Questions about geekswithblogs.net Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 First off, thanks to Jeff & John for creating geekswithblogs.net, and to whomever else I might not know about who maintains it, and to all of the other bloggers for everything I've learned from them ... Questions about geekswithblogs.net 0 0 1
Error Connecting to SQL Azure from Management Studio (Microsoft S... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 If you are receiving an error trying to connect to SQL Azure from Management Studio (SQL Server 2008 R2) and the error code indicates Error:53, most likely you are running into the following issue. Note ... Error Connecting to SQL Azure from Management Studio (Microsoft S... 0 0 1
Remix10 AU- lessons learned. Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I've attended Australian Remix10 and below is a list the points, that I've learned and/or want to read more about. The materials of US MIX10 conference are here http://live.visitmix.com/ Windows Azure ... Remix10 AU- lessons learned. 0 0 0
WPF Binding Mode Mamta, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... WPF Binding Mode 0 0 1
Updated Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 available Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Since the commerical availability of Windows Azure, there were a few releases of Windows Azure tools for Visual Studio that had shipped. Now, there is an updated version of Windows Azure Tools for Visual ... Updated Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 available 0 0 6
IntelliTrace kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 IntelliTrace is a new and very interesting feature of Windows Azure Tools SDK, June 2010 release. It, along with its other features, enables debugging of application in the cloud. This feature is available ... IntelliTrace 0 0 0
Free ebook about Windows Azure Shaun, January 1, 0001 I just found a free 96 pages ebook available from Eric Nelson about the windows azure platform. Looked through it very quickly and I thought it would be a very good book to learn the overall of Windows ... Free ebook about Windows Azure 0 0 3
SQL Azure: Improving Performance Using a Shard Library Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Shards (defined as a collection of databases acting as one) are starting to take serious traction in the database development world because they offer something that was unavailable previously: asynchronous ... SQL Azure: Improving Performance Using a Shard Library 0 0 0
New York City Gets Data Happy andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 This past Monday, June 21st, The New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government held a hearing on its proposed legislation, known as Introduction 029-2010, that would require all City agencies ... New York City Gets Data Happy 0 0 0
FREE 96 page book - Windows Azure Platform: Articles from the Tre... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Developers have been exploring the possibilities opened up by the Windows Azure Platform for Cloud Computing. This book pulls together great articles from many of those developers who have been active ... FREE 96 page book - Windows Azure Platform: Articles from the Tre... 0 0 0
Q&A: Where can I get architectural guidance on building appli... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 This question has come up a lot in recent weeks as early adopters move from prototyping with the platform to actually needing to deliver real applications. Whilst fundamentally you are using the same approaches ... Q&A: Where can I get architectural guidance on building appli... 0 0 1
6 Weeks of Windows Azure comes to and end – and some stats ... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 On Monday (21st June) we had our last Live Meeting for the 6 weeks of Windows Azure training virtual training we have been running out of Microsoft UK. Monday pretty much hit the mark of what we were after ... 6 Weeks of Windows Azure comes to and end – and some stats ... 0 0 7
Changes to SQL Azure Pricing Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 From their website … Web Edition: Up to 1 GB relational database = $9.99 / month Up to 5 GB relational database = $49.95 / month** Business Edition: Up to 10 GB relational database = $99.99 / month Up ... Changes to SQL Azure Pricing 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for June 17, 2010 -- #885 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Zoltan Arvai, Antoni Dol, Jeff Prosise, David Anson, and John Papa. Shoutouts: Rob Davis has a World Cup Football Stadium tour in Silverlight, Azure, and Bing Maps up: The World Cup Map... ... Silverlight Cream for June 17, 2010 -- #885 0 0 0
The future is looking brighter – debugging Windows Azure in... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 One of the “warts” on Windows Azure development has been that once your application was deployed to the cloud, if things went wrong it was pretty tough to figure out the root problem. I knew for sometime ... The future is looking brighter – debugging Windows Azure in... 0 0 0
WordPress is now nicely supported on SQL Server (and SQL Azure fo... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 WordPress is enormously popular for blogs and full websites thanks to an awesome eco system which has built up around it, the simplicity (relatively) of getting it up and running plus the flexibility to ... WordPress is now nicely supported on SQL Server (and SQL Azure fo... 0 0 1
New SQL Azure Development Accelerator Core promotional offer anno... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 This is (almost) a straight copy and paste but represents an important announcement worthy of a little more “exposure” :-) Starting August 1, 2010, we will release a new SQL Azure Development Accelerator ... New SQL Azure Development Accelerator Core promotional offer anno... 0 0 0
