Windows Azure Storage Client Library for Java v. 0.5.0
We are pleased to announce an updated release of the Windows Azure Storage Client for Java. This release includes several notable features such as logging support, new API overloads, and full support...
View ArticleWindows Azure Storage Client Library for C++ Preview
We are excited to announce the availability of our new Windows Azure Storage Client Library for C++. This is currently a Preview release, which means the library should not be used in your production...
View ArticleWindows Azure Storage Emulator 2.2.1 Preview Release with support for...
We are excited to announce the release of a preview update to the Windows Azure Storage Emulator that supports the newly announced features for version “2013-08-15” such as CORS, JSON, etc.The Windows...
View ArticleWindows Azure Storage: Introducing CORS
We recently released CORS(Cross Origin Resource Sharing) for Windows Azure Storage. CORS is supported for Blob, Table and Queue services and can be enabled for each service through the Windows Azure...
View ArticleWindows Azure Storage Explorers (2014)
Users of Windows Azure Storage frequently want to be able to view their data in an “explorer” – a tool that is meant to show the data in a storage account. We have previously made available a list of...
View ArticleAzCopy – Support for Read Access Geo-Redundant account
We are glad to announce that AzCopy new version V2.3 has been released at aka.ms/AzCopy.This new version will take advantage of the new Read Access Geo Redundant Storage (RA-GRS) functionality and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Storage @ BUILD 2014
We were pleased to give an update on Azure Storage at the Microsoft Build conference this year, where we spoke about What’s Coming, Best Practices and described common patterns for making efficient use...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Storage Emulator 3.1 with RA-GRS
We are pleased to announce the release of the Azure Storage Emulator 3.1, with support for Read Access to Geo Redundant Storage (RA-GRS). The read-only replica of the development storage account can...
View ArticleIntroducing Microsoft Azure File Service
We are excited to announce the preview of the Microsoft Azure File service. The Azure File service exposes file shares using the standard SMB 2.1 protocol. Applications running in Azure can now easily...
View ArticleAnnouncing Microsoft Azure Import/Export Service GA
We are pleased to announce the GA Release of Microsoft Azure Import/Export service!The preview release has been available in U.S. since November of 2013. We have made improvements to the existing...
View ArticleWhat’s new for Microsoft Azure Storage at TechEd 2014
At TechEd, we introduced a number of exciting changes in addition to release of a new service which is first of its kind amongst all cloud service providers. If you missed the talk on Azure Storage...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Storage Client Library and Tooling Updates @ TechEd 2014
Continuing our recent updates from TechEd, we are pleased to announce a number of updates and additions to our client libraries and tools.Client LibrariesJava 1.0 – RTM UpdateJava was our first...
View ArticlePersisting connections to Microsoft Azure Files
We recently blogged about our preview release of Azure Storage Files here. The post contained information on Azure Files, how to get started by applying for preview and explained some tools that we...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Storage Client Module for Node.js v. 0.2.0
The Microsoft Azure Storage team is pleased to announce the CTP release of our first dedicated client library module for Node.js. This new release incorporates significant improvements over the...
View Article(Cross-Post) Migrating Data to Microsoft Azure Files
About Microsoft Azure FilesMicrosoft Azure Files is a cloud based storage service that exposes SMB2.1 protocol based file shares in the cloud. Applications running in Azure can now easily share files...
View Article(Cross-Post) Microsoft Azure Storage Service Version Removal
The Storage Service was initially introduced in 2008, and since then we have released seven version updates, each refining the protocol and adding new features. We are announcing the upcoming removal...
View ArticleIntroducing Zone Redundant Storage
We are pleased to introduce Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) as an additional redundancy option for Azure Storage. Customers can already choose from three options today: Locally Redundant Storage (LRS),...
View ArticleAzCopy 2.5 Release
We are pleased to announce the release of AzCopy version 2.5 which can be found here. This version includes several important improvements for performance and usability. We have also created a...
View Article(Cross-Post) Managing Concurrency in Microsoft Azure Storage
Modern Internet based applications usually have multiple users viewing and updating data simultaneously. This requires application developers to think carefully about how to provide a predictable...
View Article(Cross-Post) Monitoring, Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Azure Storage
Diagnosing and troubleshooting issues in modern online applications is more complex than in traditional client-server applications because they include:Complex topologies with components running PaaS...
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