Gotcha Got with AzureReader2 and ImageResizer Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 After my previous post on getting AzureReader2 up and running with ImageResizer – I ran into a problem – I had a page with a foreach on it, where I had a link to each fullsize image. It was all working ... Gotcha Got with AzureReader2 and ImageResizer 0 0 0
Consume Third-Party Services at Windows Azure Store Shaun, January 1, 0001 It has been long time didn’t blog anything since last November. There are many exciting things happened during this period. I attend Microsoft TechED 2012 China and provided a session about Node.js and ... Consume Third-Party Services at Windows Azure Store 0 0 22
Top 5 Most Recommended Apps for Developers in Windows Store Jialiang, January 1, 0001 Here are the top 5 most recommended apps designed for Developers in Windows Store. TOP 1. Code Writer Code Writer is a free text and code editor app with active syntax highlighting that updates as you ... Top 5 Most Recommended Apps for Developers in Windows Store 0 0 2
Azure VM - The word or phrase you selected is not allowed Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Just wanted to put a note out for anyone who gets caught out like I did on this one.I was trying to create an azure VM and kept getting the below error message and Azure wouldnt even create my VM."The ... Azure VM - The word or phrase you selected is not allowed 0 0 39
Website Authentication with Social Identity Providers and ACS Par... Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 This is the second in a series of articles looking at using Windows Azure Active Directory Access Control (formally Windows Azure Access Control Service), to integrate the authentication services provided ... Website Authentication with Social Identity Providers and ACS Par... 0 0 1
Windows Azure Mobile Services now with HTML Client Support Adam Grocholski, January 1, 0001 In case you missed, last week the Windows Azure Mobile Services shipped support for HTML clients. Here’s a recap. The HTML client provides a JavaScript library that developers can use when building both ... Windows Azure Mobile Services now with HTML Client Support 0 0 0
Super-Fast Failover with VM Guest Clustering in Windows Server 20... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 My good friend and colleague, Matt Hester, recently wrote a great article on Hyper-V Host Clustering as part of our latest article series, Become a Virtualization Expert in 20 Days! In this article, I’ll ... Super-Fast Failover with VM Guest Clustering in Windows Server 20... 0 0 2
What’s New in Windows Phone 8 Adam Grocholski, January 1, 0001 Earlier today I presented a session at Mobile March on the new features in Windows Phone 8. Rather than give you my slides, I thought I’d give you links to resources on the various features I discussed. ... What’s New in Windows Phone 8 0 0 0
Two Free Microsoft Workshops Saturday May 4th! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 (Note: Cross-posted from the Prairie Dev Con Blog - http://prairiedevcon.blogsp... Microsoft, our Platinum Sponsor, is providing two *free* workshops ... Two Free Microsoft Workshops Saturday May 4th! 0 0 13
Windows Azure IT Roadshow Lab I Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 This lab was created for the Windows Azure IT Roadshow in Florida (first session). It covers the basics of creating a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine, a SQL Server 2012 virtual machine and a SQL Database. ... Windows Azure IT Roadshow Lab I 0 0 0
March 2013 Chicago IT Architects Group Wrap-up Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 The group got to know their neighbors a lot better this month with only half the normal room size and a pretty good turn out. Given that, I would really like to say thank you to everyone who came out on ... March 2013 Chicago IT Architects Group Wrap-up 0 0 0
Accelerating the Cloud with Windows Server 2012 BranchCache KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Traditional file sharing protocols, such as Server Message Block ( SMB ) in Windows Server 2012, are primarily designed for low-latency, high-bandwidth scenarios commonly found in Local Area Networks ( ... Accelerating the Cloud with Windows Server 2012 BranchCache 0 0 0
Presenting Windows Azure Sessions Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 A couple of weeks ago I was on the road, presenting at SDC in Gothenburg, TechDays in Finland and TechDays in The Netherlands. I delivered five sessions, the “Grid Computing with 256 Windows Azure Worker ... Presenting Windows Azure Sessions 0 0 0
Website Authentication with Social Identity Providers and ACS Par... Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 This article is the first in a series of three articles looking at using the Windows Azure Access Control Service to implement web site authentication using social identity providers. It will show how ... Website Authentication with Social Identity Providers and ACS Par... 0 0 8
WCF Transactions are not supported by Azure. Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have a service operation, for which it is very important to ensure that a client receives the status, that was determined at the end of operation.If client does receive the response, the server status ... WCF Transactions are not supported by Azure. 0 0 0
Exposing your API via Windows Azure Service Bus Queues and Topics Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Recently I wrote an article for UK MSDN Flash about using Windows Azure Service Bus Queues & TopicsIve had some great feedback on this article from friends! Check it out belowhttp://blogs.msdn.com/... ... Exposing your API via Windows Azure Service Bus Queues and Topics 0 0 38