Details of 5GB and 50GB SQL Azure databases have now been release... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Like many others signed up to the Windows Azure Platform, I received an email overnight detailing the upcoming database size changes for SQL Azure. I know from our work with early adopters over the last ... Details of 5GB and 50GB SQL Azure databases have now been release... 0 0 1
2010 FIFA World Cup Silverlight Smooth Streaming Player with Live... FernandoCortes, January 1, 0001 Finally after weeks of hard work the World Cup Silverlight player is ready to watch the spanish team in action. This Silverlight Player use Smooth Streaming technology, enables adaptive streaming of media ... 2010 FIFA World Cup Silverlight Smooth Streaming Player with Live... 0 0 2
I’m speaking at Software Architect 2010 in October Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I’m very pleased to report I have managed to slip past the quality police and get to speak for the third year in a row at the excellent Software Architect conference in London. Which makes it the only ... I’m speaking at Software Architect 2010 in October 0 0 0
NoVa Code Camp 2010.1 – Don’t Miss It! John Blumenauer, January 1, 0001 Tomorrow, June 12th will be the NoVa Code Camp 2010.1 held at the Microsoft Technical Center in Reston, VA. What’s in store? Lots of great topics by some truly knowledgeable speakers from the mid-Atlantic ... NoVa Code Camp 2010.1 – Don’t Miss It! 0 0 0
Q&A: How do I cancel my Windows Azure Platform Introductory S... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Short answer: Don’t! Just kidding :-) Long answer: I believe it is the same process as for other Microsoft Online Services – but I have never tried it. Hence please post a comment if you follow this successfully ... Q&A: How do I cancel my Windows Azure Platform Introductory S... 0 0 1
Windows Azure Platform eBook Update #2 – 100 pages of goodn... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I previously mentioned I was working on a community authored eBook for the Windows Azure Platform. Well, today I assembled the 20 articles that made it through to the end of the review process into a single ... Windows Azure Platform eBook Update #2 – 100 pages of goodn... 0 0 3
SQL Azure Roadmap gets a little clearer – announcements fro... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 On Monday at Tech▪Ed 2010 we announced new stuff (I like new stuff) that “showcases our continued commitment to deliver value, flexibility and control of data through data cloud services to our customers”. ... SQL Azure Roadmap gets a little clearer – announcements fro... 0 0 2
Windows Azure SDK 1.2 Available - .NET 4.0 Support Shaun, January 1, 0001 The Windows Azure team had just announced the release of the latest version of its tools and SDK (v1.2) at the TechED 2010 New Orleans. You can download it here. The biggest new feature/improvement of ... Windows Azure SDK 1.2 Available - .NET 4.0 Support 0 0 1
Windows Azure Boot camp – Raleigh Wednesday June 23, 2010 *... Jim Duffy, January 1, 0001 Yes I know this is my second blog post about the free one-day Windows Azure boot camp on June 23rd in Raleigh, NC. What can I say I don’t want anyone to miss out on an opportunity to take advantage of ... Windows Azure Boot camp – Raleigh Wednesday June 23, 2010 *... 0 0 0
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.2 (June 2010) Jim Duffy, January 1, 0001 I have good news! Microsoft has released the June 2010 Windows Azure Tools + SDK. These new tools extend Visual Studio (both VS 2010 & VS 2008) for Windows Azure development. With these tools you can ... Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.2 (June 2010) 0 0 0
Q&A: Will my favourite ORM Foo work with SQL Azure? Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 short answer: Quite probably, as SQL Azure is very similar to SQL Server longer answer: Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) that work with SQL Server are likely but not guaranteed to work with SQL Azure. ... Q&A: Will my favourite ORM Foo work with SQL Azure? 0 0 0
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.2 (June 2010) Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Yey – we have a public release of the Windows Azure Tools which fully supports Visual Studio 2010 RTM and the .NET 4 Framework (When did that go public!?) And the biggy I have been waiting for – IntelliTrace ... Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.2 (June 2010) 0 0 1
Q&A: What is the UK pricing for the Windows Azure CDN? Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 The pricing for Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) was announced last week. The prices are: £0.091 per GB transferred from North America & Europe locations £0.1213 per GB transferred from ... Q&A: What is the UK pricing for the Windows Azure CDN? 0 0 0
WWDC and Tech Ed: A Tale of Two DevCons andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Next week marks the first full week of June. Summer will feel in full swing and it will be a pretty big season for technology. In seeming acknowledgement of that very fact, both Apple and Microsoft will ... WWDC and Tech Ed: A Tale of Two DevCons 0 0 1
Wordpress Podcast | Josh Holmes Josh Holmes, January 1, 0001 I was thrilled and honored to be a guest on the Wordpress Podcast on WebMasterRadio.fm. This podcast is hosted by my friend Joost de Valk and Frederick Townes. You can read about the podcast, PHP on IIS, ... Wordpress Podcast | Josh Holmes 0 0 1
First Shard for SQL Azure and SQL Server Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 That's it!!!!! It's ready to go and be tested, abused and improved! It requires .NET 4.0 and uses some cool technologies, like caching (the new System.Runtime.Caching) and the Task Parallel Library (System.Threading.Tasks). ... First Shard for SQL Azure and SQL Server 0 0 0
