Are you a UK startup interested in FREE software, FREE briefing (... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Then I have a great offer for you. It includes: Two Microsoft UK geeks. Well used, odd scratch but still in good working order. Choice of two 10am to 4pm technical days in London in May and June presented ... Are you a UK startup interested in FREE software, FREE briefing (... 0 0 1
Software + Services. A Modern Approach. Part 1 Victor Hurdugaci, January 1, 0001 Part 1 - Intro Contents: What is Software + Services Azure Services Platform Live Mesh 1. What is Software + Services Over the past decade, the world we live in has been transformed by the Web. More and ... Software + Services. A Modern Approach. Part 1 0 0 0
The Oracle-Sun Deal: What it Means for Microsoft andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 The dictionary defines an oracle as a prophet, or someone who can divine the future. Is that an apt description of the Redwood City, California company we know so well? If Oracle can predict the future, ... The Oracle-Sun Deal: What it Means for Microsoft 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for April 17, 2009 -- #573 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Erik Mork, Rishi, Colin Eberhardt, Expression Blend and Design, and Mike Snow. Shoutouts: Erik Mork wrote that in addition to the podcast below... you may notice it's hosted at a development-video ... Silverlight Cream for April 17, 2009 -- #573 0 0 0
Why Politics Matters To Cloud Computing D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Cloud computing holds great promise to the next evolution of business and consumer computing. Amazon has been in the cloud computing game for a while now. In addition to their Azure platform for hosting ... Why Politics Matters To Cloud Computing 0 0 5
Cloud Computing Optimized Architecture Webgui, January 1, 0001 Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control ... Cloud Computing Optimized Architecture 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for April 09, 2009 -- #567 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Mark Monster, SilverLemma, Al Pascual, Silverlight SDK(2), Tim Heuer, Expression Blend and Design, Silverlight Web Services Team, Corey Schuman, Michael Sync, and Jesse Liberty(2). From ... Silverlight Cream for April 09, 2009 -- #567 0 0 0
Regina Events Gary Pronych, January 1, 0001 We have been busy organizing a number of community events. I would like to share some events Regina.NET has been working on and other community events. All the below events are free and open to the public. ... Regina Events 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for April 07, 2009 -- #565 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Chris Cavanagh, Brownie Points, Silverlight Web Services Team, Gavin Wignall, Maurice de Beijer, Tim Heuer, Jeff Prosise, Shawn Wildermuth, Mike Snow, Andrej Tozon, Lee, Al Pascual, and ... Silverlight Cream for April 07, 2009 -- #565 0 0 0
Invitation codes no longer needed to sign up for .NET Services an... Kurt Claeys, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: ntech Great news … You don’t need an invitation code anymore to provision services on Azure. Just sign in with a Windows Live ID en you’re ready to go. Update :(thanks Steve!) this is ... Invitation codes no longer needed to sign up for .NET Services an... 0 0 1
Microsoft Technologies mredison, January 1, 0001 Hi , I am Edison. Thanks for the opportunity to be part of the community . I’ll focus this blog to different topics like web development, windows C#, Silverlight, Windows Azure. I have a Spanish blog called ... Microsoft Technologies 0 0 1
UK MSDN Flash Poll April 8th 2009: What language would you like t... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I am busy assembling next Wednesdays MSDN Flash as the technical editor and general copy/paste monkey :-) I am also just back from delivering three sessions at Devweek 2009 where I fell in love with IronRuby. ... UK MSDN Flash Poll April 8th 2009: What language would you like t... 0 0 0
Message Archiving Pipeline Component and Windows Azure Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 By Michael Stephenson I've been wanting to play around with some of the Windows Azure features for a while and following Steve Marx presentation at the MVP Summit and the release of the Windows Azure SDK ... Message Archiving Pipeline Component and Windows Azure 0 0 1
Tech Ed India – Developer Tracks Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 I am sure you might have heard that Tech Ed India is happening this year. If you haven’t please check out the MSDN India Blog Post You can even follow Tech Ed India on twitter at http://twitter.com/techedin... ... Tech Ed India – Developer Tracks 0 0 4
Slides of the SyntraWest ITClub seminar on Data Access with ADO.N... Kurt Claeys, January 1, 0001 Last week I gave this workshop/presentation for the syntrawest ITClub on Data Access with ADO.NET 3.5. You can have get a printout of the slides here. Content of the presentation : LINQ as query language ... Slides of the SyntraWest ITClub seminar on Data Access with ADO.N... 0 0 0
The weekly SyncToBlog: #4 Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Development related: Extend IE7 and IE8: Make extending IE7 and IE8 that much easier with a little spicIE :-) With SpicIE you can develop your own event handlers, toolbar buttons, menu entries, toolbars ... The weekly SyncToBlog: #4 0 0 0
TechFest Poland cancelled Kurt Claeys, January 1, 0001 I was planned to have a great speaking gig on the Azure Services Platform in Poland at the TechFest09 conference. But - too bad - the whole conference is cancelled (economic situation, other reasons, ....) ... TechFest Poland cancelled 0 0 0
