Azure AppFabric vs AppFabric server - today

Question

Through Google, I found another stackoverflow question regarding the differences and similarities between Azure AppFabric and Windows Server AppFabric. It was mentioned that both versions of AppFabric come together or even merge together. This message is almost 2 years old, and today in 2012 I am still struggling with the attempt to cancel the plan behind both versions of AppFabric.

From my point of view, I have worked with Azure AppFabric (Caching, Service Bus, ACS), and I am familiar with it. But if you look at the Server AppFabric product website, I'm confused. Am I mistaken or is a caching service the only thing that both technologies have in common?

thanks

edit: (At the very least, caching related classes and interfaces seems indentical, is this correct?)

Answer 1

Windows Azure AppFabric as a trademark no longer exists; the technologies that he used for storage (service bus, access control service and caching) are now part of the Windows Client Libraries for .NET. You are correct that the two AppFabrics have Caching, but for now, it’s better not to confuse AppFabric branding. Think about the technologies involved: Windows Server AppFabric and Service Bus, access control and caching (in this set of articles: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163896.aspx ).

Finally, although this article is a little outdated, it will give you some historical context: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1445.aspx .