How to enable and connect to RDP on a Windows Azure Web Role Inst... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 We all know there have been some updates to Windows Azure, and one of the biggest I would say is the capability of being able to remote into the “OS level” of the image running a role. And I am not talking ... How to enable and connect to RDP on a Windows Azure Web Role Inst... 0 0 0
And just like that, there went February Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 The best intentions were having me at perhaps posting more than twice a month, and here we are and … well it has been busy. There has been a lot of SharePoint 2010 already in this first number of weeks ... And just like that, there went February 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for February 26, 2011 -- #1052 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Mark Monster, Gill Cleeren, Pencho Popadiyn, Kevin Dockx, Joost van Schaik, Jesse Liberty, John Papa, Jeremy Likness, Arik Poznanski(-2-), Page Brooks, Deborah Kurata, Mike Snow, Alfred ... Silverlight Cream for February 26, 2011 -- #1052 0 0 0
MS Tech Ed 2011 Coming Soon sonam, January 1, 0001 Microsoft Tech ed 2010 was a great success. Infact Most of such conferences always provide a great place to meet other technology enthusiasts and ofcourse,whats in the pipeline for future products of a ... MS Tech Ed 2011 Coming Soon 0 0 0
Announcing RSS feeds of Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework code ... Jialiang, January 1, 0001 Today, we are not only announcing Sample Browser v2 CTP, but we are also excited to announce the availability of RSS feeds of All-In-One Code Framework code samples. By using these feeds, you can easily ... Announcing RSS feeds of Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework code ... 0 0 1
Announcing a new Free Windows Azure Platform Trial offer Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 We now have a truly useful Windows Azure Platform trial. Which makes me very happy as I was a vocal critic of the original trial offer. Simply put, the small number of compute hours it included made it ... Announcing a new Free Windows Azure Platform Trial offer 0 0 0
Azure Grid Computing - Worker Roles as HPC Compute Nodes JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Overview · With HPC 2008 R2 SP1 You can add Azure worker roles as compute nodes in a local Windows HPC Server cluster. · The subscription for Windows Azure like any other Azure Service - charged for the ... Azure Grid Computing - Worker Roles as HPC Compute Nodes 0 0 2
Como ahorrarse una instancia implementando un patrón cliente/serv... Alfredo Delsors, January 1, 0001 A veces es necesario tener una instancia realizando el rol de servidor mientras que las otras instancias realizan el rol de cliente. Un ejemplo puede ser una carpeta compartida como se explica en este ... Como ahorrarse una instancia implementando un patrón cliente/serv... 0 0 0
AppHarbor - Azure Done Right AKA Heroku for .NET Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 Easy and Instant deployments and instant scale for .NET? Awhile back a few of us were looking at Ruby Gems as the answer to package management for .NET. The gems platform supported the concept of DLLs ... AppHarbor - Azure Done Right AKA Heroku for .NET 0 0 0
SQL Azure Reporting Limited CTP Arrived Shaun, January 1, 0001 It’s about 3 months later when I registered the SQL Azure Reporting CTP on the Microsoft Connect after TechED 2010 China. Today when I checked my mailbox I found that the SQL Azure team had just accepted ... SQL Azure Reporting Limited CTP Arrived 0 0 6
SO-Aware @ TechReady (Microsoft Event) SURESH GIRIRAJAN, January 1, 0001 A session on SO-Aware is presented at Microsoft TechReady event this week check here for more details : http://tellagostudios.com/b... Check here for more details ... SO-Aware @ TechReady (Microsoft Event) 0 0 0
TellagoStudio's presenting SOA Governance on the Microsoft platfo... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hi there, Microsoft is hosting the first edition of their annual TechReddy conference. TechReady is an internal Microsoft conference but Microsoft invited Tellago Studios to present a session about how ... TellagoStudio's presenting SOA Governance on the Microsoft platfo... 0 0 0
