Seems like there are two products with similar names, but isn't what I expect. I thought that Azure AppFabric was the "cloud" version of Windows Server AppFabric, but there doesn't seem to be much in common between them.
Am I missing the bigger picture?
Right now, Windows Server AppFabric and Azure AppFabric offer two different sets of features, but the plan is to unify the two, so that you can have the same set of services either on-premises or in the cloud. I don't know what the timeline is for that unification, but the teams have mentioned this plan on various interviews/podcasts at recent conferences.
The current breakdown:
Hi Check out this post on the AppFabric TechNet Wiki. Feel free to comment on it.. TechNet Wiki is a public ("MS hosted") forum.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/which-appfabric-am-i-looking-for.aspx
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