Windows Azure: Server and Cloud Division kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 On 8th Dec 2009 Microsoft announced the formation of a new organization within the Server & Tools Business that combines the Windows Server & Solutions group and the Windows Azure group, into a ... Windows Azure: Server and Cloud Division 0 0 0
Microsoft Codename Houston kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 On one of the final talks about SQL Azure in Day 3 of PDC09, David Robinson, Senior PM on the Azure team, announced a project codenamed ‘Houston’ which is basically a Silverlight equivalent of SQL Server ... Microsoft Codename Houston 0 0 0
Microsoft Codename Dallas kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 Dallas is Microsoft’s Information Service offering which allows developers and information workers to find, acquire and consume published datasets and web services. Users subscribe to datasets and web ... Microsoft Codename Dallas 0 0 0
T-SQL in SQL Azure kaleidoscope, January 1, 0001 The following table summarizes the Transact-SQL support provided by SQL Azure Database at PDC 2009: Transact-SQL Features Supported Transact-SQL Features Unsupported Constants Constraints Cursors Index ... T-SQL in SQL Azure 0 0 0
Slides and links for Entity Framework 4 and Azure from Devweek 20... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Last week (March 2010) I presented on Entity Framework 4 and the Windows Azure Platform at www.devweek.com. As usual, it was a great conference and I caught up with lots of old friends and made some new ... Slides and links for Entity Framework 4 and Azure from Devweek 20... 0 0 0
IIS Logfile Visualization with XNA BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 In my office, I have a wall mounted monitor who's whole purpose in life is to display perfmon stats from our various servers. And on a fairly regular basis, I have folks walk by asking what the lines mean. ... IIS Logfile Visualization with XNA 0 0 1
SQL Azure maximum database size rises from 10GB to 50GB in June Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 At Mix we announced that we will be offering a new 50gb size option in June. If you would like to become an early adopter of this new size option before generally available, send an email to EngageSA@microsoft.com ... SQL Azure maximum database size rises from 10GB to 50GB in June 0 0 0
BizTalk Orchestration & Port Tutorial Part 2 Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 In Part 1 I showed how to create and publish a simple Orchestration demo. Now we’ll finish configuring it in the admin console and test it. Open the BizTalk Server 2009 Administration Console, and expand ... BizTalk Orchestration & Port Tutorial Part 2 0 0 5
Getting Started with Employee Info Starter Kit (v4.0.0) Mohammad Ashraful Alam, January 1, 0001 The new release of Employee Info Starter Kit contains lots of exciting features available in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0. To get started with the new version, you will need less than 5 minutes. Minimum ... Getting Started with Employee Info Starter Kit (v4.0.0) 0 0 0
EntSSO stopped working blomqvist, January 1, 0001 My EntSSO (Enterprise Single Sign-On Server, part of BizTalk) did not start today, with the message: The SSO service failed to start. Error Code: 0x80131700 Could not create SSOSQL. To fix the problem, ... EntSSO stopped working 0 0 0
Employee Info Starter Kit (v4.0.0) - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET ... Mohammad Ashraful Alam, January 1, 0001 Employee Info Starter Kit is a ASP.NET based web application, which includes very simple user requirements, where we can create, read, update and delete (crud) the employee info of a company. Based on ... Employee Info Starter Kit (v4.0.0) - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET ... 0 0 2
MIX 2010 Covert Operations Day 4 GeekAgilistMercenary, January 1, 0001 The Microsoft Azure Cloud is looking pretty solid compared to just a few months ago. The storage mechanisms in the cloud now are blobs, drives, tables, and queues. Also, not to forget, is SQL Azure. I ... MIX 2010 Covert Operations Day 4 0 0 0
Initial Look: Storing SQL Compact Data on a Windows Phone 7 Serie... Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Ok, the title is misleading – I’ll admit it, but there is a way to store your data in Windows Phone 7 Series. Windows Phone 7 Silverlight solutions have what is called Isolated Storage. [XNA has content ... Initial Look: Storing SQL Compact Data on a Windows Phone 7 Serie... 0 0 1
#MIX Day 2 Keynote: Put the Phone Down and Listen andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 MIX day 1’s keynote was all about Windows Phone 7 (WP7). MIX day 2’s was a reminder that Microsoft has much more going on than a new mobile platform. Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie, Doug Purdy and others ... #MIX Day 2 Keynote: Put the Phone Down and Listen 0 0 1
Basic WCF Unit Testing Brian, January 1, 0001 Coming from someone who loves the KISS method, I was surprised to find that I was making something entirely too complicated. I know, shocker right? Now I'm no unit testing ninja, and not really a WCF ninja ... Basic WCF Unit Testing 0 0 2
Azure – Part 5 – Repository Pattern for Table Service Shaun, January 1, 0001 In my last post I created a very simple WCF service with the user registration functionality. I created an entity for the user data and a DataContext class which provides some methods for operating the ... Azure – Part 5 – Repository Pattern for Table Service 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2010 Professional special launch offer! Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Hello everyone, long time no blog… I’ll try to get back in the game soon but with 2 customer and user group and life in general let’s just say I’m busy. In the meantime I’m passing along this great offer. ... Visual Studio 2010 Professional special launch offer! 0 0 1