My thoughts post Devweek 2009. Or rather my one thought – R... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Devweek is my fave multi-day developer conference in the UK and attracts great speakers such as Aaron Skonnard, Neal Ford and Tim Ewald. Which is why I always feel a little humble that I get the chance ... My thoughts post Devweek 2009. Or rather my one thought – R... 0 0 4
Upcoming UK developer and architect events in April and May Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I previously posted about the fantastic conferences which the UK Developer Community lay on under the brand of “DDD”. Today I spotted that WebDD (Saturday 18th April) is now taking registrations – act ... Upcoming UK developer and architect events in April and May 0 0 0
BizTalk 2009 Webcasts Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 As BizTalk Server 2009 is due for release in the not too distant, I thought I’d take the time to run off a few more BizTalk webcasts. I’ll be starting with a basic one looking at calling WCF services from ... BizTalk 2009 Webcasts 0 0 2
SQL Data Services and Windows Azure sessions from Devweek Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [UPDATE 30th March: VB and C# code samples for Azure can be downloaded from MSDN] Just finished the last of my three www.devweek.com sessions. Today was SQL Data Services and Windows Azure and yesterday ... SQL Data Services and Windows Azure sessions from Devweek 0 0 0
Twin Cities Developers Guild - April 14, featuring Jeff Brand Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 We got snowed out in March, so Jeff Brand has graciously agreed to try again in April!! Developing and Deploying Your Windows Azure Application In this session we will take a tour of the capabilities of ... Twin Cities Developers Guild - April 14, featuring Jeff Brand 0 0 0
SQL Data Services – the new plan explained at MIX09. PPT an... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I previously posted about the change to the approach we would be taking with SQL Data Services to deliver a “database in the cloud” capability to the Azure Service Platform. MIX09 has a session on this ... SQL Data Services – the new plan explained at MIX09. PPT an... 0 0 0
New Webcast on MGrammar... Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve just added a new webcast to BloggersGuides.net, on an introduction to MGrammar. I have another one in the pipeline which I hope to get out next week that will look at a more real-world example of ... New Webcast on MGrammar... 0 0 0
Twin Cities Cloud Computing User Group - Kick-off Meeting TwinCitiesITandDevEvents, January 1, 0001 Don't miss the opportunity to be at the first local meeting of the Twin Cities Cloud Computing User Group. Cloud Computing encompasses a variety topics including Software + Services, Windows Azure (Microsoft's ... Twin Cities Cloud Computing User Group - Kick-off Meeting 0 0 0
MSDN Events: Azure, Debugging and Mobility TwinCitiesITandDevEvents, January 1, 0001 Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00 PM - Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:00 PM Central Time Welcome Time: 12:30 PM Theater - Regal Brooklyn Center 20 6420 Camden Avenue North Minneapolis Minnesota 55430 United States ... MSDN Events: Azure, Debugging and Mobility 0 0 0
Speaking at DevWeek 2009 in London – hope to see you there Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Next week (23rd March 2009) I am speaking at DevWeek 2009. DevWeek is a great conference which attracts top notch speakers (plus me – I feel such a fraud whenever I present there!). It is IMHO the best ... Speaking at DevWeek 2009 in London – hope to see you there 0 0 0
MIX09 Day 2 Scott Gu Keynote Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Check out John Papa’s blog for much more detail and camera work… I’m just doing highlights. Web… Each of the tools can be used independently or integrate with each other or open source tools Expression ... MIX09 Day 2 Scott Gu Keynote 0 0 1
Orlando Code Camp coming up soon Brian Scarbeau, January 1, 0001 Here's what's happening: Attendees: 428 Sessions: 73 Speakers: 49 Tracks: 15 Sessions: ASP.NET Make your Data Dance with ASP.NET Dynamic Databy Shawn Weisfeld + Show Description ASP.NET Dynamic Data is ... Orlando Code Camp coming up soon 0 0 0
SQL Data Services – new features announced Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 The SDS team have announced their updated plans for SQL Data Services. There are plenty of changes to take in – but it looks to be a very positive step in response to feedback from folks who looked at ... SQL Data Services – new features announced 0 0 1
Deploying WCF Services to Azure Jeff Certain, January 1, 0001 My past experience with WCF services has followed a slightly unusual path. For a variety of reasons, most of the services I've written have consisted of an interface and an implementation. Pretty straight-forward ... Deploying WCF Services to Azure 0 0 2
Windows Azure and SQL Data Services Talk for .NET Developer Netwo... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 On Monday I gave a session on “Windows Azure and a little SQL Data Services” for the .NET Developer Network in Bristol with the main focus being on storage. Thanks to all those who attended – and I hope ... Windows Azure and SQL Data Services Talk for .NET Developer Netwo... 0 0 1
Upcoming Azure Talks Jeff Certain, January 1, 0001 I'll be presenting on Azure here in Fort Collins tonight, and again in Boulder on March 24th. The talks will focus on providing an introduction to Azure, including working through some of the common pain ... Upcoming Azure Talks 0 0 0
