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Accessing Windows Azure Table Data as OData via PHP
Did you know that data stored in Windows Azure Table storage can be accessed through an OData feed?...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/16/2010
SQL Server Driver for PHP Connection Options: Snapshot Isolation
In the post I wrote last week about transaction isolation levels I left out an important option: the...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/14/2010
This Week’s Link List (September 10, 2010)
Here’s the list of interesting links I came across this week… I came across this post...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/10/2010
Interview with Eli White, PHP Developer and Intern on the ASP.NET Team
I had the good fortune of meeting Eli White, a junior at University of Washington and a PHP...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/09/2010
SQL Server Driver for PHP Connection Options: Transaction Isolation Levels
Last week I had the good fortune of presenting at the the Seattle PHP Meet Up on a topic I knew only...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/08/2010
This Week’s Link List (September 3, 2010)
I missed last week’s list because I was out enjoying the last of our summer weather in in the...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/03/2010
Accessing OData for SQL Azure with AppFabric Access Control and PHP
If you are having trouble making sense of the title of this post, I don’t blame you. To clear...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/02/2010
Managing Multiple PHP Versions with PHP Manager for IIS 7
[See this post for information about the final, stable release of version 1.0 of the PHP Manager for...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/30/2010
This Week’s Link List (August 20, 2010)
The dog days of summer are here. Seems like things are a bit slow lately…I only have a few...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/20/2010
Access Control with the Azure AppFabric SDK for PHP
In my last post I used some bare-bones PHP code to explain how the Windows Azure AppFabric access...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/19/2010
Understanding Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control via PHP
In a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago, Consuming SQL Azure Data with the OData SDK for PHP, I...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/17/2010
Community Input Needed on Direction of PHP Drivers for SQL Server
With the recent production-ready release of the MS Drivers for SQL Server for PHP, the team is now...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/16/2010
This Week’s Link List (August 13, 2010)
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time recently trying to wrap my head around the access...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/13/2010
Now Available: SQL Server Migration Assistant for MySQL!
The SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) team announced today the availability of the migration...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/12/2010
PHP Drivers for SQL Server Released!
Today, the SQL Server Driver for PHP team released the production-ready 2.0 versions of the SQLSRV...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/05/2010
I’m a Judge for My App is Better Challenge
I recently found out that I was chosen to be on the judging panel for the My App is Better...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/04/2010
Consuming SQL Azure Data with the OData SDK for PHP
One of the interesting incubation projects that the SQL Azure team is working on is the SQL Azure...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/03/2010
This Week’s Link List (July 30, 2010)
I love seeing content coming from folks I have met (either in person or virtually)…this...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/30/2010
This Week’s Link List (July 23, 2010)
Wow! This has been a busy week…especially when it comes to news about Windows Azure and SQL...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/23/2010
Windows Azure Command Line Tools for PHP Available in Web Platform Installer
The Windows Azure Command Line Tools for PHP are now available in the Microsoft Web Platform...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/22/2010
How to Page Data with the SQL Server Drivers for PHP
[Author's note: See this post for an alternative strategy for paging data: Paging Data with the SQL...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/21/2010
Accessing Windows Azure Queues from PHP
June 7, 2012 update: The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released a new Windows Azure SDK for PHP....
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/19/2010
The Week’s Link List (July 16, 2010)
Here’s my list of this week’s interesting Microsoft/PHP links. Lots of news about...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/16/2010
Creating PHP Websites with WebMatrix
Note: WebMatrix now supports PHP "out of the box". You no loger need to do any manual configuration...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/12/2010
This Week’s Link List (July 9, 2010)
Most of the links that caught my eye this week had to do with the Imagine Cup or Windows/SQL Azure,...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/09/2010
Accessing Windows Azure Blob Storage from PHP
June 7, 2012 update: The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released a new Windows Azure SDK for PHP....
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/08/2010
This Week’s Link List (July 2, 2010)
Is it July already?! How did that happen? Despite spending too much time following numerous World...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/02/2010
Restoring a SQL Server Database from PHP
A while back I wrote a post that described how to backup a database from PHP. However, I ran into a...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/01/2010
This Week’s Link List (June 25, 2010)
A bit shorter than usual list this week, but some good reading nonetheless…especially the...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/25/2010
Accessing Windows Azure Table Storage from PHP
June 7, 2012 update: The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released a new Windows Azure SDK for PHP....
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/24/2010
Running Multiple PHP Versions with IIS
At the Dutch PHP Conference a couple of weeks ago, I did a presentation that included a...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/22/2010
This Week’s Link List (June 18, 2010)
I missed posting a Link List last week (I posted resources from my DPC presentation instead), so...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/18/2010
Interview with Claudio Caldato, Program Manager for the Microsoft Interoperability Team
The theme for my presentation at the Dutch PHP Conference last week was “recent improvements...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/17/2010
CTP 2 of Microsoft Driver for PHP for SQL Server Released!
The SQL Server Driver for PHP team has announced the release of CTP 2 of the Microsoft Driver for...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/15/2010
PHP on Windows Resources from DPC Presentation
My “PHP on Windows” presentation at the Dutch PHP Conference (presented...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/11/2010
This Week’s Link List (June 4, 2010)
This has been a busy week…apparently especially so for Maarten Balliauw and Josh Holmes (lots...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/04/2010
SQL Express Size Limit – Filestream Excepted
I’ve written a couple of blog posts about the Filestream feature that is available with SQL...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/03/2010
Using the Windows Azure Command Line Tools for PHP
Some time ago I wrote a post about how to run PHP in Windows Azure. At the heart of that post was...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/01/2010
This Week's Link List (May 28, 2010)
Lot's of interesting links this week...topics ranging from Microsoft's involvement in PHP/Open...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/28/2010
How to Get the SQL Azure Session Tracing ID using PHP
The SQL Azure team recently posted a blog about SQL Azure and the Session Tracing ID. The short...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/27/2010
Interview with Zach Owens, Technical Evangelist At Microsoft
Recently I was able to catch up with Zach Owens, a technical evangelist here at Microsoft who is...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/25/2010
This Week's Link List (May 21, 2010)
<Sound of big breath> OK, I’m coming up for air. Very busy week…I’ve been...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/21/2010
This Week’s Link List (May 14, 2010)
Here’s this week’s list of links that grabbed my attention…check ‘em out: A new PHP/Azure lab on...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/14/2010
Understanding Cursor Options in the SQL Server Driver for PHP
After v1.0 of the SQL Server Driver for PHP was released (back in July of 2008), the development...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/13/2010
Running WordPress on SQL Server
It seems to be a well kept secret that WordPress runs on a SQL Server or SQL Azure database. At...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/12/2010
This Week’s Link List (May 7, 2010)
I didn’t come across lots of interesting links this week, but I’ll make up for the lack of quantity...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/07/2010
Interview with Ashay Chaudhary, Program Manager for the SQL Server Driver for PHP
One of the things I like most about my job is that I get to work directly with our software...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/06/2010
Getting Started with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and PHP
In a recent post I took a look at how to get started with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). In...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 05/04/2010
This Week’s Link List (April 30, 2010)
No particular theme to this week’s links… In his blog post "The Last Mile for Open Data", Nik...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 04/30/2010
Getting Started with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
The Interoperability team here at Microsoft recently released the SSRS SDK for PHP (SSRS = SQL...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 04/29/2010