Re: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread David Burela
The T&C on the MSDN credits for Azure, don't they state that you can't put production sites on it, only development sites? -David Burela On 2 April 2012 16:58, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) < andrew.coa...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > If you're an MSDN subscriber, then you get Azure usage as pa

RE: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread Mitch Denny
Too right. I'm hosting my blog on Azure now. http://mitchdenny.com/ I've also started documenting how to get FunnelWeb running: http://mitchdenny.com/running-funnelweb-on-windows-azure The good news I am doing the hard work so you don't have to :) Mitch Denny Readify | Chief Te

Re: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread David Burela
*"The T&C on the MSDN credits for Azure, don't they state that you can't put production sites on it, only development sites?"* * * Looking around, I can't find any specific details on if you can use the MSDN credits for production use. https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-b

RE: Checking if I can write to a folder

2012-04-02 Thread Greg Keogh
Michael, the only reliable thing to do if TRIM is down is to write to a substitute well-known local folder such as CommonApplicationData where the permissions are reliable. I don't know what difficultly this would present in your case. A few years ago I went briefly through the misery of trying

RE: Win 8 Tablet (second try)

2012-04-02 Thread Mark Thompson
> Once you start a metro application, is there a way of shutting it down outside of ctrl-F4? Try clicking (or swiping) from the very top of the screen and dragging down to the bottom.

Re: Checking if I can write to a folder

2012-04-02 Thread mike smith
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Michael, the only reliable thing to do if TRIM is down is to write to a > substitute well-known local folder such as CommonApplicationData where the > permissions are reliable. I don't know what difficultly this would present > in your case. A f

Re: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread Grant Molloy
David, Why not start with shared host first? Usually much cheaper than vps! If your needs expand you can ramp up in future. Places like mochahost have reasonable costs, plus allow multiple domains, multiple database types and number for any future expansion. They even offer free domain names on so

RE: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA)
Special offer for MSDN Subscribers: If you are an existing Visual Studio Professional, Premium or Ultimate with MSDN subscriber, you get free access to Windows Azure each month, and up to $3,700.00 in annual Windows Azure benefits at no charge. This offer provides a base level of Compute, Storage

Re: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread Stephen Price
Damn it. Now I can't use cost as an excuse for not getting off my arse and learning more about Azure. Ok, I've put it on my list of things to learn, right after Db. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13639/Db-The-Future-Is-Coming http://thenextlanguage.net/ I'm really excited about the possibili

RE: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA)
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Re: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread DotNet Dude
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > Damn it. Now I can't use cost as an excuse for not getting off my arse and > learning more about Azure. Ok, I've put it on my list of things to learn, > right after Db. > > http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13639/Db-The-Future-Is-Coming > ht

Re: The cost of putting small websites online

2012-04-02 Thread mike smith
Azure *after* Db? On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Price wrote: > Damn it. Now I can't use cost as an excuse for not getting off my arse and > learning more about Azure. Ok, I've put it on my list of things to learn, > right after Db. > > http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13639/Db-The