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08:41:12 PDT

Question: Greeting from Nepal...

Answer: Welcome Sudeep!

08:42:58 PDT

Question: it is night here at Nepal

Answer: Yes, thanks for staying up late with us! I'm still waking up over here

08:43:21 PDT

Question: Good morning from Vashon (WA)... home game

Answer: Hi Raynier59! Love Vashon!

08:43:38 PDT

Question: Good morning from Perú

Answer: Bienvenido!

08:43:54 PDT

Question: im sorry im late

Answer: You are still early. We haven't started yet

08:45:07 PDT

Question: does this work from Android device?

Answer: The video should play on an Android device, yes.

08:47:51 PDT

Question: Greetings from Bermuda...

Answer: How's the weather?

08:48:06 PDT

Question: I had to start yesterday on a phone. Worked great matt!

Answer: Glad to hear it! And glad to see you today!


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08:48:15 PDT

Question: hi

Answer: Hi Cristian!

08:48:55 PDT

Question: Thanks! One question about the content of the course: will you speak about Azure Mobile Services and/or

.NET WebApi?

Answer: Yep! You can download the slides for today from the FAQ tab.

08:49:06 PDT

Question: Good evening from bangladesh

Answer: Hi Kulsum!

08:49:23 PDT

Question: And a good morning from Silly Cone Valley.

Answer: Thanks for joining!

08:49:43 PDT

Question: good afternoon from Brazil

Answer: Hi Alexandre!

08:49:54 PDT

Question: Hi from Slovenia!

Answer: Welcome!

08:50:17 PDT

Question: Is Very Cold in México

Answer: Cold and rainy here in Seattle, like always.

08:50:32 PDT

Question: very interested to be watching this. I'm from the Netherlands, so I join here after a work day of 8 hours, to

be able to get 8 hours of information from you. I'll be going to sleep at 02:00 AM.

Answer: I hope you have strong coffee!


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08:50:41 PDT

Question: Good evening from Denmark

Answer: Hi Steen!

08:51:56 PDT

Question: Good morning from Mérida México

Answer: Bienvendio!

08:52:04 PDT

Question: Hello ... Good evening from Germany

Answer: Hi Robert!

08:52:19 PDT

Question: Hi from Sultan, Washington

Answer: Hey Trevor! Great to see you here!

08:52:44 PDT

Question: haha I have Coca Cola That will help me!

Answer: Nice! Sugar helps!

08:55:00 PDT

Question: Terrible timing with the VS2013 launch at the moment though.

Answer: I hear you. We've got live courses going every day this week to help with the launch. Was really a question

of when we could find studio time.

08:55:15 PDT

Question: Hi there from Sweden!

Answer: Welcome!

08:55:24 PDT

Question: good evening from Egyptساء ير م خ ال

Answer: Great to see you!


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08:55:58 PDT

Question: but I could not hear any sound, Windows machine is okay. android device has no sound

Answer: If you go to the help tab we can troubleshoot with you.

08:56:17 PDT

Question: Thank you Shannon. haha, hkui, the same here... I'm just making my coffee! Hello everybody, from Zurich,

Switzerland.

Answer: Hi obedurena!

08:56:43 PDT

Question: How long will it take for this video to be posted on the Microsoft Virtual Academy?

Answer: It takes us about 2 weeks.

08:57:02 PDT

Question: Hi, is the voucher to get a discount for the certification exam?

Answer: Sorry, but no. The voucher is only for MVA points.

08:57:57 PDT

Question: i hear nothing guys?

Answer: You should hear music (terrible music). If refreshing your browser doesn't work, we can assist from the help

tab.

08:58:53 PDT

Question: Is this also going to be recorded to refer back to later?

Answer: Yes we'll post the recording in about 2 weeks on MVA. You'll get an email notification, and you can also

watch the feed from our live events listings http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Live-Training-Events

08:59:22 PDT

Question: could you send the voucher web page

Answer: You can redeem it from your MVA dashboard.

09:00:11 PDT

Question: what about voucher for certification exam?

Answer: Sorry, we aren't offering an exam voucher with this course.

