In this article I am introducing the latest version of Windows Azure and working with Visual Studio 2013 Preview.
Introduction
Today, I am introducing Windows Azure SDK 2.1 which is the latest version of Windows Azure. It is released with the Visual Studio 2013 Preview along the new .NET Framework 4.5.1. The latest version of Windows Azure with version number 2.1 is resolved by the core Windows Azure service runtime assembly using semantic versioning. There are various libraries included in the latest version as given below:
If you want to download these libraries then you can download from their respective NuGet packages. There are some important information about Windows Azure. Let's have a look.
SDK Future Versions
Microsoft has announced that the Windows Azure SDK version 2.1 is the last release of the SDK that will be supported by Visual Studio 2010. In the future, Visual Studio 2013 will support the next release of SDK and it'll not be supported by Visual Studio 2010. This SDK version 2.1 supports Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012 and the latest Visual Studio 2013 Preview. In addition, it is suggested by Microsoft that you should upgrade your projects into the latest version of Visual Studio that is Visual Studio 2013 Preview for ensuring that you are able to use the latest features of Windows Azure when the next version of the SDK is released.
Side-by-Side Cloud Service Debugging
Side-by-Side Cloud Service Debugging is only supported with Windows Azure SDK for .NET versions 1.7, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.1. It is not supported with the projects built in prior versions of .NET 1.7 . For example: If you are working on a project on Windows Azure and the .NET version is 1.6 on a machine with version 2.1 installed then the following error message will display: "The system is missing a prerequisite to execute the service."
New Changes
The following are some changes in this latest version:
Let's start some practice with Windows Azure.
Step 1: Open Visual Studio with "Run as Administrator"
Step 2: "File" > "New"
If you do not have support for creating Windows Azure SDK, then the following information will be displayed:
After completing the setup, restart your Visual Studio 2013 Preview and create the new project with Windows Azure.
Step 3: Select the cloud service.
Step 4: Create the project using various project templates.
Step 5: Debug your project.
Summary
So far in this article I introduce the latest information about Windows Azure SDK v 2.1. I am working on this new version of Windows Azure and I'll write another article on this in the future.
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