines at night when they sleep so shouldn’t we have a simple way to take them...

Tricks for Deleting Windows Azure Virtual Machines via the REST API

by Stephen Thomas | Feb 7, 2013 | Azure Integration Thoughts

While I call this post “tricks” for deleting a Windows Azure Virtual Machine it really is not a trick.  It does require a little deeper understanding of how Windows Azure creates and hosts Virtual Machines in order to use the REST API to delete them. Let us start...

BizTalk Server 2013 Image Available on Windows Azure Virtual Machines

by Stephen Thomas | Dec 12, 2012 | Azure Integration Thoughts

Windows Azure Virtual Machines now has a pre-built image for BizTalk Server 2013.  This will enable you to get up and running with BizTalk 2013 in just a few minutes.  Configuration is needed once you create a new virtual machine using this image. The...

October Images of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Available for Windows Azure Virtual Machines

by Stephen Thomas | Nov 14, 2012 | Azure Integration Thoughts

I noticed today that the Platform Images for Windows Azure Virtual Machines has been updated to include a Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Image for October. The great news is I re-tested installing BizTalk Server 2013 Beta on the new Windows Server 2012...

Setting Up BizTalk Server 2013 Beta on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine

by Stephen Thomas | Nov 12, 2012 | Azure Integration Thoughts

A few days ago BizTalk 2013 Beta was announced and released for download.  The plan is to make this available as a Windows Azure Virtual Machine Image just like the CTP but it has not yet been released.  Since the prebuilt image is not available, I wanted to...
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