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Live-Training-Events


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09:00:22 PDT

Question: thanks Matt! Regarding exams btw; there's also a "second shot" offer. Which means you can retry your

exam for free if you failed it

Answer: It's a great offer!

09:00:43 PDT

Question: how can i use the voucher code?? its redirecting to the dashboard page

Answer: If you scroll down the page there is a tab to redeem vouchers.

09:00:44 PDT

Question: Yessenia: You can do this exam for free if you register a voucher with your 486 exam

Answer: This MVA is related to exam 70-487. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-487.aspx

09:01:51 PDT

Question: how does voucher works?

Answer: If you enter the code in your MVA dashboard you'll get points for attending this session today.

09:02:48 PDT

Question: Ready from Florida. Bringing my Nightcrew from Manila (Philippines) in also at this time.

Answer: Cool!

09:02:59 PDT

Question: Good evening from Switzerland!

Answer: Hi Kai!

09:03:27 PDT

Question: Hi, Good morning from Vegas

Answer: When I'm in Vegas I can never tell if it's morning or night

09:03:38 PDT

Question: hi everybody... Joining from India =)

Answer: Hi Aswini!

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-487.aspx


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09:04:16 PDT

Question: time now 12:04 am, hour viet nam

Answer: Thanks for staying up late!

09:04:25 PDT

Question: Hi to your nightcrew Asselberg, I am also from the Philippines

Answer:

09:05:09 PDT

Question: Hi Matt, Erez (@hararierez) from @SelaCanada in Toronto.

Answer: Hi Erez!

09:06:14 PDT

Question: Hi! This is Dorothy. Can you give us a presentation slide or transcript for this training?

Answer: Hi Dorothy! You can download the slides from the FAQ tab

09:11:39 PDT

Question: will this session help preparing the exam 7-487?

Answer: Yes, it's designed to be accelerated prep for the exam.

09:12:31 PDT

Question: Hello All...will there be a recording available after the session today?

Answer: We will have the recording posted in about 2 weeks on MVA

09:14:53 PDT

Question: I forgot to catch the voucher code. please post it here?

Answer: It's AzWebSvc

09:16:08 PDT

Question: Hi Mark from selacanada. Looking forward to this talk.

Answer: Hi Mark!


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09:20:24 PDT

Question: Proud to say that Sela is the author of the 10263 MOC course for WCF

Answer:

09:22:10 PDT

Question: Hey Matt do you have real time twitter announcement too? If so What it is?

Answer: We use the hash tag #MVAJump Start and you can follow me at @MatthewCalder1 and MVA at

@MSVirtAcademy

09:22:22 PDT

Question: How can we get these slides download?

Answer: There is a link in the FAQ

09:24:11 PDT

Question: how to get points of watching this event on MVA?

Answer: You can enter this code "AzWebSvc" on your MVA dashboard and you'll get 50 points.

09:46:48 PDT

Question: Can we use a mobile app to consume a WCF service?

Answer: Great question Kedar. Yes you can! Consuming WCF services from a windows phones and tablets is

EASY. For other mobile devices you can create a RESTful WCF and use as well.

09:48:10 PDT

Question: QUESTION : Which tool do you recommend for trace WCF NamedPipes messages? Service Trace

Viewer Tool ?

Answer: Absolutely The service trace viewer can help in practically any WCF binding

09:48:16 PDT

Question: how to add the points to my MVA portal

Answer: @Nagakrishna log on(sing in) to microsoftvirtualacademy.com and there is a link on your dashboard for

Redeem your vouchers

09:51:02 PDT

Question: Thanks Huntley. I suppose WebAPI has a better case to be used for mobiles then

Answer: Kedar, for mobile apps you can use JSON messages in WCF to minimize the data sent over the wire which


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makes it perfect. WCF allows multiple bindings so your single WCF can support multiple contracts and client types.

You can check here for WCF Web API detail: http://wcf.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=WCF%20HTTP

09:51:17 PDT

Question: where can I find this session later I am very interest

Answer: We'll have the recording on MVA in about 2 weeks http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Live-Training-

Events You'll get an email when we post it.

09:52:45 PDT

Question: Hey Matt thanks for the quick repose. How about the Google+ account, is it available?

