As a follow up on my previous show of hands, I was wondering how many people
had taken a close look at the pricing model for Windows Azure. Does anyone have
any opinions on the proposed pricing? Does it suit the way you would charge
for your application/service?
One of the questions that come
I had a quick look at the pricing of SQL Azure and it seemed pretty
expensive. A scenario I was looking to set up was to have a vertical
market application where each user will have a separate database which
is selected based upon their user when they logged in. With the
current pricing that is
I've made two specific Azure apps Nick, one created DeepZoom images from RSS
feeds the other creates animations of traffic cameras from around the world.
Heavily used:
Windows Azure - site/service hosting
Windows Azure - table/blob storage
Windows Azure - queues
Windows Live Id
Also been
Carl
Just be aware that things are changing on the .NET Services front
(http://blogs.msdn.com/netservices/archive/2009/09/18/update-on-the-next-microsoft-net-services-ctp.aspx)
which will remove queues and routers in the Oct CTP timeframe :(
Nick Randolph | Built To Roam | Microsoft MVP -
Ah yes, the .NET Services message/bandwidth charge can be quite high. You need
to make sure that if you are transferring large quantities of data you ensure
you establish a direct connection (using the Hybrid mode of the relay
bindings), rather than piping stuff through the service bus.
Nick
Windows Azure - site/service hostingyes
Windows Azure - table/blob storage yes
Windows Azure - queuesyes
SQL Azure a little.
It keeps on changing, and lots of the info out there is stale / confused. And
Not sure if this is strictly on or off topic...
Someone at Teched mentioned to me that as Mesh (aka livemesh / www.mesh.com)
is part of services that are being retired. I think they are being replaced
with the Microsoft .Net Services (so possibly on topic for this list?). I've
looked about and
Stephen
My understanding is that the consumer product know as Live Mesh will not be
retired. However, the developer/application platform Live Framework has been
withdrawn in order to be surfaced again at a later date, presumably with closer
integration into the whole Windows Azure platform.
