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October 27th, 2013, 11:22 PM
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I need your help!
I need everybody's help. I need people to look at the announcement on the Cloud storage task, I need people to actually do this. It will only take a few minutes to do two of the activities, and I need to get a lot of people to do these. I need *you* to do them. it will take more time to watch the video than to do the activities. See the announcement in this forum, or go to http://www.codeguru.com/azure_activities/ and see the information there.
Please take a look and try the first couple of activities.
Brad!
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Brad! Jones,
Yowza Publishing
LotsOfSoftware, LLC
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October 29th, 2013, 02:51 AM
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October 29th, 2013, 07:55 AM
#3
Re: I need your help!
David -
Did you submit an activity?
Originally Posted by dglienna
submitted comment(s)
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Brad! Jones,
Yowza Publishing
LotsOfSoftware, LLC
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October 29th, 2013, 04:18 PM
#4
Re: I need your help!
not yet. watched at silly o clock last night
Didn't see how to submit for Activity #1
Also: video stops at 43 minutes in. Audio continues
Last edited by dglienna; October 29th, 2013 at 04:32 PM.
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October 30th, 2013, 09:27 AM
#5
Re: I need your help!
Originally Posted by dglienna
not yet. watched at silly o clock last night
Didn't see how to submit for Activity #1
Activity 1 is just to watch the video. No other things needed in there.
Originally Posted by dglienna
Also: video stops at 43 minutes in. Audio continues
I haven't had any issues with neither audio nor video. Perhaps your media player needs updating.
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October 30th, 2013, 09:40 AM
#6
Re: I need your help!
OK, this is a separate post ( that is why I posted 2 times ).
I did the activities and they were actually quite fun to do
Activity 1 shows you a great video concerning the cloud, and specifically storing data in the cloud. For those not knowing what the cloud is, do not be afraid, as it is very very easy.
All you need to do beforehand is to get the Free Trial of Windows Azure. You can get it here :
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
You will need either VS 2012 For Web, or VS 2013 For Web. You can find them here :
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/downloads/?sdk=net
This will also give you the very nice SDK - and all of us should know the value of the SDK.
This whole process didn't take me long to do - that includes obtaining the free trial and downloading VS For web
When starting this activity, I had to register with developer.com - that is just a little form that I had to fill in, and then I could start with the activities.
After that was done, the real fun started!
I followed the steps as outlined in the Video ( Activity 1 ) to create my data sources. Windows Azure is very simple to use, and setting up three data storage facilities took me about 10 minutes - that includes the creation of the fields and storing the info. I followed the instructions on the video ( activity 1 ) verbatim, and I submitted it through this page :
http://www.codeguru.com/azure_activities/#activity_2
Then I did the third Activity
Because I already played around with creating data storage facilities I was half-way through the third activity.
I then created the Activity 3 Service project, and published it.
The only thing that takes long about this is the fact that it takes some time to get published and created on Windows Azure. It took about 10 minutes for me ( my internet is slow in South Africa )
I then submitted Activity 3.
Please people there is nothing to be afraid of, it is easy! If I can do it, anyone can!
Now I can use all these badges :
Last edited by HanneSThEGreaT; October 30th, 2013 at 09:43 AM.
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November 1st, 2013, 04:16 AM
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Re: I need your help!
But the sign in page says Please enter valid credit card information for identity verification purposes only. Your credit card will not be charged for this offer unless you explicitly remove the spending limit. What is the meaning of this?
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November 1st, 2013, 07:38 AM
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Re: I need your help!
Originally Posted by dsrahul
But the sign in page says Please enter valid credit card information for identity verification purposes only. Your credit card will not be charged for this offer unless you explicitly remove the spending limit. What is the meaning of this?
This is a part of the sign up for Azure. I'm not exactly sure why Microsoft asks for a credit card, but there might be an FAQ on that somewhere. I'd speculate that it shows you are a real person and it shows you have the potential intent to possibly use this in the future.
What I do know is that when you set up an account, it defaults to no billing. This means that even though you entered a credit card, you will not be charged unless you make an actual change to your account saying you can be billed. What will happen when you go over your allotted 'free' trial is that the account will disable until you either turn on the credit card or until another free credit (MSDN subscribers get monthly credit) happens.
As Hannes said, you have to enter a credit card, but nothing gets billed to it without you telling them later that they can.
Brad!
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Brad! Jones,
Yowza Publishing
LotsOfSoftware, LLC
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November 1st, 2013, 07:56 AM
#9
Re: I need your help!
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Last edited by Brad Jones; November 1st, 2013 at 08:02 AM.
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November 1st, 2013, 07:57 AM
#10
Re: I need your help!
The statement indicates that this is not the full amount Foreign Exchange rates & charges are also to be added.
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November 1st, 2013, 04:31 AM
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Re: I need your help!
Where, on the Microsoft site?
It does ask for credit card info, it makes a temporary charge with a code. This code is needed ( unfortunately ) in order to proceed. They do refund you. I promise. The trial period ends in 30 ( I think ) days, and if you choose not to extend the offer, Microsoft leaves you alone.
Does that help?
Last edited by HanneSThEGreaT; November 1st, 2013 at 04:33 AM.
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November 1st, 2013, 04:38 AM
#12
Re: I need your help!
I had to enter the CVV code too , I think they will draw money when they need...How to scrap this after downloading azure?
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November 1st, 2013, 04:49 AM
#13
Re: I need your help!
Hopelessly, It needs Windows 8 or later Operating system, I am & always will be using XP.
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November 1st, 2013, 05:01 AM
#14
Re: I need your help!
It is not wise putting some of your card details into a public forum.
Originally Posted by dsrahul
I had to enter the CVV code too , I think they will draw money when they need...How to scrap this after downloading azure?
Where are you now? Are you downloading Azure? You do not need to, as the services will be available to you. MS just made sure that you are in fact a living person. The 3 digit number they have put on your account must be used to activate your Azure account. Afterwards you will have access to everything needed ( in Azure ) for your data etc.
Originally Posted by dsrahul
Hopelessly, It needs Windows 8 or later Operating system, I am & always will be using XP.
No, they do not. I have Windows 7 on my work PC, and as I mentioned in an earlier post, all that is needed is VS 2012 or 2013. If you use 2012 you should have at least Windows 7. VS 2013 You should have at least Windows 8 or 8.1
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November 1st, 2013, 05:26 AM
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Re: I need your help!
VS2012 & VS2013 I have downloaded them both, but It says Requires Windows 8 or higher!!!
I am sending you the Picture.
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