Update Windows Azure, Hadoop, Dropbox, Mercurial, Git, PhoneGap

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18 March, Scott Guthrie in his blog anonsirovana next innovations in cloud-based Windows Azure platform. Presented new functionality includes:

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  • HTML5 clients (CORS) for Windows Azure Mobile Services, including access from the popular PhoneGap library;
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  • improved support for Windows Phone 7.5, new libraries and packet of Nuget;
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  • support the hosting of web sites from Mercurial (Bitbucket, Codeplex) and Dropbox;
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  • the new templates in the Web Sites;
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  • public access service HDInsight cloud-based Hadoop as a service.

Below about these innovations in more detail.

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Support for HTML5/JS client and PhoneGap in Mobile Services


Windows Azure Mobile Services provides a cloud infrastructure for all popular mobile platforms: Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS and Android. In this update to support mobile platforms added support of web clients on HTML5/JS, in particular the popular PhoneGap library. Now you can access all saved data from mobile client using code written in HTML5/JS.

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An example of the application can be downloaded through the portal, there is described how to connect an existing web application to mobile data service.



The efficiency of access to the HTML5 code provided by the support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) at the platform level. Is responsible for this new option in Windows Azure Mobile Services that allows you to create a white list of addresses that are allowed access to data mobile services.

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Details of the use of the new functionality you can learn from this guide. In another rukovodstvo describes how to use the mechanism for user authorization.

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Support for Windows Phone 7.5, new libraries and packet of Nuget


Library Mobile Services now available as a Nuget package that will automate and simplify the installation of the library. Among other innovations of the library are the following:

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  • support for portable libraries (Portable Library);
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  • support for Windows Phone 7.5
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  • go to new customers and support libraries Json.NET and HttpClient.

The developers of Mobile Services are encouraged to vote for new features UserVoice. Thanks to your requests 3 of the top 5 suggestions were implemented in this release.

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Support hosting of web sites from Mercurial and Dropbox


Cloud service Windows Azure Web Sites has long supported a continuous function for version control systems and Git and TFS integration with Codeplex, BitBucket, GitHub, TFService. This update provides new functionality that allows you to host sites from version control systems on the basis of Mercurial (Codeplex and BitBucket) and Dropbox.

To associate your project on Web Sites with a version control system, you must choose one of the providers or sources of code. For BitBucket and Codeplex you can use their version control system on the basis of Mercurial.



Another important innovation was the Dropbox support as the source of the source files. Now the placement of your site in the cloud can only serve as a modification or transfer a set of files in a local folder synchronized with Dropbox, then these files will be automatically stored in the cloud Windows Azure Web Sites.


On the new functionality you can read on the official Dropbox blog. For a detailed walkthrough of Dropbox integration and Windows Azure, you can find here.

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New templates in the Web Sites


In the cloud service Windows Azure Web Sites added new application templates that you can select during the creation of the website. The list includes several templates of the popular development environment of WebMatrix, including ASP.NET PHP and Node.js projects:



Some details can be found in developer's blog.

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Run HDInsight cloud-based Hadoop as a service


In the public test operation running HDInsight service, which was previously available by invitation only. HDInsight is a cloud – based service offering ecosystem and Hadoop clusters on demand. To request participation in the testing service the link. The answer comes in 1-2 days.

Now using the Windows Azure portal you can create a Hadoop cluster with up to 32 nodes:

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After the cluster is created, you have full access, including RDP and the ability to control the cluster through a special admin panel that allows including to create tasks for the computation on a cluster.

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In addition to creating MapReduce jobs you can access the interactive console, which allows you to write queries against data using JavaScript and Hive. On the control page presented some examples of tasks that will allow you to quickly get an idea about the work of cloud service.

First steps for using HDInsight described in this article. Information on the use of Hadoop clusters with the cloud-based data warehouse, Windows Azure is described in this blog. More information on the application of Hadoop in the Azure cloud and obtaining a cluster-on-demand you can find on portal AzureHub.ru.

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Useful links


Below you will find links to resources that will help you in the use of Microsoft's cloud platform:

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But if you are already developing on Windows Azure or want to find developers of the service, visit the service appprofessionals.ru.

We will be happy to answer your questions at azurerus@microsoft.com.

And waiting for you in the Community of Windows Azure on Facebook. Here you will find experts (do not forget to ask them questions), photos and lots of news.
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