Episode 82 of Visual Studio Toolbox

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The Windows Azure SDK 2.2 has been released to support the final RTM release of Visual Studio 2013. In this episode, I am joined by Paul Yuknewicz, Dennis Angeline and Boris Scholl for a look at how the SDK adds new levels of productivity to Visual Studio for cloud development. These features include:

  • Integrated Windows Azure Sign-In support [03:40]. Integrated sign-in support enables developers to develop/test/manage Azure resources within Visual Studio without having to download or use management certificates.
  • Filtering and subscription management in the Server Explorer. Once you login within Visual Studio, you can filter which Azure subscriptions/regions are visible within the Server Explorer by right-clicking the "Filter Services" context menu. You can also use the "Manage Subscriptions" context menu to manage your Azure subscriptions.
  • Remote debugging of Cloud Services within Visual Studio [17:00]. With live, remote debugging support from within Visual Studio, you are now able to have more visibility than ever before into how your code is operating live in Azure.

For more information on the Azure SDK 2.2 read ScottGu's blog.