Answer: MVA doesn't have a Google+ account, but you should connect with our friends at MS Developer

https://plus.google.com/111221966647232053570/posts

09:53:35 PDT

Question: btw, i like these Win App studio for win phone 8 "point and drag drop" thing - Basic rss reader App's done

with about 3 hours work, and that on a linux-netbook. Ist okay for a mockup. But now im going to try the hot towel

SPA from johnpapa . there arent any ASP - SinglePageApplications vids on mva. the Template will do just fine. Ill just

have to figure out the Azure-SQL-ASP.Net - DataCronJobs and im ready to go. Since there are some http/CSS

tutorials at MVA, and we dont need a app store for deploying "hehe", that would be a nice topic for mva. But maybe it

is just to early for that. Keep up the good work (helping the devs) see you next event

Answer: Thanks for the feedback!

09:59:49 PDT

Question: @Matt Calder can we put the video on youtube ? to let more people benefit from the training ?

Answer: It's on our list of things to do, for sure. For now we are still a small team and have to put our effort into

getting it on MVA first

10:00:16 PDT

Question: A little while ago it was showing the numbers with poll. Is it going to show again for current poll as well?

Answer: Yes, we try to share the poll results.

10:00:30 PDT

Question: Great session - but I have to leave soon - is this available later on demand?

Answer: The recording will be available in about 2 weeks.

http://wcf.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=WCF%20HTTP



https://plus.google.com/111221966647232053570/posts


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10:03:40 PDT

Question: Hi I was wondering if someone would be able to please answer my earlier question... Do you have to have

Visual Studio Pro as a minimum to do WCF Service library project? I can't see this project template in Express!

Answer: hi Minidi, you can find the WCF Template in visual studio express web edition

10:05:52 PDT

Question: What's the difference between the wsHttp & basicHttpBinding versus webHttpBinding? I don't think you

mentioned webHttpBinding, but I've used webHttpBinding in a service (based on a copy&paste from a sample) and it

works nicely. Am I missing something that the other bindings would give me (scoping it to http communication of

course)?

Answer: WebHttpBinding allows you to use "Plain Old XML" (POX) over HTTP rather than soap as a message

format. BasicHttpBinding and WSHttpBinding both do SOAP over HTTP by default.

10:06:28 PDT

Question: Hello sir, i want to know more about Windows Azure . And i alsowant to work in ASP.Net web application

development.. So please suggest me a way byw where i can kick start my career .

Answer: Hi Darshan, the next part of this session will talk more about Windows Azure. In terms of ASP.NET

development and Windows Azure I recommend taking a look at this article: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-

us/develop/net/tutorials/get-started/

10:08:07 PDT

Question: can you please share the ppts after the session?

Answer: Hi Mithikrishnan, the slides are available under the FAQ tab.

10:08:42 PDT

Question: Thanks Matt...Where can I go to get the recording?

Answer: @Dan - you will get a mail with link in about two weeks. http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com

10:11:32 PDT

Question: Hello from Brazil

Answer: @leandro welome from Redond

10:12:17 PDT

Question: Good evening from Brazil !!!!!!!!

Answer: @LEONARDO Good morning from Redmond!

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/get-started/

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/get-started/

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/


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10:13:33 PDT

Question: so there is..lol..could you post that info in this window so we can ctrl-c it?

Answer: This? AzWebSvc

10:13:55 PDT

Question: lots of ppl from Brazil today yey !

Answer: MVA is big in Brazil!

10:14:40 PDT

Question: We need Azure in Canada to avoid the NSA and political boundary issues. Customers are asking for this.

Any ways to do this? Is Azure compliant with Canadian legalities? Anything that you can point us to?

Answer: @lromano hth http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/trust-center/compliance/

10:16:24 PDT

Question: Is the Visual Studio code available?

Answer: @Dragan "See "FAQ" tab and search for AzWebSvc"

10:16:52 PDT

Question: voucher is under FAQ on top of chat

Answer: thanks for helping Joao!

10:17:21 PDT

Question: 1:16 AM in Viet Nam

Answer: Party! Thanks for joining!

