Updated Windows Azure SDK and Visual Studio Tools CTP (January 2009)

Windows Azure SDK and the Visual Studio Tools, available for download to everyone, were first released during PDC 2008 in October. Now the Windows Azure team has just announced an update to the SDK and tools.

From the team blog, main improvements are:

  • 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

Download and install the latest version from here:

  1. Download the Windows Azure SDK - CTP January 2009
  2. Download the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio - CTP January 2009