Updated Windows Azure Reference Architecture Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Since publishing my Windows Azure Cookbook series, I’ve received a number of requests to update the reference architecture diagram for the platform to include the features in the June release. Here my ... Updated Windows Azure Reference Architecture 0 0 0
Future of BizTalk Vamsi Krishna, January 1, 0001 The future of BizTalk- The last TechEd Conference was a very important one from BizTalk perspective. Microsoft will continue innovating BizTalk and releasing BizTalk versions for “for next few years to ... Future of BizTalk 0 0 0
Getting Started with Hyper-V Server 2012 #hyperv #winserv #itpro KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 With all the news this week around the launch of Windows Server 2012, you may have missed that Hyper-V Server 2012 has also launched! I've provided details on this equally important launch milestone along ... Getting Started with Hyper-V Server 2012 #hyperv #winserv #itpro 0 0 0
Free books from Microsoft TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Here are couple of links to lists of free books from Microsoft:http://blogs.msdn... ... Free books from Microsoft 0 0 0
Localization in ASP.NET MVC – Upgraded Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the upgraded version of one of my previous post named “Localization in ASP.NET MVC – 3 Days Investigation, 1 Day Job”. I updated my solution to the latest ASP.NET MVC 4, Visual Studio 2012 with ... Localization in ASP.NET MVC – Upgraded 0 0 32
Cloud Computing Forces Better Design Practices Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Is cloud computing simply different than on premise development, or is cloud computing actually forcing you to create better applications than you normally would? In other words, is cloud computing merely ... Cloud Computing Forces Better Design Practices 0 0 0
Stackify Aims to Put More ‘Dev’ in ‘DevOps’ Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Originally published on VisualStudioMagazine.com on 8/22/2012 by Keith Ward.The Kansas City-based startup wants to make it easier for developers to examine the network stack and find problems in code.The ... Stackify Aims to Put More ‘Dev’ in ‘DevOps’ 0 0 1
Backing up my Windows Home Server to the Cloud… eddraper, January 1, 0001 Ok, here’s my scenario: Windows Home Server with a little over 3TB of storage. This includes many years of our home network’s PC backups, music, videos, etcetera. I’d like to get a backup off-site, and ... Backing up my Windows Home Server to the Cloud… 0 0 0
My Blog is MOVING! ScottKlein, January 1, 0001 Effective immediately, my blog is moving. My new blog url is:http://www.scottlklein.c... new blog is hosted on Windows Azure using DasBlog. Over the next few weeks I will be migrating my existing blogs ... My Blog is MOVING! 0 0 0
MVC 4 Authentication Aligned, January 1, 0001 Edit on April 10, 2014: A lot has changed since I started this now out of date post and Microsoft has created and updated the authentication system to ASP.Net Identity. Please look at this first. Here's ... MVC 4 Authentication 0 0 5
Windows Azure Recipe: Big Data Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 As the name implies, what we’re talking about here is the explosion of electronic data that comes from huge volumes of transactions, devices, and sensors being captured by businesses today. This data often ... Windows Azure Recipe: Big Data 0 0 0
Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Today I’m excited to share that the Windows Azure Mobile Services public preview is now available. This preview provides a turnkey backend cloud solution designed to accelerate connected client app development. ... Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services 0 0 0
Windows Azure Recipe: High Performance Computing Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 One of the most attractive ways to use a cloud platform is for parallel processing. Commonly known as high-performance computing (HPC), this approach relies on executing code on many machines at the same ... Windows Azure Recipe: High Performance Computing 0 0 0
Workflow Activity Extensions, Activity Packs and Unit Testing Fra... JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 http://wf.codeplex.com/ contains a plethora of infrastructure code and new activities for extending Workflow Foundation 4. These are also available as Nuget packages. These include: Activity Extensions ... Workflow Activity Extensions, Activity Packs and Unit Testing Fra... 0 0 0
Windows Azure Recipe: Social Web / Big Media Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 With the rise of social media there’s been an explosion of special interest media web sites on the web. From athletics to board games to funny animal behaviors, you can bet there’s a group of people somewhere ... Windows Azure Recipe: Social Web / Big Media 0 0 0
Backup and Recovery of Windows 8 - Tip-of-the-Day KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Have you recently downloaded Windows 8 RTM? In this article, we'll introduce you to the new options available for making Backup and Recovery in Windows 8 easier than ever, including Windows 8 File History, ... Backup and Recovery of Windows 8 - Tip-of-the-Day 0 0 0
Cloud-Burst 2012–Windows Azure Developer Conference in Swed... Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 The Sweden Windows Azure Group (SWAG) will running “Cloud-Burst 2012”, a two-day Windows Azure conference hosted at the Microsoft offices in Akalla, near Stockholm on the 27th and 28th September, with ... Cloud-Burst 2012–Windows Azure Developer Conference in Swed... 0 0 0
