I’m happy to announce that we have just posted a “Labs” release on our http://wf.codeplex.com site with some new Caching Activities . These activities work with Windows Server AppFabric Caching making it possible for you to use the cache directly from your workflow In this example I’m implementing the “Cache Aside” pattern where I first try to get the value from the cache and then if I can’t find it I get the value from a repository of some kind and then...

We will be hosting an Azure Discovery event on December 16th at the Microsoft office in downtown L.A.   Windows Azure Platform - Acceleration Discover Event Invitation Microsoft would like to invite you to a special event specifically designed for ISVs interested in learning more about the Windows Azure Platform. The “Windows Azure Platform Discover Events” are half-day events that will be held worldwide with the goal of helping ISVs understand the Microsoft’s Cloud Computing offerings with...

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for December 15, 2010 (Wednesday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: December 14, 2010, 12 pm (noon) PST END: December 15, 2010, 4 pm PST Impact Alert: The AppFabric LABS environment (Service Bus, Access Control, Caching, and portal) will be unavailable during this period. Additional impacts are described below. Action Required: Existing...

By default the WP7 emulator will not react to you typing on the keyboard, instead you have to use the mouse to press keys on the software keyboard that pops up. There is however a hidden feature that will let you use your hardware keyboard, just press Page Up when the software keyboard pops up. And as an extra bonus the three buttons at the bottom of the phone can be activated using F1, F2 and F3 for back, home and search respectively.   Cool feature that makes development using the emulator...

Great news for the Azure community.  The Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2010) have been released!  This release contains a lot of new features and most of them were announced at PDC. The release can be downloaded here . The overview of new features: Virtual Machine (VM) Role (Beta): Allows you to create a custom VHD image using Windows Server 2008 R2 and host it in the cloud. Remote Desktop Access: Enables connecting to individual service...