Azure Strategy BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Doug Hauger, General Manager Business Strategy, recently spoke at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2009 Technology & Telecom conference. The wide ranging discussion covers an overview of the Windows Azure ... Azure Strategy 0 0 1
The Cloud: some new thoughts on all this Live and Mesh stuff BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 I have been messing around with a number of the MS initial cloud offerings, not the Azure stuff but offerings that are ‘real today’. So in no particular order: Skydrive: 25GB of free online storage Live ... The Cloud: some new thoughts on all this Live and Mesh stuff 0 0 1
ArcReady - March 25, 2009 TwinCitiesITandDevEvents, January 1, 0001 ArcReady For our next ArcReady, we will explore a topic on everyone’s mind: Cloud computing. Several industry companies have announced cloud computing services . In October 2008 at the Professional Developers ... ArcReady - March 25, 2009 0 0 0
Windows Azure Training Kit Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Windows Azure Training KitMicrosoft has just released a new Training Kit for Windows Azure that updates the one released at the PDC. Not since Windows Communication Foundation and WPF have I ... Windows Azure Training Kit 0 0 0
Opportunities to meet and listen to the Microsoft UK Developer Ev... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 As well as official Microsoft UK events, the UK team often appear at user group meeting and 3rd party conferences. We have plans to make it much easier for you to find all the events we are speaking at ... Opportunities to meet and listen to the Microsoft UK Developer Ev... 0 0 0
Azure Blob, Table and Queue Round-Up BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Spaceblock now supports Azure: Jim Nakashima (Cloudy in Seattle) reveals all. Deploying a Service Package from Cloud Storage: Jim again blogs about the the new features in the latest Azure Services Development ... Azure Blob, Table and Queue Round-Up 0 0 0
fault domains and upgrade domains Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 If you deploy 10 instances of a web role. e.g. your website on 10 servers for scale and availability purposes. You wouldnt want to put all ten on one rack just in case that rack gets hosed. You'd want ... fault domains and upgrade domains 0 0 0
Since Azure APIs for windows Azure Storage are REST heres a .NET ... Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... Since Azure APIs for windows Azure Storage are REST heres a .NET ... 0 0 1
Try spending some time in the cloud… Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 Cloud services that is. Windows Azure, .NET Services, Live Services…. If you looking for the spoon fed variety of information, a bunch of HOWTO vides have been released – see below. These are small little ... Try spending some time in the cloud… 0 0 0
The NYC Azure Cloud Computing Group meets again February 23, 2009 Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 The NYC Azure Cloud Computing Group meets again February 23, 2009 Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th floor, NYC, NY 6:00 - 8:00 pm http://www.clicktoattend.co... BE SURE TO REGISTER... ... The NYC Azure Cloud Computing Group meets again February 23, 2009 0 0 0
Azure Services Training Kit February 2009 Update Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 get it here... http://www.microsoft.com/do... The Azure Services Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical ... Azure Services Training Kit February 2009 Update 0 0 0
Azure Architecture 101: Putting it all together Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 Just thought I'd summarize what I've learned so far ... a particular slide stood out for me.... Box in white around everything is the service and everything outside of it is the public internet. LB is ... Azure Architecture 101: Putting it all together 0 0 0
Quick and Dirty List of things needed for successful Azure study. Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 Read or watch ============ Read “What is Azure” web site http://www.microsoft.com/az... Read the white paper by David Chappell http://download.microsoft.c... ... Quick and Dirty List of things needed for successful Azure study. 0 0 0
WF 4.0 – A Look Ahead ChrisD, January 1, 0001 At PDC this year, Microsoft announced a major release of the Windows Workflow Foundations (WF); WF4.0 WF4.0 promises better performance, scalability, control, visibility, and usability than its predecessor. ... WF 4.0 – A Look Ahead 0 0 0
I Can't Find the Live Framework SDK and Tools Download! David Barrett, January 1, 0001 Applied for the Windows Azure Live services CTP and received your token, but can't find the download? You're not alone. Following the download links for me, even after I received and entered my token, ... I Can't Find the Live Framework SDK and Tools Download! 0 0 0
Ready for Windows Could Computing Malisa Langton Ncube, January 1, 0001 I have been allocated an account in Windows Azure Developer Portal for CTP - and very excited. Now i'm looking into the corridors of Windows Azures and downloading the SDKs. Am looking at these sites Deploying ... Ready for Windows Could Computing 0 0 0
Is Cloud Computing The Future Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 This is a subject I am just starting to understand. I talked with Dave Bost the other day at the February CAG meeting about Azure. This morning the subject came up again as I was listening to the Thirsty ... Is Cloud Computing The Future 0 0 1