--- title: A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications description: An early hands-on exploration of the preview release of Windows Azure AppFabric Applications (WAAFapps), a tool that redefines Windows Azure's PaaS model by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-first-look-at-windows-azure-appfabric-applications-1rs4rrtrh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications | daily.dev og:description: An early hands-on exploration of the preview release of Windows Azure AppFabric Applications (WAAFapps), a tool that redefines Windows Azure's PaaS model by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-first-look-at-windows-azure-appfabric-applications-1rs4rrtrh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1rs4rRTrH.png og:image:alt: A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An early hands-on exploration of the preview release of Windows Azure AppFabric Applications (WAAFapps), a tool that redefines Windows Azure's PaaS model by introducing 'Containers' that bundle and auto-scale services like caching and SQL Azure, generating integration code automatically so developers no longer manage roles or VM instances directly. The walkthrough covers Visual Studio tooling, a sample MVC app using auto-generated service references for caching, deployment via a canvas-based DSL, and the management portal's monitoring features. The author is impressed by the developer experience but skeptical about enterprise adoption timelines, predicting mainstream corporate uptake could take 5-8 years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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