10:19:33 PDT

Question: Hello greeting from Nigeria

Answer: @Salam - Hello and Welcome! Thanks for joining.

10:20:23 PDT

Question: QUESTION : Can you demonstrate how to use "Service Trace Viewer Tool" ?

Answer: Hey Andre! In case it's not covered today, there's a great demo here:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dpeeast/Northeast-Roadshow-Something-WCF-This-Way-Comes

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/trust-center/compliance/

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dpeeast/Northeast-Roadshow-Something-WCF-This-Way-Comes


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10:22:23 PDT

Question: What is the difference between on premise and off premise? It's never explained clearly. What I think the

difference is, is that "on premise" is "locally hosted in your company or your company's datacenter" and "off premise"

is hosted on Azure? But I'm not sure.

Answer: on-premises is hosted within your company, off-premises is hosted elsewhere (like the cloud)

10:23:07 PDT

Question: does microsoft will phase out VB soon? because I am a VB developer but when I search for codes its

always on C#

Answer: Thanks for asking! We've been discussing a VB class and trying to figure out how many VB developers are

out there who would be interested.

10:23:50 PDT

Question: does microsoft will phase out VB soon? because I am a VB developer but when I search for codes its

always on C#

Answer: No such thing VB is still going to be around for a long time. We're still even adding features

10:27:27 PDT

Question: my trial is over, can I get a trial part-duo? I created the trial and never really got back into it but now that

I've learned more I want to play again.

Answer: You should be able to use a new Microsoft Account and create a second trial using the same CC info.

10:30:11 PDT

Question: Is there support for BI in Azure , other than HDInsight?

Answer: Yes, you can run SQL in an IaaS VM, and we have several ISV's that are creating their own unique BI

related solutions that will be hosted in Windows Azure.

10:31:22 PDT

Question: With what code is the API of Windows Azure (the one they just talked about) created? Web API?

Answer: We haven't disclosed the source language of the API publically. But from a consumption point of view, it

doesn't matter as its a REST based api accessible from a myriad of different languages and platforms.

10:31:39 PDT

Question: Is there any WCF related books which will demonstrate best practices regarding WCF? Any

recommendations from Sir Bret or Sir Bruno? Single book to follow!

Answer: Hey Sakib! There is a best practices and patterns available here: http://wcfsecurity.codeplex.com/ .

Hopefully someone else can let you know of any books we have available

http://wcfsecurity.codeplex.com/


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10:32:44 PDT

Question: THanks, any preferred ISV?

Answer: It depends largely on your unique needs. I'd recommend you explore and evaluate based on your unique

requirements.

10:34:02 PDT

Question: SQL Azure has limit of 150 GB, correct? Can we install full SQL server on VM in azure?

Answer: Yes. SQL Server on IaaS, has a max size limit of approximately 15tb (15 1tb disks)

10:34:49 PDT

Question: Hello Any idea when there will be text search feature (T-SQL LIKE) in Table Service?

Answer: we currently leverage Lync queries for querying the Azure tables

10:35:22 PDT

Question: Can i get the trial also when i don't have a credit-card?

Answer: Not unless you attend an event where a pre-paid Azure Pass is made available. The credit card is used to

help with identification of the account as well as fraud prevention.

10:35:40 PDT

Question: what about Java code?

Answer: Java is support on IAAS (VM), but not on PAAS

10:37:02 PDT

Question: thanks nice to hear that, because im getting the feeling of being obsolete hehe

Answer: haha; no worries. I happen to love VB as well C# progresses a lot faster with new features but VB is still

going to be around for a while

10:39:05 PDT

Question: Hi, As you know, banks usually careful about hosting their apps/data beyond the control and sight. Is there

any case study for banks using Windows Azure. thanks

Answer: We have some case studies published at http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/overview/case-

studies/archive/ But for Financial Institutions, much depends on the regulations the solution is bound too that affect

where solutions can be hosted.

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/overview/case-studies/archive/

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/overview/case-studies/archive/


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10:44:35 PDT

Question: SQL Azure supports filestreamm?

Answer: Not currently. A full list of supported data types is at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/windowsazure/ee336233.aspx

10:44:36 PDT

Question: is there support for websockets?

