by Stephen W. Thomas | Apr 18, 2013 | Azure Integration Thoughts
If you are planning to attend TechEd North America this June in New Orleans, LA and are looking for information on BizTalk Server running in Windows Azure IaaS then my session is for you! With the general release of Windows Azure IaaS and BizTalk 2013 Pay-Per-Hour...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Apr 16, 2013 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Today Microsoft released to General Availability the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) side of Windows Azure. This includes Virtual Machines and Virtual Networking. Read complete details of the release here. This is a huge milestone for BizTalk’ers...
by Stephen W. Thomas | Apr 3, 2013 | Azure Integration Thoughts
I have put together a quick 10 minute video that introduced Windows Azure IaaS and walks you through creating your first Windows Azure Virtual Machine! I put a lot of time into adding cool animations and fun dialog, or so I think....
by Stephen W. Thomas | Mar 21, 2013 | Azure Integration Thoughts
Today Microsoft announced BizTalk Server 2013 is now Released to Manufacturing (RTM). The software is now available for download through MSDN in English only. Just do a search for “BizTalk 2013” to find it. This release brings new adapters, better Azure...
by Stephen W. 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...
by Stephen W. 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...