New Silverligh-based Protal for Windows Azure AppFabric Labs Shaun, January 1, 0001 Wade Wegner introduced a good news about the Windows Azure platform, which is the new Silverlight-based portal for Windows Azure AppFabric Labs had been launched. You can have a look here. As we know the ... New Silverligh-based Protal for Windows Azure AppFabric Labs 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for February 06, 2011 -- #1042 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Mike Taulty, Timmy Kokke, Laurent Bugnion, Arik Poznanski, Deyan Ginev, Deborah Kurata(-2-), Johnny Tordgeman, Roy Dallal, Jaime Rodriguez, Samuel Jack(-2-), James Ashley. Above the Fold: ... Silverlight Cream for February 06, 2011 -- #1042 0 0 0
Another Linq to SQL product, Enzo Multitenant Framework Ed Gnatiuk, January 1, 0001 An open source library and full product have been developed for transparently splitting large tables across several databases for performance, similar to database table partitioning. It is all handled ... Another Linq to SQL product, Enzo Multitenant Framework 0 0 2
Azure Futures - Distributed Computing and Number Crunching JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 "the biggest Azure customers today are the ones using HPC on-premises at the current time" - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/m... ... Azure Futures - Distributed Computing and Number Crunching 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for February 02, 2011 -- #1039 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Tony Champion, Gill Cleeren, Alex van Beek, Michael James, Ollie Riches, Peter Kuhn, Mike Ormond, WindowsPhoneGeek(-2-), Daniel N. Egan, Loek Van Den Ouweland, and Paul Thurott. Above the ... Silverlight Cream for February 02, 2011 -- #1039 0 0 0
The king is dead, long live the king–Cloud Evening 15th Feb... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Advert alert :-) The UK's only Cloud user group The Cloud is the hot topic. You can’t escape hearing about it everywhere you go. Cloud Evening is the UK’s only cloud-focussed user group. Cloud Evening ... The king is dead, long live the king–Cloud Evening 15th Feb... 0 0 0
Save the dates – Tech.Days 2011 23rd to 25th of May in Lond... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 In May Microsoft UK (and specifically my group) will be delivering Tech.Days – a week of day long technical events plus evening activities. We will be covering Windows Phone 7, Silverlight, IE 9, Windows ... Save the dates – Tech.Days 2011 23rd to 25th of May in Lond... 0 0 0
Happy Chinese New Year! Shaun, January 1, 0001 Today is Dec the 29th in Chinese Traditional Calendar, that means on Thursday (3rd of Feb) we will have the Chinese New Year! For those who doesn’t know about the Chinese New Year please visit the wikipedia ... Happy Chinese New Year! 0 0 1
The Uganda .NET Usergroup meeting for January 2011 - a look back... Malisa L. Ncube, January 1, 0001 We had a very interesting meeting on Friday 28th last week. We had 10 attendees and two speakers. The first topic presented was Cloud Computing, presented by Allan Rwakatungu @arwakatungu who works with ... The Uganda .NET Usergroup meeting for January 2011 - a look back... 0 0 0
MAXDOP in SQL Azure Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 In my search of better understanding the scalability options of SQL Azure I stumbled on an interesting aspect: Query Hints in SQL Azure. More specifically, the MAXDOP hint. A few years ago I did a lot ... MAXDOP in SQL Azure 0 0 0
Como aprovechar los endpoints internos disponibles en los Web Rol... Alfredo Delsors, January 1, 0001 Supongamos que tenemos una aplicación Web utilizando una colección in-memory que cambia ocasionalmente pero que se utiliza muy a menudo. La colección se cargaría desde tablas Azure en el arranque de la ... Como aprovechar los endpoints internos disponibles en los Web Rol... 0 0 2
Rant - Why is Windows Azure not available in Africa? Allan Rwakatungu, January 1, 0001 Yesterday at the .NET user group meeting in Kampala Uganda I gave a talk on cloud computing with Windows Azure (details will be in my next blog post). The guys were excited. Without owning they own inftrastucture ... Rant - Why is Windows Azure not available in Africa? 0 0 3
VBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I presented at VBUG last year and can confirm that they put on a really good event. This year I stood aside for my “replacement” Steve Plank to work his magic. Worth checking out… VBUG SPRING CONFERENCE ... VBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading 0 0 0