Answer: Recently added support for web sockets on azure websites

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/10/25/net-4-5-now-supported-with-windows-azure-web-sites.aspx

10:47:37 PDT

Question: If I deploy two services - is there an address that they can use to communicate together within Azure,

which is not public - also not public to other peoples azure services and webapps?

Answer: virtual machines (both PaaS and IaaS) can directly address each other within the cloud service container or

across containers by using Azure Virtual Network. However, if you want to leverage the Azure Load Balancer, you

need to declare a public endpoint and then properly secure the service against unwanted traffic.

10:49:01 PDT

Question: My azure $200 credit expired before I got to use it. But, I do have a $50 credit a month. I am using the free

web site service. My question is...I'd like to play around a bit and start a virtual machine. Will I be charged if I create

one? Would the $50 a month credit cover that? Thank you.

Answer: The $50 credit should cover any services, including an IaaS VM. just be aware of the costs associated with

that VM so you don't exceed your credit amount unexpected.

10:55:33 PDT

Question: Is there a way to deallocate a VM to not bill (sort of like a VM pause)?

Answer: By default, if you stop an IaaS VM from the management portal, it will end up as "stopped (deallocated) and

therefore not be billable.

10:56:42 PDT

Question: Hi Brent. This is awesome. Can you share the link to the samples you are using? Thanks

Answer: That's probably a question for Bret (not me). But there's also a ton of great samples, labs, and articles

up at: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/

10:57:39 PDT

Question: awesome... that's new... the default was just stopped before

Answer: This changed in June of this year as part of our IaaS launch enhancements. Just keep in mind that the

deallocated state is currently specific to IaaS. For PaaS, you still need to delete the deployment to stop being billed.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336233.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336233.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/10/25/net-4-5-now-supported-with-windows-azure-web-sites.aspx

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/


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11:01:05 PDT

Question: A little late but good morning (evening) from Dublin Ireland.

Answer: Welcome to the Jump Start Vincero. Was in Dublin a couple weeks ago. Great city you have there.

11:03:58 PDT

Question: Can they connect to an Azure Ubuntu VM remotely? if so, can they do an example of it

Answer: yes, you can remote into an IaaS VM either Linux (via SSH), or Windows (remote desktop). Here is a

walkthrough of using SSH: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/how-to-guides/ssh-into-linux/

11:06:18 PDT

Question: When using load-balanced endpoints in a cloud service (with multiple PaasS or IaaS instances on the

back-end) are the sessions sticky? Doesn't seem to be any config options available.

Answer: No, the Windows Azure load balancer doesn't support any type of session affinity. However, there are ways

around. Internally, we use ARR to provide client session affinity via cookies for Windows Azure Web Sites (which is

hosted on PaaS)

11:08:17 PDT

Question:

> Quoted question: Does MS have free cloud site with softwares where one can learn programming? Ricky Brundritt

replied privately: Hi Ashok, you can create a free trial account for Azure. There are tons of great development

resources available here: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/

Answer: There's also our virtual labs at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/aa570323.aspx

11:13:05 PDT

Question: I currently have a 1GB DB on my MSDN Azure acct. It got setup in Asia. woops. Can I remove all

instances of my DBs (there are 2) and then create one in the right location?

Answer: Yes. You'll just need to it manually since the SQL Azure DB copy doesn't support copies between sub-

regions (datacenters).

11:16:48 PDT

Question: Question about Azure Account.... i do keep reading about the Free Azure account for 1month , and scaling

option, is it different from the first 10websites that are free ??

Answer: The account is a subscription that runs free for 30 days. Any subscription includes the 10 free web sites.

You can convert the 30-day free trial subscription to an ongoing subscription at the end of the trial period if you want

to keep using the free website features.

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/how-to-guides/ssh-into-linux/

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/aa570323.aspx


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11:33:57 PDT

Question: When starting a WCF Cloud Service, all works and deploy is OK (Both staging and production), but when

trying to consume from a client I don't see the WSDL! Do I have to manually add that to the config? Strange since

locally the WSDL displays as expected. On Azure it looks as follows: http://un.cloudapp.net/SIOCcore.svc Try and

click on the wsdl.

