Azure in Australia

2010-03-31 Thread Greg Willis
As we’re apparently lacking Azure content for this list (☺) you might be interested to know Azure will be available for Australia just after Easter. You can see all of the ways you can get access after release here: http://www.windowsazure.com/offers and local AUD pricing. Greg Willis Windows

RE: Azure in Australia

2010-03-31 Thread Greg Willis
Full-text search is not currently supported in SQL Azure. It is planned in future releases. One of the first places to watch for confirm of new functionality in the SQL Azure releases is the team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ssds/ They are also recruiting Darren so you can go and help them

RE: Azure in Australia

2010-03-31 Thread Darren Neimke
Oh I don't want to actually *do* any work... I just want to express my right to complain about the work of others :-) Kind Regards, Darren neimkedarren.nei...@live.com http://2010wave.blogspot.com From: gwil...@microsoft.com To: ozazure@lists.codify.com Subject: RE: Azure in Australia

RE: Azure in Australia

2010-03-31 Thread Darren Neimke
In all seriousness though Greg, I think that some more transparency about some of this stuff could have helped, and not hindered the perception of how certain things have gone by people such as myself. At the end of the day, is there discussion about these things within the realm of the

RE: Azure in Australia

2010-03-31 Thread Greg Willis
Great to see some lively discussion starting up here. If I can see evidence there is more than 3 of us on this list I'll definitely ask a few more folk from the Windows Azure and SQL Azure product teams to sign-up for good measure :-) I think it's fair to say that SQL Azure is still optimized

Last chance to nominate a team for BizSpark Camp in Sydney

2010-03-31 Thread Greg Willis
In case anyone on this list missed it - we are running a BizSpark Camp in Sydney on April 10th and 11th.See below for details and how to nominate your BizSpark startup team (deadline is today):