Windows Azure Integration Pack
Greetings!
Feel free to suggest stories and vote for the existing ones to help us determine what will go in the release of the Enterprise Library 5.0 Windows Azure Integration Pack.
Please note this list may not always represent the actual priority list for the patterns & practices development team. It also does not constitute any commitments.
There are at least 4 pages of stories. Make sure to review all of them.
39 results found
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Diagnostics: logging to custom Azure Storage table or blob
As a developer I want to send my log entries to a custom Azure Storage table or blob.
14 votes -
Auto-scaling: config: declarative
As an administrator, I want to have declarative configuration support for the rulesets and auto-scaling operations.
10 votescompleted ·
AdminGrigori Melnik (Producer)
(Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Library)
responded
Released. See WASABi BETA
http://bit.ly/phMZj9 -
Auto-scaling: resource optimization
As an administrator or account owner, I want the scaling-down decisions to be made with the consideration of the minimum unit of billing (for example, compute time hour). For example, do not scale down immediately before a paid hour of compute time is fully utilized.
11 votescompleted ·AdminGrigori Melnik (Producer)
(Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Library)
responded
Via Optimizing Stabilizer – availabe in the final release
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Reference Implementation: Installation
As a developer I want a simple way to install, run and debug the reference implementation.
4 votes -
Developer's Guide: Physical Book
As a developer, I want the Developer's Guide to be available as a physical book, so I can read it offline.
7 votescompleted ·AdminGrigori Melnik (Producer)
(Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Library)
responded
Also available as epub/mobi/pdf : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29994
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Configuration: Protected Configuration Provider
As a developer, I want access to a protected configuration provider that will allow me to securely encrypt sections of my configuration files in Windows Azure when I have multiple web or worker role instances.
17 votes -
Auto-scaling: reactive: approval workflow
As an administrator or account owner, I want to receive a request for auto-scaling when the conditions are met, that I can approve or deny in a specified timeframe (by e-mail or with a tool), and if no answer to the request is done in time, a specified default action will be used.
5 votescompleted ·AdminGrigori Melnik (Producer)
(Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Library)
responded
Accomplished through Notifications in WASABi beta: http://bit.ly/phMZj9.
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Data Access: Connection string management
As a developer, I want the data access block to help me with connection string management for WCF Data Services (and through that, azure storage tables. I want to be able to use the configuration tool to edit the connection strings and urls.
5 votes -
Reference Implementation: Hosted in the Cloud
As a developer I want a reference implementation that is already hosted in the cloud, so I can examine the application without having to deploy it myself.
4 votes -
Developer's Guide: Style
As a developer I want a Developer's Guide that is fun to read, and that tells a coherent story so that I can visualize what it is like to develop a real Windows Azure application using the Enterprise Library application blocks.
2 votes -
Developer's Guide: Alternatives and Trade-offs
As a developer I want a Developer's Guide that discusses the alternative approaches and trade-offs that might exist when I'm using the application blocks in a Windows Azure application so that I can evaluate how best to use the application blocks in my own Windows Azure applications. Where possible, these alternatives and trade-offs should be discussed and illustrated in relation to the Reference Implementation.
3 votes -
Automatic retries: sophisticated logic
Because some transient failures may occur even when the requested operation succeeds and retrying the operation could result in a non-transient fault, I want the possibility of using a more sophisticated logic that can check that it's safe to retry before retrying.
10 votes -
Auto-scaling extensibility
As a developer, I want to have extensibility hooks to be able to plug in new metric gathering and analysis logic components.
5 votescompleted ·AdminGrigori Melnik (Producer)
(Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Library)
responded
Released. See WASABi BETA
http://bit.ly/phMZj9 -
MSDN Documentation
As a developer I want a set of reference documentation on MSDN that complements the existing Enterprise Library 5.0 documentation and that covers any changes or additions to the application blocks that are specific to Windows Azure.
1 vote -
Hands-on-Labs: Complement Developer's Guide
As a developer I want a set of hands-on-lab that complement the Developer's Guide so that I have a comprehensive and consistent set of material that I can refer to when I'm developing my own Windows Azure application.
1 vote -
Videos: Reference Implemenation Overview
As a developer I want a demonstration in a short video (<15 minutes)of the reference implementation so that I can quickly get started in exploring the reference implementation on my own.
1 vote -
Reference Implementation: Complement Developer's Guide
As a developer I want a reference implementation that complements the Developer's Guide so that I have a comprehensive and consistent set of material that I can refer to when I'm developing my own Windows Azure application.
1 votecompleted ·AdminGrigori Melnik (Producer)
(Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Enterprise Library)
responded
RI is avaialble here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=235133
Also, see the installation guide: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh680894(PandP.50).aspx -
logging
amend the current logging to support Azure logging as easy as possible.
44 votes -
Automatic retries: configurable policies
As an application developer I want the retry logic to implement configurable backoff delays, which can be specified through policies in the configuration file or programmatically.
5 votes
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