Answer: I clicked on your link, then clicked on the link on that page to get the WSDL. Worked fine for me.

http://un.cloudapp.net/SIOCcore.svc?singleWsdl

11:35:57 PDT

Question: We were shown we can scale out webroles/workerroles with a click. Is that not possible with the webapps

that Bret started out with deploying?

Answer: Yes Web Sites can be scaled out as well. But not at the "free" tier (if memory serves), At the shared tier you

can do multiple threads, and at the dedicated tier with multiple VM instances.

11:37:08 PDT

Question: Hello! I have a question re: service / api types. I've written a couple of Mobile Services node APIs recently,

so far only for data access and password hashing etc. But it seems a lot simpler than what is being demo'd tonight?

And as I understand it these are available to be consumed by both mobile apps and websites. When should one

service type be used over the other? e.g. why use WCF or web api if a simple node api does the job? It's a bit

confusing and there seems to be very little documentation available on the mobile services api option? I'm worried

I've missed something fundamental about architecture here!? Thanks

Answer: Mobile Services are another feature of the Windows Azure Platform, but not a focus for today's jump start.

Like all the features, they have different use cases that are the "sweet spot" for them.

11:44:40 PDT

Question: In my question i mean thre relations in tables

Answer: this will depend on the type of storage you are using. if you choose MySQL or Windows Azure SQL

Database, you can always use existing tools to directly access the databases and visualize the relationships between

tables.

11:46:21 PDT

Question: It states unhealthy. Will try to follow the "WebSite" deployment instead of the WCF cloud Service project.

Hopefully this is simpler.

Answer: You can try remoting into the PaaS cloud service instances to see if there are any details in the event log, or

when calling the service locally that will help you identify what may be causing the issue. One frequent cause is

missing assemblies.

11:52:06 PDT

Question: @Assellbergs You can debug your cloud service now using Visual Studio. Setup IntelliTrace in the

publishing settings as well, that will give you lots of information's about your deployed service.

http://un.cloudapp.net/SIOCcore.svc

http://un.cloudapp.net/SIOCcore.svc?singleWsdl


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Answer: I believe that also requires you to redeploy the application. Its also of limited benefit if the issue is

preventing the application from initializing.

11:55:11 PDT

Question: Is cloud a good field to get a Cert in?

Answer: Certifications are always valuable. Just keep in mind that cloud technologies move very rapidly so having a

certification should not be considered a substitute for continual work keeping up to date on the latest

changes/innovations/enhancements.

11:57:43 PDT

Question: So staying current wi th cloud is the best route

Answer: While a cert may help you get a job, staying current will help ensure you're as productive as possible.

12:04:56 PDT

Question: File naming convections for azure blobs are different from Windows

Answer: Yes, there are some restrictions to be aware of. There's more info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/windowsazure/dd135715.aspx

12:24:03 PDT

Question: Are there also async versions of these table methods?

Answer: For .NET yes. And given that this is a REST API, you can do whatever you want to have done.

13:02:53 PDT

Question: @Bruno: That is a nice blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brunoterkaly/archive/2013/11/09/how-to-write-to-

and-read-from-windows-azure-tables-within-web-applications.aspx

Answer: Sharing

13:19:44 PDT

Question: Shannon, can you please let me know which exams the POLL is referring to?

Answer: This MVA is related to exam 70-487.

13:23:11 PDT

Question: Can we get Free trial for Windows Azure for initial testing purpose?

Answer: Yes, you can sign up for a free trial at the following link: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-

trial/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dd135715.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dd135715.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brunoterkaly/archive/2013/11/09/how-to-write-to-and-read-from-windows-azure-tables-within-web-applications.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brunoterkaly/archive/2013/11/09/how-to-write-to-and-read-from-windows-azure-tables-within-web-applications.aspx

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/


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13:24:20 PDT

Question: Why is dataReader.GetInt32(0) "better" than dataReader.GetInt32("ID")?

Answer: If memory serves, it has to do with the internal hashtable lookup that translates "ID" = 0.

13:26:00 PDT

Question: Is there some free pdf books of Windows azure for download?

