No, I don't think you're missing anything. I've probably just been soured by word-of-mouth from people who think Windows isn't worth the magnetic platters its stored on.
I'll check out the docs and see how I go. :-) Thanks On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:42 AM, silky <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Joseph Clark <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Howdy all, > > > > Does anyone have any experience with Windows/.NET friendly > cloud-computing > > solutions, specifically for the purpose of farming out compilation and > test > > agents? > > > > Internally we've semi-standardised on EC2 for all our java-based builds, > but > > from the literature I've read on the tubes, setting up a Windows image > > doesn't sound like very much fun. > > I found it exceptionally trivial; I'm sure you won't have any problem. > I mean, there's nothing to it really. Choose a Windows server, install > things, image it? Or am I missing something? > > > > I had a brief skim-read on the Azure platform, but it looks like it > doesn't > > provide any bare-bones infrastructure like msbuild. > > > > Are there any other alternatives? > > > > Cheers, > > Joe. > > -- > silky > > http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ > > "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy > of being this signature." >
