Windows Libraries & SDK
Windows Azure Libraries for .NET 1.6
Service Bus & Caching: Service Bus and caching client libraries from the previous Windows Azure AppFabric SDK have now been updated and incorporated into the Windows Azure Libraries for .NET to simplify the development experience.
Queues:
• Support for UpdateMessage method (for updating queue message contents and invisibility timeout)
• New overload for AddMessage that provides the ability to make a message invisible until a future time
• The size limit of a message is raised from 8KB to 64KB
• Get/Set Service Settings for setting the analytics service settings
• Windows Azure Emulator
• Performance improvements to compute & storage emulators.
Click here to download the Windows Azure SDK via the Web Platform Installer. http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=WindowsAzureToolsVS2010
Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK
Working in conjunction with the Windows Azure SDK for .NET, the Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK contains modules and features that developers can use to create compute-intensive, parallel applications that can scale in Windows Azure. The Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK enables developers to define a Windows Azure deployment that includes:
• Job scheduling and resource management
• Web-based job submission
• Parallel runtimes with support for MPI applications and WCF services
• Persistent state management of job queue and resource configuration
To download and access more information on the Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK, visit
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh545593.aspx.
Today’s updates arm developers with the latest tools for Visual Studio and open new doors for authoring HPC workloads in Windows Azure. This is part of our ongoing commitment to deliver world-class services in a simple and flexible way to customers. For more information on all updates visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh552718.aspx.