This is the third in a series of video case studies I am doing with some of the ISVs I work with. The video is available here . Enjoy! ==================================================================== When MOC1 Solutions wanted to move their applications supporting automotive dealerships to the cloud, they chose Windows Azure. In this video, Software Development Manager Alex Hatzopoulos and Architect Greg Cannon speak with Microsoft Principal Architect Evangelist Brian Loesgen . In this wide ranging...

One of the most exiting new things in HTML5 is the ability to start pushing data from the server to the client. Traditionally web applications have depended on clients requesting data from the server. And this is fine in most applications. However there are lots of cases when you might want to push events to the client as soon as they happen and not wait for a client to query for them. For example a stock broker application requires traders to know about stock price changes as soon as they happen...

Developers often say that there is a steep learning curve with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4).  I won’t deny that… instead, allow me to share three simple rules that will help you to get over that curve sooner and to make them easy to remember, they all begin with “U” which is appropriate because they do all begin with you. Use Tracking Unit Tests Use Timeouts Download Sample Code Use Tracking Tracking is the single best way to understand what your workflow is doing.  There is just one...

This is easy to do, IF you have the right pieces. For the connection string, you can use the JDBC connection string presented in the portal (see below). For the JDBC driver, you need to be using Version 4. The reason is that earlier versions had problems with wildcard SSL certificates. You can download the driver at: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11774 We tested this using with Cold Fusion 10 installed in an Azure Virtual Machine. Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

In deze podcast spreekt Maurice de Beijer met Wouter van Vugt over hoe hij SharePoint inzet bij grote projecten. Wouter verteld hou hij SharePoint niet alleen voor de interne automatisering inzet maar ook voor de publieke pagina’s en de gepersonaliseerde pagina’s waar klanten op inloggen. Hij verteld ook over zijn ervaring met het integreren met DigiD.   Luister of download de podcast hier .   Met dank aan onze sponsor RedGate .   Enjoy! Blog Post by: Maurice