January 2009 Update to Windows Azure SDK and Visual Studio Tools CTPs Available for Download

The Windows Azure team’s Updated SDK and Tools for Visual Studio Available Now post of 1/14/2009 announces a refresh to the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure tools for Visual Studio.

1. Download Windows Azure SDK January 2009 CTP (v. 1.0.1.0 of 1/14/2009)
2. Download Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2008 January 2009 CTP (v. 1.0 of 1/14/2009)

According to the Azure team’s post, the new CTP offers:

• Improved integration with Visual Studio
• Performance improvements with execution and debugging scenarios
• Improvements to Storage Client and ASP.Net provider samples
• Added support to debug Silverlight in a web role
• Bug and performance fixes based on customer feedback

Be sure to read the release notes before installing the SDK update: Windows Azure SDK CTP Release Notes.

Read the instructions on the download page before running the VSCloudService.msi installer for Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio January 2009 CTP.

Note: This is the second post to the Windows Azure team blog. The first post was Introducing Windows Azure on 10/27/2008.

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