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    Welcome to the "Geneva" forum
    Marc Goodner Microsoft Employee
    The Federated Identity ”Geneva”  team is happy to announce the release of Microsoft code name “Geneva”, an open platform for simplified user access based on claims.  This release consists of three components:  Geneva Framework for .NET developers, Geneva Server for IT Pros, and Windows CardSpace “Geneva”. 

     

    You can find all of our installation downloads and supporting documentation for each component of the Geneva platform on the “Geneva” Connect site.

Windows Communication Foundation, Serialization, and Networking announcements

.NET StockTrader Sample Application announcements

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    StockTrader 6.0 Available Now
    Gregory Leake Microsoft Employee

    The new 6.0 version, which can live side-by-side with the 5.5 version, is now live. Visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/stocktrader to download the source code with automated setup wizard.

    You can read the technical whitepaper about it, including the mobile client architecture, and support for SQL Database Federation here. 

    You can view the application running live on Windows Azure (new HTML 5/MVC client) at https://azurestocktrader6.cloudapp.net; or the classic ASP.NET Web Forms client at https://azurestocktrader6classic.cloudapp.net.

    The download also includes Configuration Service 6.0, which adds support for Azure Service Bus.  You can access ConfigWeb 6.0 to explore the live deployment at https://azureconfigweb6.cloudapp.net.

    -Greg



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    StockTrader 5.5 Download Available: Supports both On-Premises and Azure Deployments
    Gregory Leake Microsoft Employee

    The updated StockTrader 5.5 sample is now available for download and setup.  This replaces the 5.0 release of StockTrader. The installer can be downloaded from https://azurestocktrader.cloudapp.net or http://msdn.microsoft.com/stocktrader. 

    This new download includes the new Configuration Service 5.5 assemblies and ConfigWeb 5.5. Configuration Service 5.5 is backward compatible with 5.0 configuration repositories.  You will want to rebuild solutions implementing Configuration Service 5.0 with the new 5.5 shared libraries.

    StockTrader 5.5 What's New

    The big change is support for Windows Azure SQL Database Federations.  Federations allows horizontal partitioning, also called sharding, of the Azure SQL Database data tier.  You will note that we have also split the previously single database into two separate physical databases: a QuoteDB and an AccountDB. By default after install, neither will be federated.  You can use the new \stocktrader\builds\SQL_Loader\TradeSQLLoader.exe to create new QuoteDB/AccountDB databases, and choose the number of federation members when creating the initial databases.  You can then deploy (to Azure) and then use the \stocktrader\databaseloaders\TradeSQLAzureLoader application to load data into the federated databases.

    The single DAL layer works now against on-premises SQL Server (including SQL Server running in an Azure Virtual Machine); non-federated Windows Azure SQL Database, and federated Azure SQL Databases.

    Configuration Service 5.5 What's New

    Configuration Service 5.5 has various bug fixes, and especially enhancements to the SQL retry logic in the SQLHelper Class. Solutions using Configuration Service 5.0 should be upgraded to the new 5.5 assemblies, as well minor updates have been made to ConfigWeb. 

    Coming Soon: StockTrader 6.0

    Within the next few weeks, a new version of StockTrader will also be available: StockTrader 6.0.  StockTrader 6.0 does not replace StockTrader 5.5; but rather is a new Azure-only implementation, and it is not backward compatible with 5.5.  You will be able to do side-by-side installs. Both will remain on the MSDN site.  The coming Config Service 6.0 version adds support for Windows Azure Service Bus bindings, and StockTrader 6.0 can optionally be configured to use Service Bus and reliable messaging for order processing.  In addition, RESTFUL web services are used in the new Business Logic layer, and the service can serve as the cloud-based backend for new StockTrader 6.0 clients that will be included in the download:  Windows 8 Modern UI client; HTML5 ASP.NET/MVC client, Windows Phone client, Android client, and IPhone client.

    If you have setup issues, or questions about the sample once it is installed this is the place to post them.  Thank you!

     -Greg

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