Step-by-Step: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Windows Server 2012 and our completely FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 certainly have some really cost effective new storage options, with Storage Spaces and Hyper-V over SMB 3.0. However, many IT Pros have already ... Step-by-Step: Speaking iSCSI with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 0 0 2
List of Software on TFS Service Hosted Build Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 A couple of weeks back I had posted a blog post on getting a list of software installed on the build agent by simply customizing the build process template. Building on top of the same solution, I have ... List of Software on TFS Service Hosted Build 0 0 0
Announcing Android Support for Mobile Services Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 I'm extremely excited to announce the release of our official Android SDK for Windows Azure Mobile Services. Android developers now have easy access to structured data storage, authentication, push notifications ... Announcing Android Support for Mobile Services 0 0 0
Pondering Azure PAAS vs IAAS Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 I was having a chat with one of the guys in the office today and was wondering about the considerations you would make when deciding between a web/worker role and a VM in Azure.To give an example we have ... Pondering Azure PAAS vs IAAS 0 0 4
March 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Meeting Registration Open Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 2013 is speeding past us already with two great presentations over the last two months. For March we have asked Eric D Boyd to discuss what is new in Windows Azure and its implication to your architecture. ... March 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Meeting Registration Open 0 0 0
Azure Workshops–Update BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Solidsoft in conjunction with Microsoft has run a couple of of Azure workshops. Both were very well received and will be repeated in the future. Michael Royster of Microsoft commented: Over the last two ... Azure Workshops–Update 0 0 1
Seminar: Enterprise applications in the cloud with Windows Azure ... BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Last week Solidsoft announced the date and content of their next Cloud Seminar: Enterprise applications in the cloud with Windows Azure event Technologists from Microsoft and Solidsoft will share their ... Seminar: Enterprise applications in the cloud with Windows Azure ... 0 0 0
Check Out the New Windows Azure Hub on Channel 9 Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Several weeks ago we launched a new hub for Windows Azure on Channel 9. This hub will serve as an index and entry point for all video content related to Windows Azure. Since the launch we have already ... Check Out the New Windows Azure Hub on Channel 9 0 0 1
ImageResizer, AzureReader2 and well… Azure (duh!) Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 So, as part of my on-going project I’ve recently made the decision to shift all my images (uploaded by ME and my USERS) to Azure Blob Storage, instead of the quite frankly ridiculous ‘unique folder system’ ... ImageResizer, AzureReader2 and well… Azure (duh!) 0 0 6
Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 Se... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 Among a whole host of new management features, Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager adds the ability to now deploy and manage Windows 8 apps for enterprises. These Windows 8 apps ... Step-by-Step: Deploying Windows 8 Apps with System Center 2012 Se... 0 0 3
New Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS Samples Available Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 I'm excited to share the news that we have released a number of new iOS samples for Windows Azure Mobile Services. These samples demonstrate common scenarios that developers will run into when using Mobile ... New Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS Samples Available 0 0 0
Sample Pricing Comparison: On-Premise vs. Private Hosting vs. Clo... Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Last week I blogged about some of the basic pricing differences between Amazon AWS and Microsoft’s Windows Azure (http://wblo.gs/da7) and concluded that while there was a price difference, it was important ... Sample Pricing Comparison: On-Premise vs. Private Hosting vs. Clo... 0 0 0
2013 MVP Global Summit - The Experience! Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 As I've mentioned in my previous blog post, this was my first time attending the Summit and yes it was a blast! Aside from the interesting session contents and cool stuffs presented at the summit, I was ... 2013 MVP Global Summit - The Experience! 0 0 0
MCSD - Web Applications (.NET 4.5) deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 IT Professionals working in Web Applications Dot Net can gain their MCSD: Web Applications certification by following this post. I passed these 3 exams in Feb 2013.I) Exam 70-480: Programming in HTML5 ... MCSD - Web Applications (.NET 4.5) 0 0 4
February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 2013 continues to roll on. This month our meeting landed on one of the coldest day of this winter. We were lucky enough to have our co-founder Carl Franklin presenting on Google Cloud Platform. We are ... February 2013 Chicago IT Architect Group Summary 0 0 0
ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Recently my blog post ‘Leveraging the cloud for Performance Testing’ got featured in the ALM Mag Vol. 1 Issue 1 – January 2013. Figure 1 – Visual Studio Load Testing using Windows Azure – featured in ALM ... ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing 0 0 0
