In case you hadn’t noticed, the Storage Client sample in the SDK is no longer a sample – as of the November CTP it has become part of the core Azure runtime classes. This is good news for those of us who like having  built-in, easy-to-use, managed wrapper around all the REST-based storage API calls. Unfortunately, the namespace and API changes mean that lots of sample code out there is now broken… But hey, that’s why it’s a CTP, right?

At any rate, the changes mean that the Azure Virtual Lab at msdev.com no longer works as is. I’ll be working on updated content that reflects the latest changes, but in the meantime you should be able to proceed with the help of the following file (luckily, I encapsulated all storage client code into a single class, so this should be a relatively easy fix.)

AzureStorageClient.cs

UPDATED: The Windows Azure Virtual Lab has now been updated to reflect the November API changes – you can check it out here.