Microsoft Endpoint Protection for #WindowsAzure Customer Technology Preview #sysctr

Prerequisites

Before you get started, you should already have a Windows Azure account configured and have an understanding of how to deploy your service in the Windows Azure environment. You will also need Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. If you have Visual Studio 2010, the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio, and have written and deployed Windows Azure services, you’re ready to go.

If not, do the following:

1. Sign up for a Windows Azure account
   http://windows.azure.com
2. Install Visual Studio 2010
   http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio
3. Install Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ff687127.aspx

Download Microsoft Endpoint Protection for Windows Azure here

System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Azure Applications

Overview

The Windows Azure Monitoring Management Pack enables you to monitor the availability and performance of applications that are running on Windows Azure.
Feature SummaryAfter configuration, the Windows Azure Monitoring Management Pack offers the following functionality:

• Discovers Windows Azure applications.
• Provides status of each role instance.
• Collects and monitors performance information.
• Collects and monitors Windows events.
• Collects and monitors the .NET Framework trace messages from each role instance.
• Grooms performance, event, and the .NET Framework trace data from Windows Azure storage account.
• Changes the number of role instances via a task.

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