June, 2012

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...

Azure Virtual Machines are still new to everyone, and I got a great question from a partner a few days ago: “I have an Azure Virtual Machine set up just the way I want it, now I want to spin up multiple instances, how do I do that?” In the “picture is worth 1,000 words” category (and I don’t have time to write 1,000 words ), please see the following sequence of screen shots for the answer. Things to note: run sysprep (%windir%\system32\sysprep) with “generalize” so each machine will have a unique...

Recently saw this question in the MSDN Workflow Forum Is there a (SetState) in the new StateMachine Activity? Many users of Workflow in .NET 3.5 took advantage of the StateMachineWorkflowInstance class to determine what state a workflow is in, and also to force it to a new state.  Some people use this class as a way to enable/disable controls in the UI of an application. I recall a conversation I had with some developers from a bank that wrote an application for their tellers that used this...

CodeCamp San Diego is next weekend. I will be presenting “What’s new in Windows Azure” in a demo-loaded session. I will also do an espresso triple shot beforehand so I stand a chance of fitting all the Windows Azure goodness into a single session! There are also lots of other great Azure (and other) sessions. It’s always a great **FREE** event, hope to see you there! All the details are at http://SoCalCodeCamp.com Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

In deze podcast spreekt Maurice de Beijer met Matt Milner over zijn TechDays presentaties. Ze hebben het onder meer over REST service en waarom je die wil gebruiken ipv SOAP services. Daarnaast komt Windows Workflow Foundation aan bod en wat daar allemaal nieuw is. Verder spreken ze over Windows Azure en de Azure Service Bus. Links: TechDays presentaties: http://www.techdays.nl/SprekerDetail.aspx?cid=2229 Blog: http://mattmilner.com/blog/ Met dank aan onze sponsor RedGate .   Hij is hier te...

Azure SQL Reporting goes live. Finally we have started taking our core assets into the cloud. Summary: Microsoft’s reporting services for Azure is finally generally available. Microsoft’s announcement of its Windows Azure spring update included a lot of moving parts. One that didn’t get as much attention as it deserved was the the general availability of reporting services for the Azure cloud. Windows Azure SQL Reporting is the new name of the reporting services component (which was formerly known...

Here’s where you go to sign up for the just-announced preview features…. Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

Excellent keynote today by Scott Guthrie and the Windows Azure team! I don’t know if it’s because I’m seeing it on the other side for the first time or if it’s due to the amazing new capabilities introduced into Windows Azure, but I loved every second of it! Within a few minutes Scott had jumped [...] Blog Post by: Wade

Today’s release marks a significant milestone for Windows Azure. To date, Windows Azure has been a platform that allows developers to build and run applications across Microsoft’s global datacenters – the key emphasis has been on “applications”. Windows Azure has not been a platform for providing the underlying infrastructure for running your own virtual machine [...] Blog Post by: Wade

Back here I debunked the myth that Azure is “a .NET thing”. Should there be *any* lingering doubts, just take a look at the new SDK downloads page (that’s the EN-US version)! Our goal is to be the best cloud platform, bar none, regardless of choice of development tools or languages.   Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

After years of publishing BizTalk WCF-Services and countless hours spend configuring the services in the wizard I just recently found out the WCF-Publishing Wizard can be started with a configuration file provided.

CNN article on SmartGlass. SmartGlass has created some good buzz at E3. It is pretty awesome stuff. Check it out once we release it this fall. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Xbox SmartGlass aims to make the console a key entertainment component App will tie TV and console with tablets and smartphones It uses Windows 8, but Apple and Android mobile devices also will work SmartGlass app will be free and available this fall (CNN) -- Perhaps the biggest splash in the early going of this year's Electronic Entertainment...

Video of Microsoft at E3. This is going to be great holiday season. Am working on some of the Xbox live features that power some of the features you see in the video.   Microsoft at E3 2012 Blog Post by: Sudhirh

In deze podcast spreekt Thomas Huijer met Laurent Bugnion over zijn TechDays presentaties. Ze hebben het onder meer over de toekomst van Silverlight 5 en het ontwikkelen voor Windows 8 en met web technologieën. Uiteraard hebben ze het ook over de zeer populaire MVVM Light Toolkit vab Laurent. Links: TechDays presentaties: http://www.techdays.nl/SprekerDetail.aspx?cid=2245 Blog: http://blog.galasoft.ch/ MVVM Light Toolkit: http://mvvmlight.codeplex.com/ http://dotned.nl/PodCasts.aspx?id=31 Blog Post...