Answer: You should check the MS Press blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/

13:28:52 PDT

Question: Is there also talking / sheets about webAPI? Particularly interested in that.

Answer: hey hkui! You could try this as a tutorial to start out http://www.windowsazure.com/en-

us/develop/net/tutorials/rest-service-using-web-api/

13:30:27 PDT

Question: Already figured it would be something like that. But I might have missed something else. Thanks for the

answer. Personally, I'll go for "ID", since that's actually clear and readable. It will probably be about milliseconds, or

maybe even 1 millisecond.

Answer: Some folks create constants that they get the best of both worlds.

13:31:12 PDT

Question: Can we get Free trial for Windows Azure for initial testing purpose (without a credit card)?

Answer: Only if you attend an event where they give out pre-paid Azure Passes. the Credit Card is used to help

ensure identity and provide fraud prevent.

13:35:21 PDT

Question: Where can I get to know about those events?

Answer: Keep an eye on your local development community events. User Groups are a great source for this type of

information.

13:37:12 PDT

Question: I had a free account and I couldnt use it even a single day during the trial period. Can I retake free trial

again?

Answer: You can use a different Microsoft Account to sign up for the free trial. Azure Passes are usually time-bound

and/or one time activation unfortunately.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/rest-service-using-web-api/

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/rest-service-using-web-api/


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13:39:17 PDT

Question: Can you provide any links. I am a SQL DBA and I need to first try SQL Azure before we actually go full-

fledged on the cloud. I have my On-premise environment setup already in SQL 2012 Ent!

Answer: @Soham Unfortunately I don't track all the local community events. That said, signing up for a single small

Azure SQL Database for testing purposes would be approximately $10 a month. You'd likely spend more on

gas/petro to/from a community event.

13:44:37 PDT

Question: This is very off-topic, but I have WP8 app with panorama view connected to mobile service/DB in azure. I

ran into trouble because the panorama view is loaded so fast that the data collections do not exist, and binding fails.

Is there a tutorial/example to refresh the view and binding once the async data loading is complete?

Answer: Hey Sopuli! Have you tried using a BackgroundWorker or Async Tasks? You can try a BackgroundWorker

first: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/cc221403(v=vs.105).aspx

14:59:36 PDT

Question: Can you explain how he does the red rectangle? It's very good while doing presentations.

Answer: The red rectangle and zooming is from a cool tool called Zoomit. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx

15:24:19 PDT

Question: Is WebAPI coming up now?

Answer: Yes!

15:25:45 PDT

Question: CAN YOU INFORM THE FEE FOR THE CLASS ROOM TRAINING? 5 DAYS? 'Developing Windows

Azure and Web Services' ?

Answer: Classroom training is offered by Microsoft partners. You can find a local training provider on our site. On the

20487 page, look for the "Find Training Near You" on the right side of the page.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/course.aspx?ID=20487B

15:54:15 PDT

Question: QUESTION: Bret , Is EntityFramework 6.0 more appropriate to .NET4.0 ? Why ?

Answer: @Andre_Abrantes, EF 6 is actually more backword compatible than EF 5.0. Look for Rowan Millers TechEd

presentation videos. He explains it better there.

16:06:38 PDT

Question: are there going to be cuts on this video after you uploaded it? or we can see everything that was

discussed?

Answer: We cut out very little. Mostly we edit it to cleanly break each hour into a single module on MVA.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/cc221403(v=vs.105).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/course.aspx?ID=20487B


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16:11:30 PDT

Question: Can we get that link about security pasted here?

Answer: I just posted it to the Q&A, but here it is just in case: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/ms730301(v=vs.110).aspx

16:12:06 PDT

Question: I was a few minutes late after the break, shouldn't we be at Web API? Or did the schedule change?

Answer: @MarcoW, we already finished up WebAPI and we are in the final module now.

16:17:53 PDT

Question: Bret can you send a link to your samples & slides?

Answer: Just did. http://bretstateham.com/developing-windows-azure-and-web-services-jump-start-demo-files/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730301(v=vs.110).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730301(v=vs.110).aspx

http://bretstateham.com/developing-windows-azure-and-web-services-jump-start-demo-files/

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