RickAtMicrosoft
A Voyage to Android-land on a dotNet Ship: Getting Started
This year, I've been writing about using Android phones to access Windows Azure Mobile Services (aka...
Date: 09/10/2013
These ARE the Androids you've been looking for!
That's the title of my latest post over on Larry Franks' Silver Lining Blog. It deals with using...
Date: 03/08/2013
The CAP Theorem: Why “Everything is Different” with the Cloud and Internet
This is a continuation of last Wednesday's post, which featured the intro section to my forthcoming...
Date: 01/03/2013
Data Architecture in a Cloudy World
Like many Microsoft bloggers, I'm somewhat erratic, partly because of my own workload, and partly...
Date: 01/02/2013
Windows Azure Performance: Best Practices
This topic, Best Practices for Performance in Windows Azure Applications, appeared with the recent...
Date: 06/26/2012
Versioning SQL Azure Schemas by Using Federations
This topic is now published on the MSDN Library at Versioning SQL Azure Schemas by Using...
Date: 03/15/2012
Now for Something a Little Different: Translating Technet Wiki Articles into Spanish
I've read quite a few posts on the Wiki Ninjas blog discussing translating articles from English...
Date: 01/05/2012
Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance Released
A virtual team of us released this last Friday. It provides you with "best practices and...
Date: 12/12/2011
More on the CAT Team's SQL Azure Dropped Connections Framework
In my preceding post I talked about the Windows Azure Customer Advisory Team ("CAT")'s framework for...
Date: 12/01/2011
Transient Connections in Windows Azure: Useful Resources
This is a collection of resources I have encountered while researching the problem of intermittent...
Date: 11/23/2011
Updates to Technet Wiki Windows Azure Tutorial
I am currently ramping up my Windows Azure skills (ramping up on new technologies is one of the many...
Date: 11/04/2011
Spatial Indexing in SQL Server 2012 ("Denali")
I attended the recent PASS Summit in Seattle, staffed the "Experts Pod" dealing with application...
Date: 10/25/2011
Hello World
I am one of the programmer/writers that works on documenting the Entity Framework (which includes...
Date: 10/21/2011