The Windows Azure Storage Client Library for C++ allows you to build Windows Azure applications that take advantage of scalable cloud computing resources. Please note that this library is a CTP (Community Technology Preview) release.

• Tables
  • Create/Delete Tables
  • Query/Create/Read/Update/Delete Entities
• Blobs
  • Create/Read/Update/Delete Blobs
• Queues
  • Create/Delete Queues
  • Insert/Peek Queue Messages
  • Advanced Queue Operations

For the best development experience, developers should use the official Microsoft NuGet packages for libraries. NuGet packages are regularly updated with new functionality and hotfixes.

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Be sure to check out the Windows Azure Developer Forums on MSDN if you have trouble with the provided code or use StackOverflow.

We gladly accept community contributions.

• Issues: Please report bugs using the Issues section of GitHub
• Forums: Interact with the development teams on StackOverflow or the Windows Azure Forums
• Source Code Contributions: Please follow the contribution guidelines for Windows Azure open source that details information on onboarding as a contributor

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To get the source code of the SDK via git just type:

git clone git://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-storage-cpp.git
cd azure-storage-cpp

To get the binaries of this library as distributed by Microsoft, ready for use within your project you can also have them installed by the package manager NuGet.

Install-Package wastorage -Pre

How-Tos focused around accomplishing specific tasks are available in the samples folder.