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SQL Azure: Frequently Asked Questions
This paper provides an architectural overview of the SQL Azure Database, and describes how you can...
Author: Wzack Date: 05/10/2010
DoodlePad - A Sketching App for Windows Phone 7
Our Developer Evangelist David Isbitski recently completed a nice sketching application for Windows...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 05/07/2010
Do Architects Need to Code?
Ruth Malan writes on her online blog ‘A Trace in the Sand’ on the topic of ‘Do architects need to...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 05/06/2010
Pete Brown Lights Up on Silverlight & WPF 4 – Connected Show #29
Peter Laudati & Dmitry Lyalin host the edu-taining Connected Show developer podcast on cloud...
Author: jbarnes Date: 05/06/2010
Second IE9 Platform Preview Now Available
Today, Microsoft announced the release of the second IE9 Preview. This release builds on the...
Author: jbarnes Date: 05/05/2010
How fast is Azure?
The Microsoft Extreme Computing Group regularly publishes an extensive set of benchmarks on all...
Author: Wzack Date: 05/04/2010
Refactoring to the Cloud
In talking to customers one of the questions that I get asked repeatedly is how to migrate a legacy...
Author: Wzack Date: 05/04/2010
High-Quality Touchscreens for your Windows 7 Multitouch Applications
Windows 7 provides native APIs for developers to create multitouch applications. However, selecting...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 05/04/2010
Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010
Did you know that the Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 now provides visual design support...
Author: jbarnes Date: 05/03/2010
Executing Unit Tests in parallel on a multi-CPU/core machine
Here’s a brilliant use of the new parallel computing capabilities exposed in the .NET 4.0 framework...
Author: jbarnes Date: 05/03/2010
Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2
Whether you are currently running Hyper-V or just getting started, Microsoft has released a great...
Author: jbarnes Date: 05/03/2010
SharePoint 2010 for Developers: What’s New
Looking to get a great working summary of what’s new in SharePoint 2010 for developers? Check-out...
Author: jbarnes Date: 05/03/2010
ARCast.TV - Accenture: Enabling the Mobile Workforce with Windows Azure
When most people think of the cloud, they generally look at is as means of building and hosting...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 05/03/2010
Bring Panoramic View to Your Windows Phone 7 Applications
My colleague Stephane Crozatier created a nice panorama control for Windows Phone 7. It is a sample...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 05/03/2010
Microsoft: We are “All In” Cloud Expo
Lest there be any doubt that Microsoft is “All In” the cloud, we recently were one of the primary...
Author: Wzack Date: 05/01/2010
Financial Institutions See Benefits of Windows 7
Several financial services customers recently shared their Windows 7 deployment stories with...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/30/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP For Visual Studio 2010 RTM
The wait is over; you can now download the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Refresh from the...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/30/2010
Microsoft Innovation Showcase Win a Zune Sweepstakes Promotion
HOW DO I ENTER? You can enter by visiting the web site for the Sweepstakes and completing all of the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/30/2010
Web Application Publisher Combines Data Across Clouds
DreamFactory Software is a leading publisher of rich web applications for cloud platforms. The...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/29/2010
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Technologies to Device Manufacturers
Microsoft just announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Embedded Standard 7. Steve...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/28/2010
CMO’s Toolkit: Harnessing Facebook Using Cloud Computing
In this blog post by Jeff Barnes, he tells the story of the highly successful Outback Bloomin’ Onion...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
New IE9 Developer Tools: Network Tab
Did you know that IE9 now includes a nice set of built-in Networking Tools? The new IE9 developer...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Sharepoint 2010 Designer Released!
SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications....
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Versions –> Released
Here are the links to the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express editions now available for download: Express...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Report Viewer Available
The Microsoft Report Viewer control enables applications that run on the .NET Framework to display...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Server Driven Paging With WCF Data Services
Looking for an easy way to page thru your result sets ->server-side? Check-out this blog post for...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Team Foundation Server Power Tools Released!
Check-out these great new Power Tools just released for TFS 2010: Alerts Explorer A plug-in to...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Prism Updated for Unity 2.0 and Silverlight 4
Building Complex Applications using WPF or Silverlight? The Composite Client Application Guidance is...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Enterprise Library 5.0 Released
Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks designed to assist developers...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
PowerPivot is Released!
PowerPivot gives users the power to: Create compelling self-service BI solutions… Facilitate sharing...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Profiling Silverlight in Visual Studio 2010
Looking for an easy way to run performance profiling all your cool new Silverlight...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/26/2010
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Now Available to You
I’ve been showing customers some of Windows multitouch applications that come with the Microsoft...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/26/2010
ARCast.TV - High Value Asset Tracking with Bing Maps, Silverlight and Windows 7
OuterLink, based in Lowell, MA, builds high value asset tracking and communication technology....
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/26/2010
Some Free Windows Azure Training
Why is Azure important? Have you wondered how cloud computing can bring your ideas to the web...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/25/2010
A Windows Azure Sample Application: Bid Now
Remember the DinnerNow sample application? Well, that was a connected web application and was...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/25/2010
Public Clouds: Clear or Murky
This week I had the privilege of attending the Cloud Computing Expo in New York at the Jacob Javits...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/23/2010
@Home with Windows Azure
Brian Hitney, Jim O’Neil and John McClelland are running a WebCast program that will guide you...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/23/2010
Charlie Kindel Talks About Windows Phone 7 with David Meyer at ZDNet UK
In a recent interview with David Meyer, senior reporter at ZDNet UK, Charlie Kindel, head of...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/22/2010
Microsoft Intune – A New Online PC Management and Security Tool for Small Businesses
Currently in Beta, Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/20/2010
Windows XP Mode: Hardware Assisted Virtualization No Longer Required
With a recent upgrade from Microsoft, Windows XP Mode will NO LONGER require hardware virtualization...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/20/2010
Silverlight 4 Training
Looking for a way to get ramped on all the cool new features just released in Silverlight 4? The...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/19/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (April 2010 Update)
SQL Server 2008 R2 offers an impressive array of capabilities for developers that build upon key...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/19/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machines with Sample Data and Hands-on-Labs
Looking for a way to get up-to-speed on all the application lifecycle management (ALM) capabilities...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/19/2010
ARCast.TV - Using jQuery to Improve User Experience in Web Applications
David Hoerster, Director of Technology for policyIQ at Resources Global Professionals and the...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/19/2010
TCG Player Releases Gaming News Web Slice
TCGplayer is the #1 on-line collectible gaming community. Recently they released an IE8 Web Slice in...
Author: bob.familiar Date: 04/19/2010
Silverlight 4 Released!
April 15th, 2010 marks the fourth release of Silverlight that Microsoft has shipped in the last 2.5...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/18/2010
VS2010 Training Kit Update Released!
Now that Visual Studio 2010 has been formally released, it’s time to get up-to-speed on all the...
Author: jbarnes Date: 04/18/2010
Dynamic Scaling Windows Azure
A key benefit of cloud computing is the ability to add and remove capacity as and when it is...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/14/2010
Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch (Beta)
The Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta is a set of controls, APIs, templates, sample...
Author: Benjamin Xue Date: 04/14/2010
Bet Your Life on Windows Azure?
That is what sailors do that utilize the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's automated alerting...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/14/2010