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  In case you missed it, the Windows Azure Virtual Machine Gallery now contains an image for BizTalk Server, letting you create an Azure Virtual Machine with BizTalk installed. It was super-easy to do. I had to run the BizTalk configuration wizard and turn on SQL Agent, but that’s all. In a few...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Coming up next Thursday. Live stream starts at 1:00PM pacific time. Hear from Scott Guthrie and other senior technologists from Microsoft and the Bay area who will introduce you to Windows Azure and the latest in Microsoft's cloud-based development technology. Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

This is the second in a series of video case studies I am doing with some of the ISVs I work with. The video is available here . Enjoy! ==================================================================== iVoteSports Baseball Edition makes you part of the action of a live Major League Baseball game using...

I’ve been busy making videos of a few of the ISVs that I’ve had the pleasure of working with. This is the first of those video case studies. The video is available here . Enjoy! =============================================================== Most consumers are unaware of the extent of publicly available...

I’m not sure how many other people on the planet may want to do this, but I developed a technique which I thought was really cool, and is somewhat non-obvious, so I thought I’d blog about it. When I develop, out of years of habit, I always install my development environment in a virtual machine, leaving...

I’ll be at DevCamp:Cloud this Friday at the UC Irvine campus. The L.A. event was sold out, and most stayed all day. Lots of good info. See you there? Register here at https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032507377&Culture=en-US Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

I’ll be at DevCamp:Cloud tomorrow March 30th in Los Angeles. See you there? https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032507376&Culture=en-US Blog Post by: Brian Loesgen

There was an Azure outage on Feb 29th. While these things can happen, it was really refreshing to see the openness and degree of detail in the explanation of the root cause analysis and the events that followed. The post will also give you some technical insights into what goes on behind the scenes....

I’m pleased to announce that I FINALLY have finished and packaged up a cool little ServiceBus demo. I say “finally” because this demo has a long lifeline, it began over a year ago. I enhanced it, and showed it to a colleague, Tony Guidici , for his comments. He ended up enhancing it, and putting it into...

We are going to be running another series of Windows Azure  Discovery events in US West region. Azure Discovery Events We would like to offer you the opportunity to attend the Windows Azure Platform Discover Event. A Discover Event will provide a business and technical overview of the Windows Azure...

There’s just too much to talk about in today’s December update to Windows Azure. There are enhancements across the board, starting with the initial sign-up experience, through to billing, and EVERYTHING in between. There have been pricing updates, SQL Azure size has gone up to 150gb, SQL Federation has...

I thought it would be fun to show the recently released SQL Azure Data Sync at the Azure DevCamp in Santa Monica a couple of days ago. This was my first exposure to the recently released CTP, and I was so impressed by how easy it was to set up a synchronization that I thought I would write it up. You...

Various new updates for Windows Azure were just released (Azure SDK for .NET updates shown below): Windows Azure SDK (November 2011, )—Multiple updates to the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 that simplify development, deployment, and management on Windows Azure. The full Windows Azure SDK...

I just watched a great session from Build on monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Azure applications. Michael Washam did a great job highlighting various techniques, as well as showing off the great work that’s been done on the Azure PowerShell CmdLets. He has several posts about that on his blog:...

Event Location Mt. View, CA Date Oct. 28-29, 2011 Time 8:00AM - 6:00PM Location Silicon Valley Center 1065 La Avenida St Building 1 Mt. View, CA 94043 REGISTER NOW >> Events run from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Featured Presenter James Conard James Conard is the Senior Director of the Windows Azure Evangelism...

The following is a great compilation of Azure sessions that were presented at //BUILD. I’m not sure who put this together originally (I suspect OakLeaf Systems), but it’s making the rounds and I thought I’d post it here for public consumption. Enjoy! Windows Azure and Cloud Session Content from the ...

I am proud to say that BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed has finally shipped. This is my eighth book. It never ceases to amaze me how long this process can take when you’re working with a bunch of highly-skilled super-busy individuals. This book is actually the second BizTalk “Unleashed” book I have done...

Yesterday there was a flurry of announcements from the Windows Azure team, they were 3 for 3 on August 3. As there were three significant ones on the same day, I thought that warranted a blog post. New Release of the Platform Training kit A new release of the best resource going to learn about Windows...

Earlier this year I have the pleasure of touring the data center in Chicago (which includes an Azure data center). I’ve been to many data centers before, but I was blown away by what I saw and heard. For obvious reasons, I couldn’t take pictures or blog about any of it (although I wanted to!). The Microsoft...

[updated 7/21: added Wade’s tip as Tactic 4] I have multiple Windows Live IDs (WLID), which has caused some confusion when I try to use the Windows Azure portal as I may have already signed in using another WLID, one that is not linked to my Azure account. I know this won’t be a common problem out there...