I've been getting a lot of questions regarding Load Balancing in Windows Azure during the last few days, specifically on how to achieve Sticky HTTP sessions when required. Ryan Dunn posted a great article on how to achieve this via a socket listener…
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SQL Azure Federations: Robust Connectivity Model for Federated Data
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Windows Azure Training Kit Update Released – August 2012 Refresh
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Building Scale-Out Database Solutions on SQL Azure
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“Azure in Action” eBook for $15
As it was announced by Joey de Villa yesterday, the "work-in-progress" eBook "Azure in Action" can be bought for $15.00 USD, using coupon code dotd0926. It was supposed to only work on September 26th, but I just tried, and it seems to still be valid. Hurry up and take advantage of this promotion. I did……