A little gem from MPN–FREE online course on Architectural G... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I know a lot of technical people who work in partners (ISVs, System Integrators etc). I know that virtually none of them would think of going to the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) learning portal to find ... A little gem from MPN–FREE online course on Architectural G... 0 0 0
A Quick Look At AppHarbor Jesse Taber, January 1, 0001 This blog post has moved:http://gruffcode.com/2011/01/27/a-quick-look-at-appharbor/ A Quick Look At AppHarbor 0 0 1
Building Cross Platform Mobile Online/Offline Application with Sy... Richard Jones, January 1, 0001 So what happens when you need to build an application that works on a variety of mobile platforms that need to work offline from a backend database? This is the situation I’ve found myself working on a ... Building Cross Platform Mobile Online/Offline Application with Sy... 0 0 2
Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework Code Sample Update in January... Jialiang, January 1, 0001 The code samples in Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework are updated on 2011-1-23. Download address: http://1code.codeplex.com/r... You can download individual code samples ... Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework Code Sample Update in January... 0 0 0
Announcing a brand new LinkedIn group for UK based ISVs – j... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 If you are developer, software architect or chief technology officer in the UK and work for a company that develops software products (which we often call ISVs) and use Microsoft technologies in your products ... Announcing a brand new LinkedIn group for UK based ISVs – j... 0 0 0
Get a taste of the benefits of signing up to MPR–three FREE... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 In brief…. take 1 minute to register today if you are UK based and work for a company that creates software products and want to dig into SharePoint 2010 development for FREE with a great UK based SME ... Get a taste of the benefits of signing up to MPR–three FREE... 0 0 0
Will the Amazon Beanstalk Obscure the Azure Skies? andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the beta release of its “Elastic Beanstalk” Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. The platform Initially is available to Java developers only, but it sounds pretty ... Will the Amazon Beanstalk Obscure the Azure Skies? 0 0 2
Prairie Dev Con 2011 – Session List Sneak Peak D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m trying to find time to update the Prairie Developer Conference 2011 website, and the sessions and speaker information will be up by this weekend including the registration page. For those that are ... Prairie Dev Con 2011 – Session List Sneak Peak 0 0 0
Como probar un Windows Azure WCF Service Web Role? Alfredo Delsors, January 1, 0001 Para desarrollar y probar un servicio WCF suelo incluir una prueba unitaria en el proyecto con una referencia al servicio a probar, añadida utilizando el botón "Discover". b Recientemente tenía que escribir ... Como probar un Windows Azure WCF Service Web Role? 0 0 0
Andreas Öhlund blogs on message size in the Cloud John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 Over on “The autistic coder” blog there is a new post entitled: Limits on message size and why it might be a problem for you “Message queuing technologies always have an upper limit set for the message ... Andreas Öhlund blogs on message size in the Cloud 0 0 0
FREE Windows Azure Platform Compute and Storage through the Cloud... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 It can be difficult to find something to look forward to in January – but this year it was a little easier as a) I got lots of great Xbox 360 games and b) the Windows Azure Platform element of the Cloud ... FREE Windows Azure Platform Compute and Storage through the Cloud... 0 0 2
Silverlight Cream for January 12, 2011 -- #1025 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Amyo Kabir, Rob Eisenberg, Doug Rathbone, John Papa, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), Mike Taulty, Peter Kuhn, Laurent Bugnion, Vangos Pterneas, and Senthil Kumar. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Silverlight ... Silverlight Cream for January 12, 2011 -- #1025 0 0 0
Article Sharing – Windows Azure Memcached Plugin Shaun, January 1, 0001 I just found that David Aiken, a windows azure developer and evangelist, wrote a cool article about how to use Memcached in Windows Azure through the new feature Azure Plugin. http://www.davidaiken.com/2... ... Article Sharing – Windows Azure Memcached Plugin 0 0 0