Azure Office Hours are back! Mike Benkovich, January 1, 0001 We’re back! Scott Klein (http://www.scottlklein.com) and I are kicking off a new series of weekly Office Hours to help developers find answers to tough questions. Similar to what we did over the last couple ... Azure Office Hours are back! 0 0 1
Sample Pricing Comparison: Amazon AWS and Windows Azure Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 EDIT: A blog post has been published, with updated pricing information as of August 2015. Click here to access this blog post. As my journey to the cloud continues, many people have asked me whether or ... Sample Pricing Comparison: Amazon AWS and Windows Azure 0 0 4
Azure Roadshow for IT Pros in Florida Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Hi – this is HUGE!!! Microsoft (Blain Barton) is planning a roadshow in Florida starting in March 2013 until June 2013. We will visit many cities (twice), so if you haven’t signed up yet, now is the time! ... Azure Roadshow for IT Pros in Florida 0 0 0
Designing for accessibility– a new web culture BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Let's Design for Accessibility When Solidsoft was engaged on the Tell Us Once project for the UK government one of the many key requirements was to meet all the accessibility requirements. At the time ... Designing for accessibility– a new web culture 0 0 2
Designing for accessibility– a new web culture BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Lets Design for Accessibility When Solidsoft was engaged on the Tell Us Once project for the UK government one of the many key requirements was to meet all the accessibility requirements. At the time this ... Designing for accessibility– a new web culture 0 0 6
AppFx.ServiceBus – Scatter Gather Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 AppFx.ServiceBus – Scatter Gather 0 0 9
New Version AppFx.ServiceBus Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Just released a new version of the AppFx.ServiceBus framework for Windows Azure Service Bus.This includes:- Performance optimisations- Scatter Gather implementation changes https://appfxservicebus.cod... ... New Version AppFx.ServiceBus 0 0 2
A few Azure scaling thoughts BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 A lot of noise around cloud and in particularly Microsoft Windows Azure is the ability to scale up or down at will. This is a very important aspect of the whole cloud story but it is also something that ... A few Azure scaling thoughts 0 0 2
AzureGames Chilberto, January 1, 0001 With a couple of colleagues, I have started a new project: AzureGames. I was inspired by the Microsoft Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games, and was started as a CodePlex site. We are currently flushing ... AzureGames 0 0 1
MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 IT Professionals working in Sql Server can gain their MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification by following this post. I passed these 3 exams in August 2012.I) Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012II) ... MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification 0 0 0
A CTO’s experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 A CTO experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform from Solidsoft ... A CTO’s experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform 0 0 0
appRequests in the 2013 MVP Summit Showcase Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 For those of you who may not know, appRequests is the umbrella brand for WP Requests and WinStore Requests. These sites are designed to allow you to add or vote for your favorite non-Microsoft app to come ... appRequests in the 2013 MVP Summit Showcase 0 0 0
Ready for .NET Code Camp in South Florida? Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Here we go again! South Florida Code Camp is about to start tomorrow, Saturday Feb 9 2013, at NOVA University in Fort Lauderdale. I have seen this event grow every year; over 900 people were registered ... Ready for .NET Code Camp in South Florida? 0 0 0
AppFx.ServiceBus – One Way Error Handling Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 In this article we will revisit the first sample about one way messaging and look at how the AppFx.ServiceBus framework implements error handling and retries. In this article we want to achieve the following: ... AppFx.ServiceBus – One Way Error Handling 0 0 64
AppFx.ServiceBus – RPC Sample Error Handling Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 In this article I will discuss extending the RPC sample from the previous article to include some error handling incase the server could not process your message. In this scenario we want to achieve the ... AppFx.ServiceBus – RPC Sample Error Handling 0 0 121
Azure Deployment Error: requested resources are too large for the... charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... I am using the Windows Azure PowerShell CmdLets to perform deployments of Cloud Services. This was all working well until I started to receive the error “total ... Azure Deployment Error: requested resources are too large for the... 0 0 0
AppFx.ServiceBus – RPC Sample Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 In this article I will discuss implementing the RPC pattern using the AppFx.ServiceBus framework. In this scenario we want to achieve the following: Setup Windows Azure Service Bus to support this sample ... AppFx.ServiceBus – RPC Sample 0 0 17
TFS - Get List Of Software Installed On Build Agent Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Introduction It is common for your code projects to reference Microsoft or Non Microsoft SDKs, this requires that the build agents has the SDK’s installed. It is also natural that some of your projects ... TFS - Get List Of Software Installed On Build Agent 0 0 2