Azure Boot Camp Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 Belated thanks to Perficient for sponsoring (and providing lunch, which was a nice unadvertised surprise) and to Avichal Jain and Brian Blanchard for presenting at the St. Louis Azure Boot Camp May 13-14. ... Azure Boot Camp 0 0 0
SQL Azure: Notes on Building a Shard Technology Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 In Chapter 10 of the book on SQL Azure (http://www.apress.com/book... I am co-authoring, I am digging deeper in what it takes to write a Shard. It's actually a pretty cool exercise, and ... SQL Azure: Notes on Building a Shard Technology 0 0 0
Great opportunity to try Windows Azure over the next 7 days if yo... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Are you a UK based developer who has been put off from trying out the Windows Azure Platform? Were you concerned that you needed to hand over credit card details even to use the introductory offer? Or ... Great opportunity to try Windows Azure over the next 7 days if yo... 0 0 1
Q&A: Can you develop for the Windows Azure Platform using Win... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 This question has come up several times recently as we take several hundred UK developers through 6 Weeks of Windows Azure training (sorry – we are full). Short answer: In the main, yes Longer answer: ... Q&A: Can you develop for the Windows Azure Platform using Win... 0 0 1
Great User Group if based near Gloucester + Links from Entity Fra... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I had a really fun evening doing “my final” EF 4.0 session last night (26th May 2010) at GL.NET based out of Gloucester (although secretly I made it into a IronRuby and Windows Azure session). They are ... Great User Group if based near Gloucester + Links from Entity Fra... 0 0 0
Conversation with David Chappell on Windows Azure and Cloud Compu... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 My colleague David spent some time with David Chappell recently and recorded a short interview which is now available on Channel 9. Watch now on Channel 9. They cover off: IaaS vs PaaS Private vs Public ... Conversation with David Chappell on Windows Azure and Cloud Compu... 0 0 0
FREE Windows Azure Boot camp – Raleigh Wednesday June 23, 2... Jim Duffy, January 1, 0001 Just want to be sure you don’t miss out on an opportunity to take advantage of some free Windows Azure training. Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Hitney and I will be presenting a one-day Windows Azure ... FREE Windows Azure Boot camp – Raleigh Wednesday June 23, 2... 0 0 1
A Wonderful Comment From a Very Inflential Microsoft Technology C... TheSilverlightGroup, January 1, 0001 The Silverlight Group has been so very busy taking on state-of-the-art Silverlight development with huge, Fortune 500 companies! We have a great pool of talent, & if any of you Silverlight &/or ... A Wonderful Comment From a Very Inflential Microsoft Technology C... 0 0 0
SyncToBlog #12 Windows Azure and Cloud Links Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Some more “syncing to paper” :) Steve Marx wrote a very interesting article about using Hosted Web Core in an Azure Worker Role. Hosted Web Core is a new feature in IIS 7 that enables developers to create ... SyncToBlog #12 Windows Azure and Cloud Links 0 0 0
June 2010 Chicago Architects Group Meeting Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 The Chicago Architects Group will be holding its next meeting on June 15th. Please come and join us and get involved in our architect community. Register Presenter: Tim Murphy Topic: Document Generation ... June 2010 Chicago Architects Group Meeting 0 0 0
Q&A: Does it make sense to run a personal blog on the Windows... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I keep seeing people wanting to do this (or something very similar) and then being surprised at how much it might cost them if they went with Windows Azure. Time for a Q&A. Short answer: No, definitely ... Q&A: Does it make sense to run a personal blog on the Windows... 0 0 0
Windows Azure BidNow Sample – definitely worth a look Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [Quicklink: download new Windows Azure sample from http://bit.ly/bidnowsample] On Mondays (17th May) in the 6 Weeks of Windows Azure training (Now full) Live Meeting call, Adrian showed BidNow as a sample ... Windows Azure BidNow Sample – definitely worth a look 0 0 0
Edd strikes again – IronRuby for Rubyists on InfoQ Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Colleague, friend and generally top guy on IronRuby Edd Morgan has just been published over on InfoQ. To wet the appetite… a snippet or three. IronRuby for Rubyists IronRuby is Microsoft's implementation ... Edd strikes again – IronRuby for Rubyists on InfoQ 0 0 0
May 2010 Chicago Architects Group Wrap Up Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Scott Seely did a wonderful job this evening of explaining how cloud services fit into our application architectures and specifically how Azure is organized. He covered everything from Table Storage to ... May 2010 Chicago Architects Group Wrap Up 0 0 0
Microsoft’s new technical computing initiative Randy Walker, January 1, 0001 I made a mental note from earlier in the year. Microsoft literally buys computers by the truckload. From what I understand, it’s a typical practice amongst large software vendors. You plug a few wires ... Microsoft’s new technical computing initiative 0 0 0
SQL Azure Book ScottKlein, January 1, 0001 One of the hotest technology topics of the day is Azure. Being a SQL guy, I am all over this technology, especially SQL Azure. So much so that Herve Roggero and I are currently writing a book for APress ... SQL Azure Book 0 0 1
SQL Azure Book ScottKlein, January 1, 0001 One of the hotest technology topics of the day is Azure. Being a SQL guy, I am all over this technology, especially SQL Azure. So much so that Herve Roggero and I are currently writing a book for APress ... SQL Azure Book 0 0 1