US DPE Azure Connection
We are Technology Evangelists from Microsoft's US Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) team focused on Windows Azure and cloud computing. US DPE Azure Connection is where you can keep up with all of our cloud-related blog posts. You can also find
Windows 8: Cannot Connect to Printer
I have a Canon MP830 USB printer hooked up to my always on workstation at home, and this is shared...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/17/2012
Windows Store is Open!
Just a quick post to let you know the store is open for app submissions. I already created and...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 09/14/2012
VS2012 Launch Event Materials
[Post to be edited soon] This post contains all of the information needed for the Visual Studio 2012...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/12/2012
Configuring Live SDK to allow your Windows 8 Application to use it.
Configuring Live SDK to allow your Windows 8 Application to use it.
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 09/11/2012
Join me at The Cloud OS event
So join me at The Cloud OS Signature Event Series for a free, one-day event, and check out the...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 09/10/2012
Updated Windows Azure Reference Architecture
Since publishing my Windows Azure Cookbook series, I’ve received a number of requests to update the...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 09/10/2012
Charlotte Windows 8 DevCamp 9/8/12
This coming Saturday, 9/8/12, we’re putting together a 1 day Windows 8 DevCamp! Check out the...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/06/2012
Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services
Today I’m excited to share that the Windows Azure Mobile Services public preview is now available....
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 08/28/2012
Error Creating Database in LocalDB using SQL Server Management Studio 2012 (SSMS)
Ok, in the previous post we determined how we could attach to LocalDB using SSMS 2012. Next stop,...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 08/23/2012
Connecting to LocalDB with SQL Server Management Studio 2012 (SSMS)
I've been reinstalling a bunch of software on my brand new Win8 machines, and decided to keep a...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 08/23/2012
Windows Azure Training Kit – August 2012 Released
In this release of the training kit we have delivered 41 HOLs covering a wide variety of bug fixes...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 08/22/2012
Materials from St. Louis Day of .NET 2012
Wow! Amazing turnout this year – over 900 attendees. As promised, here are the materials from my...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 08/06/2012
Windows 8 Developer Camps
We are launching a series of developer camps focusing on Windows 8 development. These camps will be...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 08/06/2012
Slides and Code from Dallas, July 10, 2012
Looking for my slides and code from the super-awesome-event-with-his-Gu-ness in Dallas? Here's...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 07/12/2012
Slides from Microsoft Cloud Summit 2012 in Dallas
I had a great time at the summit, and it was a great crowd. You know it’s going to be a fun day when...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 07/12/2012
Virtual Machine Materials from Microsoft Cloud Summit 2012 in Dallas
What an awesome turnout today down in DFW! Great crowd and awesome questions. Here are the slides...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 07/10/2012
Windows Azure Web Sites vs. Cloud Apps
We have several new ways for you to run your applications in the cloud, and developers want a little...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 07/05/2012
Deleting Projects from TFS (in TFSPreview.com)
Deleting Projects from TFS (in TFSPreview.com)
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 07/03/2012
Add STS Reference missing in Visual Studio 2012 RC
Add STS Reference missing in Visual Studio 2012 RC
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 07/03/2012
Windows Azure Recipe: Big Data
As the name implies, what we’re talking about here is the explosion of electronic data that comes...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 07/02/2012
Installing Windows Identity Foundation on Windows 8 - The Certificate for the signer of the message is invalid or not found.
Having problems getting WIF up and running on your Win8 development box? So was I...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 07/02/2012
Installing Windows Identity Foundation on Windows 8 – The Certificate for the signer of the message is invalid or not found.
Installing Windows Identity Foundation on Windows 8 – The Certificate for the signer of...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 07/01/2012
Consuming that REST WebAPI from Windows 8 HTML5
I have started working with Windows 8 apps a little bit, and it has been a lot of fun. Of course you...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 06/29/2012
Hosting a WebAPI service on Windows Azure Web Sites
I was recently asked if it was possible to host a web service on Web Sites. I responded : “Well,...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 06/29/2012
My Expert Travel Tips
I want to take a brief moment away from writing about Windows Azure to discuss my thoughts and...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 06/13/2012
Monitoring your Windows Azure Web Site
In the last post I walked through how you can really easily create a site, and deploy a blog with...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 06/11/2012
Run your blog on Windows Azure
We just made some really awesome announcements about Windows Azure last week. One of those was a new...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 06/11/2012
Windows Azure Recipe: High Performance Computing
One of the most attractive ways to use a cloud platform is for parallel processing. Commonly known...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 06/08/2012
MultiUser Web Applications in Windows Azure (Using Claims to Save the World), Part 2
The timing on this couldn't be more, um... ironic. If you don't want to be the next...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 06/07/2012
Windows Azure Recipe: Social Web / Big Media
With the rise of social media there’s been an explosion of special interest media web sites on the...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 06/06/2012
MultiUser Web Applications in Windows Azure, Part 1
Your application has users, right? How can you service them, and keep your application locked up...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 06/04/2012
Windows Azure Recipe: Mobile Computing
A while back, mashups were all the rage. The idea was to compose solutions that provided aggregation...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 06/01/2012
Using PowerShell to Manage Windows Azure Applications
I was recently asked to do a presentation on managing Windows Azure applications with PowerShell by...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 05/29/2012
Windows Azure Recipe: Enterprise LOBs
Enterprises are more and more dependent on their specialized internal Line of Business (LOB)...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 05/23/2012
CloudDevelop, a cloud event in Columbus
I have been helping CloudDevelop.org a little bit as they pull together their first event. It looks...
Author: Brian H. Prince Date: 05/23/2012
Windows Azure Recipe: Consumer Portal
Drivers Nearly every company on the internet has a web presence. Many are merely using theirs for...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 05/21/2012
Windows Azure Solution Cookbook
I’ve spent quite a bit of time discussing cloud computing with our customers lately and the common...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 05/21/2012
Six0Run Scores Big with Windows Azure
What do you get when you cross a college basketball coach, a lawyer, and a software architect? In...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 05/18/2012
Why can’t I connect to my SQL Azure database?
We’ve been running our Azure Hands On Experience labs throughout the US Central Region for the last...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 05/15/2012
Building an App for Win8? I can help.
We're looking to help developers like you to build the apps that will drive Windows 8. If...
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 05/11/2012
Well, this is nice - sweepstakes for learning the cloud.
As if you needed another reason... just build anything and get yourself a chance to win cash.
Author: Adam Hoffman Date: 05/10/2012