BizTalk Cross Reference Data Management Strategy charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... This article describes an approach to the management of cross reference data for BizTalk. Some articles about the BizTalk Cross Referencing features ... BizTalk Cross Reference Data Management Strategy 0 0 1
Writing a SQL Azure Book - Notes Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Over the last few months I have had the opportunity to ramp up significantly on SQL Azure. In fact I will be the co-author of Pro SQL Azure, published by Apress. This is going to be a book on how to best ... Writing a SQL Azure Book - Notes 0 0 2
Fixing my SQL Directory NTFS ACLS Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 I run my development server by boot to VHD (Windows Server 2008 R2 x64). In that instance, I also have an attached VHD (I attach via script at boot up time using Task Scheduler). That VHD I have my SQL ... Fixing my SQL Directory NTFS ACLS 0 0 0
Recent resources on Entity Framework 4 Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [UPDATED 23/3/2010 with two new links from developmentor on STEs] I just posted on the bits you need to install to explore all the features of Entity Framework 4 with the Visual Studio 2010 RC. I’ve also ... Recent resources on Entity Framework 4 0 0 0
Make sure you take advantage of Visual Studio 2010 license offers... Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 For Visual Studio 2010 Professional Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on April 12 but you can beat the rush and secure your copy today by pre-ordering at the affordable estimated retail ... Make sure you take advantage of Visual Studio 2010 license offers... 0 0 0
Fetching Data from Database and Populating fields in the Form usi... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 In my previous example I have demonstrated how to create a simple form that would allow users to insert data to the database using L2S. In this example I’m going to demonstrate how to fetch and filter ... Fetching Data from Database and Populating fields in the Form usi... 0 0 7
Inserting Data to Database using LINQ to SQL Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Few months ago, I’ve created a simple demo about “Creating a Simple Registration Form using the ADO.NET way”. In this article, I'm going to demonstrate how to create a simple form that would allows users ... Inserting Data to Database using LINQ to SQL 0 0 22
Converting Openfire IM datetime values in SQL Server to / from VA... Brian Biales, January 1, 0001 A client is using Openfire IM for their users, and would like some custom queries to audit user conversations (which are stored by Openfire in tables in the SQL Server database). Because Openfire supports ... Converting Openfire IM datetime values in SQL Server to / from VA... 0 0 2
Mini Book Review of IronRuby Unleashed by Shay Friedman Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 When I get some time (and hell starts to look a little chilly) I would love to do a more detailed review. But I wanted to get something “out there” as I really like this book and reviews of it seem a little ... Mini Book Review of IronRuby Unleashed by Shay Friedman 0 0 0
Guest Post: Using IronRuby and .NET to produce the ‘Hello W... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [You might want to also read other GuestPosts on my blog – or contribute one?] On the 26th and 27th of March (2010) myself and Edd Morgan of Microsoft will be popping along to the Scottish Ruby Conference. ... Guest Post: Using IronRuby and .NET to produce the ‘Hello W... 0 0 1
Azure - Part 4 - Table Storage Service in Windows Azure Shaun, January 1, 0001 In Windows Azure platform there are 3 storage we can use to save our data on the cloud. They are the Table, Blob and Queue. Before the Chinese New Year Microsoft announced that Azure SDK 1.1 had been released ... Azure - Part 4 - Table Storage Service in Windows Azure 0 0 2
Connection Pooling is Busted MightyZot, January 1, 0001 A few weeks ago we started getting complaints about performance in an application that has performed very well for many years. The application is a n-tier application that uses ADODB with the SQLOLEDB ... Connection Pooling is Busted 0 0 1
Surface development: it’s just like software development Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 Surface is magic. Everyone using it seems to think that way. And I have to be honest, after working for almost 2 years with the platform I still get that special feeling the moment I turn on the unit to ... Surface development: it’s just like software development 0 0 0
Introducing the Earthquake Locator – A Bing Maps Silverlight Appl... Bobby Diaz, January 1, 0001 Quick Links Adding Volcanos and Options - Earthquake Locator, part 2 Live Demo Source Code The recent wave of earthquakes (no pun intended) being reported in the news got me wondering about the frequency ... Introducing the Earthquake Locator – A Bing Maps Silverlight Appl... 0 0 2
SQL80001: Incorrect syntax near ':' Anthony Trudeau, January 1, 0001 When you add SQLCMD statements to a pre-deployment or post-deployment file in a database project in Visual Studio 2010. You might see the error "SQL80001: Incorrect syntax near ':'". This is not a real ... SQL80001: Incorrect syntax near ':' 0 0 22
South Florida Code Camp 2010 – VI – 2010-02-27 Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 Catching up after our sixth code camp here in the Ft Lauderdale, FL area. Website at: http://www.fladotnet.com/co... For the 5th time, DeVry University hosted the event which makes everything else ... South Florida Code Camp 2010 – VI – 2010-02-27 0 0 6
