Windows Azure Code Samples

A number of code samples to help you get started with building scalable web application and services that run on Windows Azure.


csmanage.exe - a tool to manage your deployments and services, using the Windows Azure Service Management API

csmanage.exe + client library source Source for csmanage and sample .NET service management API client library

C# Samples - C# Code samples that support Visual Studio 2008 and command line build.
VB Samples - VB Code samples that support Visual Studio 2008 and command line build.

C# Samples - C# Code samples that support Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2.
VB Samples - VB Code samples that support Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2.

Additional C# Samples - Additional C# Code samples that support Visual Studio 2008 and command line build.

Using the samples in Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 require the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio.

Please see the documentation for more information about the samples.

Samples Include:

FastCGI Sample - A simple service that demonstrates running a native code FastCGI application.

FullTrust Sample - A simple service that shows how to create a web role and a worker role that run with full trust privileges.

HelloFabric Sample - A simple service that demonstrates a web role and a worker role and uses the Windows Azure runtime API to interact with the fabric from a running instance.

HelloWorld Sample - Demonstrates how to package a service for deployment to the fabric.

PowershellRole Sample - PowershellRole sample hosts the Powershell runtime within a Windows Azure role. It demonstrates a simple remote console web role as well as a worker role whose implementation is a Powershell script.

Thumbnails Sample - A service that demonstrates a web role and a worker role. The web role provides a front-end application for the user to upload photos and adds a work item to a queue. The worker role fetches the work item from the queue and creates thumbnails in the designated directory.

Additional Samples Include:

AspProviders Sample - Provides a sample library with implementations of these ASP.NET providers: Membership, Role, Profile, Session State.

AspProvidersDemo Sample - A simple service that makes use of the ASP.NET provider sample library.

CloudDrive Sample - A Windows PowerShell provider that enables command-line access to Blob Storage and Queue service resources as though they are file system resources available via a network drive. (samples.zip only)

DistributedSort Sample - A distributed sorting service that demonstrates the use of Blob Storage and the Queue service.

PersonalWebSite Sample - Demonstrates how to port an ASP.NET Web application to the Windows Azure environment.

StorageClient Sample - A sample client library that provides .NET wrapper classes for REST API operations for Blob, Queue, and Table Storage. The sample also includes a console application that can be used to test the library functionality.