What are current and relevant Azure projects to learn from?

Question

There are many Azure projects on codeplex and scattered over MSDN. Some of them are so old that they use the code-based version of the storage client, and not the compiled version.

Which projects are current and relevant, and which are outdated?

Answer 1

Getting Started with Azure
http://blog.syntaxc4.net/post/2010/12/30/Essential-Resources-for-Getting-Started-with-Windows-Azure.aspx

Current and by MSFT:

MSDN Samples
Part 1 Demonstrates COMET via Silverlight and WCF among other samples
Part 2 Includes HTTP compression sample

How to... In Azure
Some entries contain code samples
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg432998.aspx

FabrikamShipping
Includes AD FS Federation, Facebook integration, and provisioning automation
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vbertocci/archive/2011/03/14/fun-with-fabrikamshipping-saas-ii-creating-an-enterprise-edition-instance.aspx

Azure SDK
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a1089b6-4050-4307-86c4-9dadaa5ed018

Azure Training Kit
Located at C:\WAPTK\Default.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78

Patterns and Practices
Cloud Guidance (Greenfield and Brownfield scenarios)
Tailspin Toys Hands On Lab
Note there is a part 1 and part 2 to this http://wag.codeplex.com/

Developing applications for the cloud
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx

All In One Samples
Has some Azure samples for oData and more. See both the 2008 and 2010 samples since each has different code. http://1code.codeplex.com/

WCF Azure Samples
(looks up to date, but is located on "archive.msdn" which is disconcerting ) http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wcfazure

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/

3rd Party up to date

Encryption for Azure Table
Easily and transparently encrypt Table data
http://azuretableencrypt.codeplex.com/

Lokad.Cloud
An ORM for the cloud aka O/C mapper
http://code.google.com/p/lokad-cloud/

Facebook
http://facebooksdk.codeplex.com/ http://azuretoolkit.codeplex.com/

Azure Storage
http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/ (Oct of '10)

Azure Accelerators
http://azureaccelerators.codeplex.com/

Answer 2

A project that probably contain all the providers you will ever need; Membership, Role, Session, and Profile providers. Stores in the Azure Table Storage and uses the Azure Queue http://azureproviders.codeplex.com

Answer 3

Aside from makerofthings7's thorough answer, let me add one more:

• David Pallman's 'Azure Storage Samples' - these are complete samples with two implementations each: .NET Storage Client Library and REST. This was published in February, 2011.