A few things I learned regarding Azure billing policies Vincent Grondin, January 1, 0001 An hour of small computing time: 0,12$ per hour A Gig of storage in the cloud: 0,15$ per hour 1 Gig of relational database using Azure SQL: 9,99$ per month A Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium ... A few things I learned regarding Azure billing policies 0 0 0
Adopting DBVCS Wes McClure, January 1, 0001 Identify early adopters Pick a small project with a small(ish) team. This can be a legacy application or a green-field application. Strive to find a team of early adopters that will be eager to try something ... Adopting DBVCS 0 0 0
Database version control resources Wes McClure, January 1, 0001 In the process of creating my own DB VCS tool tsqlmigrations.codeplex.com I ran into several good resources to help guide me along the way in reviewing existing offerings and in concepts that would be ... Database version control resources 0 0 0
Tips to Optimise asp.net Web Applications Prasenjit, January 1, 0001 1) Turn off Tracing unless until required Tracing is one of the wonderful features which enable us to track the application's trace and the sequences. However, again it is useful only for developers and ... Tips to Optimise asp.net Web Applications 0 0 1
Tiny Tiny Twitter Poster Richard Jones, January 1, 0001 Want a super mini .Net application to quickly send a Tweets> This baby does it straight from the command line, i.e just type I’ve just been using it, to notify my when certain long running SQL tasks ... Tiny Tiny Twitter Poster 0 0 0
Friday I Scored Richard Jones, January 1, 0001 On Friday night, I took my life in my own hands and helped out out our local school PTA quiz night. Of course being a techie, what could I possibly add to an event like this. The answer of course is a ... Friday I Scored 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for March 02, 2010 -- #806 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Phil Middlemiss, Jim Wightman, Jeremy Likness, Ross Wozniak, SilverLaw(-2-), XAMLNinja, Victor Gaudioso(-2-), Sergey Barskiy, and Jeff Handley. Shoutouts: Chris Klug posted The CommandManager ... Silverlight Cream for March 02, 2010 -- #806 0 0 2
How to find your table within a server Renso, January 1, 0001 Goal: How to find a table on your server: SET NOCOUNT ON CREATE TABLE myTable99(TABLE_CATALOG sysname, TABLE_SCHEMA sysname, TABLE_NAME sysname, TABLE_TYPE varchar(50)) GO CREATE PROC usp_FindMyTable (@TABLE_NAME ... How to find your table within a server 0 0 1
Getting PhP and Ruby working on Windows Azure and SQL Azure Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 When Windows Azure was first released in 2008 the only programming languages you could use were .NET languages such as Visual Basic and C# and the applications you built had to run in Partial Trust (Similar ... Getting PhP and Ruby working on Windows Azure and SQL Azure 0 0 0
Embedded Data Mining .NET James Oloo Onyango, January 1, 0001 The .NET community, unlike the Java and python community do not provide Data Mining solutions outside the framework of their RDBMS MS SQL Server. In my quest to integrate Data mining into an existing ASP.NET ... Embedded Data Mining .NET 0 0 0
Guest Post: What's IronRuby, and how do I put it on Rails? Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [UPDATED 10th March 2010: Edd produced a 2nd post on using IronRuby with WPF/.NET ] [You might want to also read other GuestPosts on my blog – or contribute one?] On the 26th and 27th of March (2010) myself ... Guest Post: What's IronRuby, and how do I put it on Rails? 0 0 5
Open Space Code day on Azure in Birmingham was great fun – ... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 On Saturday 35(ish) developers met up on rainy day in Birmingham to take part in an Open Space Code day on the Windows Azure Platform. Around 5 of us had experience of Open Space meetings or developing ... Open Space Code day on Azure in Birmingham was great fun – ... 0 0 0
Silverlight Simple DataGrid Binding Sayre Collado, January 1, 0001 Silverlight at Visual Studio 2010 sample for simple binding a data to DataGrid. This sample is also for the beginners only. We will create a Databinding for DataGrid in a simple way using WCF and Linq ... Silverlight Simple DataGrid Binding 0 0 1
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.ISfcValidate is defined in... James Fleming, January 1, 0001 I've taken to learning T4 templates using tutorials from Oleg Sych, and I hit a wall right away, and so I decided that since the solution, while simple took a great deal of searching, I thought I'd toss ... Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.ISfcValidate is defined in... 0 0 13
A delicious toolbox Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 One of my major points of interest as a software developer is in the various tools that are available to make a developer’s life easier (or at least more interesting…). This is also a very important aspect ... A delicious toolbox 0 0 2
Links from .NET Developer Network session on Azure Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 A big thanks to everyone who came along last night (Feb 25th 2010) to the .NET Developer Network and to Guy for inviting me along and being a great host. I had lots of fun and enjoyed it being so interactive. ... Links from .NET Developer Network session on Azure 0 0 0
Pluralsight On-Demand Training library Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: General Pluralsight is an online .NET Training library which provides online training materials for .NET developers. Example trainings available on demand: · .NET 3.5 · Agile Team Practices ... Pluralsight On-Demand Training library 0 0 0