The Survival Guide is a collection of helpful resources for getting up to speed with running with Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) in your solutions. The content is organized in the way that simplifies … More » Blog Post by: Valery Mizonov

In the previous post we discussed the 3 main concepts that make up Windows Azure AppFabric: 1. Middleware Services - pre-built services that provide valuable capabilities developers can use when developing applications. This reduces the time and complexity when building the application, and allows the developer to concentrate on the core application logic. 2. Building Composite Applications - capabilities that enable you to assemble, deploy, and manage a composite application that is made up of several...

The problem The setup of Windows Azure  AppFabric SDK adds the elements reported in the table below to the configuration contained in the the machine.config files under the following folders: %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Config %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Config <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> ... <system.serviceModel> <extensions> <behaviorExtensions> … More » Blog...

The Transient Fault Handling Framework provides a set of reusable components for adding intelligent retry logic into applications leveraging SQL Azure, Windows Azure storage and AppFabric Service Bus. It enables enhancing existing applications with support for retry-aware scopes that greatly improve reliability and reduce the … More » Blog Post by: Valery Mizonov

Today I did a fun presentation at the Engineering World Conference in the Netherlands on using the Windows Phone 7 with a Workflow Service hosted on Windows Azure. The sample application, that is complete with all source on CodePlex over here , consists of an expense app on the phone and an ASP.NET MVC site hosting the workflow service. The PowerPoint presentation can be found here . It was a fun session on a fun event   www.TheProblemSolver.nl www.dotnetevents.nl Blog Post by: Maurice