Deploying an SSL Application to Windows Azure – The Dark Se... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 When working on an application that had been in production for some time, but was about to have a shopping cart added to it, the necessity for SSL certificates came up. When ordering the certificates through ... Deploying an SSL Application to Windows Azure – The Dark Se... 0 0 0
Are you cashing in on the MVP complimentary subscriptions ? Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 The two most asked questions in the Microsoft technology communities around the Microsoft MVP program are, 1. How do I become a Microsoft MVP? 2. What benefits do I get as an MVP? The answer to the first ... Are you cashing in on the MVP complimentary subscriptions ? 0 0 4
Neo4J and Azure and VS2012 and Windows 8 Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 Now, I know that this has been written about, but both of the main places (http://www.richard-banks.o... and http://blog.neo4j.org/2011/... ... Neo4J and Azure and VS2012 and Windows 8 0 0 3
Windows Azure Recipe: Mobile Computing Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 A while back, mashups were all the rage. The idea was to compose solutions that provided aggregation and integration across applications and services to make information more available, useful, and personal. ... Windows Azure Recipe: Mobile Computing 0 0 0
Windows Azure Recipe: Enterprise LOBs Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Enterprises are more and more dependent on their specialized internal Line of Business (LOB) applications than ever before. Naturally, the more software they leverage on-premises, the more infrastructure ... Windows Azure Recipe: Enterprise LOBs 0 0 0
Windows Azure Recipe: Software as a Service (SaaS) Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 The cloud was tailor built for aspiring companies to create innovative internet based applications and solutions. Whether you’re a garage startup with very little capital or a Fortune 1000 company, the ... Windows Azure Recipe: Software as a Service (SaaS) 0 0 0
Windows Azure Recipe: Consumer Portal Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Nearly every company on the internet has a web presence. Many are merely using theirs for informational purposes. More sophisticated portals allow customers to register their contact information and provide ... Windows Azure Recipe: Consumer Portal 0 0 0
Windows Azure Training Kit – August 2012 Released Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 In this release of the training kit we have delivered 41 HOLs covering a wide variety of bug fixes and screen shot updates for Visual Studio 2012. We now have 35 Presentations with new content surrounding ... Windows Azure Training Kit – August 2012 Released 0 0 0
Chicago IT Architects Group August Summary Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 We’re back! Last night we had our first meeting in several months. Carl Franklin presented on Google Platform As A Service: AppEngine. As I spend most of my time in the Microsoft arena it was interesting ... Chicago IT Architects Group August Summary 0 0 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Release Candidate Announ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Windows Server 2012 Essentials, which will ultimately replace the existing Small Business Server (SBS) and Home Server products, has reached the Release Candidate milestone! Essentials provides a simple ... Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Release Candidate Announ... 0 0 0
Blue Syntax to present at The Future of Healthcare Forum Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 If you are in South Florida on September 5th 2012, do not miss The Future of Healthcare Forum, organized by AAJ Technologies (http://www.aajtech.com) and Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com). I will have ... Blue Syntax to present at The Future of Healthcare Forum 0 0 0
Get Certified on Windows Server 2012 ... Join the "Early Experts"... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 The new Microsoft certification exams for MCSA on Windows Server 2012 will be released over the upcoming weeks and to help you prepare early for certification on Windows Server 2012, we're launching a ... Get Certified on Windows Server 2012 ... Join the "Early Experts"... 0 0 1
Questions You Should Ask Before Moving Your App to the Cloud Jeremy Morgan, January 1, 0001 Cloud Computing is currently the hot topic in the developer world these days, and it seems all anyone wants to talk about is the cloud. If you're like me you signed up for something like Windows Azure ... Questions You Should Ask Before Moving Your App to the Cloud 0 0 6
Azure Workflow JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Workflow 1.0 beta provides new Azure functionality: http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... – a scale-out enabled infrastructure for hosting Workflows installation on-premises, ... Azure Workflow 0 0 0
Six0Run Scores Big with Windows Azure Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 What do you get when you cross a college basketball coach, a lawyer, and a software architect? In the case of local St. Louis startup Six0Run Software, you get a dynamic software development team focused ... Six0Run Scores Big with Windows Azure 0 0 0
Why can’t I connect to my SQL Azure database? Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 We’ve been running our Azure Hands On Experience labs throughout the US Central Region for the last month or so and the SQL Azure exercises require the user to connect a newly created SQL Azure database ... Why can’t I connect to my SQL Azure database? 0 0 0
Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Today, we've reached an exciting milestone that allows you to download and begin installing the final RTM releases Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in your shops! As of today, August 15th, the Windows ... Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... 0 0 0
Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Today, we've reached an exciting milestone that allows you to download and begin installing the final RTM releases Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in your shops! As of today, August 15th, the Windows ... Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... 0 0 0
Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Today, we've reached an exciting milestone that allows you to download and begin installing the final RTM releases Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 in your shops! As of today, August 15th, the Windows ... Windows 8 RTM final bits available for download today! #Windows8 ... 0 0 0
Simplified Printing with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 #itpro... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Over the past few days, I've spoken to a number of IT Pros that were interested in how printing is improved or different in Windows 8. Even in today's age of online information and social media, I know ... Simplified Printing with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 #itpro... 0 0 0
SharePoint 2013 – Workflows. KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 Workflows in SharePoint 2013 There’s a new Workflow model at the core of SharePoint 2013. It is built on the same OAuth authentication and iFrames model that all new apps must work with. It is a redesigned ... SharePoint 2013 – Workflows. 0 0 0
Large collection of Free Microsoft eBook raysmithequip, January 1, 0001 First things first, you gotta check out this list!!...Eric ligman's list was so popular, he added a bunch more even!!...Large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks for you, including: SharePoint, Visual ... Large collection of Free Microsoft eBook 0 0 2
Windows 8 - FREE Training on Building Apps #Windows8 KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 The upcoming general availability of Windows 8 on Oct 26th and the launch of the new Windows App Store presents us all with the greatest Windows developer opportunities ever! Get ready by attending a Windows ... Windows 8 - FREE Training on Building Apps #Windows8 0 0 0
Comparing Service Bus for Windows Server & RabbitMQ Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Recently I have been working a little with RabbitMQ and also learning about the new Microsoft Service Bus for Windows Server offering which is now released in beta. As part of my learning I thought it ... Comparing Service Bus for Windows Server & RabbitMQ 0 0 9
Moving my personal site to Azure Web sites Steve Loethen, January 1, 0001 For several years I have maintained a personal web site, mainly to share photo’s and news with friends and family, run a “bragging rights” football pool, and to play with asp.net. Most of the time it was ... Moving my personal site to Azure Web sites 0 0 3
Accessing WCF Services in the Cloud Ralph Wheaton, January 1, 0001 Recently, I began work on building WCF services for a Silverlight application that will be hosted in Azure. While I cannot discuss some of the details of the application, I can definitely talk about some ... Accessing WCF Services in the Cloud 0 0 0
St. Louis Days of .NET 2012 Wrap-Up Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 Thanks to all of the organizers and volunteers and sponsors who made this fifth annual event another huge success. Thanks to all of the speakers, many of whom paid for their own travel and lodging in exchange ... St. Louis Days of .NET 2012 Wrap-Up 0 0 0
Part 3–PassBook Server Richard Jones, January 1, 0001 So far we have covered some basic principals, a simple database schema to store pass-jobs. Next step is to go about actually tie all this together and generate some passes. I’m being careful to avoid talking ... Part 3–PassBook Server 0 0 0
SharePoint 2013 - 5 things to look out for! KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 1. Search Engine Optimization & Analytics is in Search – Search is TONS better. Much of this is due to Analytics moving into search. This will make Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint Server ... SharePoint 2013 - 5 things to look out for! 0 0 0
Joint West Palm Beach and Gold Coast Users’ Groups July 201... Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 Our July 2012 joint user group meeting featured Joe Homnick, Microsoft Regional Director. Mr. and Mrs. Homnick braved a tough storm and roads plagued with electrical problems to make it to our group location ... Joint West Palm Beach and Gold Coast Users’ Groups July 201... 0 0 0
IASA South East Florida Chapter Meeting July 17, 2012 at Citrix Rainer Habermann, January 1, 0001 We started our July meeting with a short welcome note and an overview of the agenda, followed by a brief presentation about the "Five Pillars of Architecture" by Giles Marino. The interest in the excellent ... IASA South East Florida Chapter Meeting July 17, 2012 at Citrix 0 0 0
8 New Platform Features Coming to Windows Phone 8 KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Did you miss the Windows Phone 8 Summit? The phone team announced a number of platform features that are coming to Windows Phone 8 when launched later this year that are based from a new Shared Windows ... 8 New Platform Features Coming to Windows Phone 8 0 0 1
Azure Virtual Machine disappeared on me jkrebsbach, January 1, 0001 I had been putting together a solution for a client over the past few weeks using Microsoft Azure, and had been really enjoying their new Virtual Machine functionality. The other morning I logged in to ... Azure Virtual Machine disappeared on me 0 0 2