UDDI vs SO-Aware: Why SO-Aware is the More Efficient and Interop... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello folks, If you are implementing a service oriented architecture, and are unsure of the best governance approach to follow, then this webinar is a must-attend event for you. We will discuss why SO-Aware ... UDDI vs SO-Aware: Why SO-Aware is the More Efficient and Interop... 0 0 1
Why I Love Microsoft Development Brian Lanham, January 1, 0001 I've been writing software for a while and recently had an opportunity to broaden my horizons and start developing for iOS. We decided to leverage, as much as possible, our existing skills and use MonoTouch ... Why I Love Microsoft Development 0 0 4
Christmas in the Clouds andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I have been spending the last 2 weeks immersing myself in a number of Windows Azure and SQL Azure technologies. And in setting up a new business (I’ll speak more about that in the future), I have also ... Christmas in the Clouds 0 0 0
Building a better mouse-trap – Improving the creation of XM... paulschapman, January 1, 0001 Introduction The way I previously created messages to send to the GovTalk service I used the XMLDocument to create the request. While this worked it left a number of problems; not least that for every ... Building a better mouse-trap – Improving the creation of XM... 0 0 0
Awesome Read: Buck Woody’s post on the proper use of the Wi... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 I have heard some service providers (or cloud providers), hosting companies and such complain, criticize or even venture to call foul on Microsoft’s Azure VM Role. The problem: None of them have gone through ... Awesome Read: Buck Woody’s post on the proper use of the Wi... 0 0 0
SQL Sharding and SQL Azure… Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 Herve Roggero has just published a paper that outlines patterns for scaling using SQL Azure and the Blue Syntax (he and Scott Klein’s company) sharding api. You can find the paper at: http://www.bluesyntax.net/f... ... SQL Sharding and SQL Azure… 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for December 23, 2010 -- #1014 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this 4-days loss to a sinus infection and all-submittal Issue.... and this only catches me up on submittals through last Sunday: Mark Monster, Sacha Barber, Rénald Nollet, Georgi Atanasov, and András ... Silverlight Cream for December 23, 2010 -- #1014 0 0 0
Multitenant Design for SQL Azure: White Paper Available Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Cloud computing is about scaling out all your application tiers, from web application to the database layer. In fact, the whole promise of Azure is to pay for just what you need. You need more IIS servers? ... Multitenant Design for SQL Azure: White Paper Available 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2010 Setup Projects and x64 Support Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 I was taking the Windows Azure CmdLets project and getting it into an MSI just to make it easier to deploy in a nice package. I ran into problems with the Setup project not being able to properly establish ... Visual Studio 2010 Setup Projects and x64 Support 0 0 0
New Windows Phone 7 Developer Guidance released for building line... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Several partners have been asking about guidance on combining Windows Phone 7 applications with Windows Azure. The patterns and practices team recently released new guidance on Windows Phone 7. This is ... New Windows Phone 7 Developer Guidance released for building line... 0 0 0
FREE goodies if you are a UK based software house already live on... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 In the UK we have seen some fantastic take up around the Windows Azure Platform and we have lined up some great stuff in 2011 to help companies fully exploit the Cloud – but we need you to tell us what ... FREE goodies if you are a UK based software house already live on... 0 0 5
Silverlight Cream for December 18, 2010 -- #1012 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Mark Monster, Kevin Dockx, Jeremy Likness(-2-,-3-), Timmy Kokke, Den Delimarsky, Mike Snow, Samuel Jack(-2-), and Renuka Prasad(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Trigger a Storyboard on ... Silverlight Cream for December 18, 2010 -- #1012 0 0 0