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
Materials from VS Ultimate Tour
Zain Naboulsi and I continue to travel around the region delivering our Ultimate Guide to Visual...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 10/20/2011
Geo-Load Balancing with the Azure Traffic Manager
One of the great new features of the Windows Azure platform is the Azure Traffic Manager, a geo load...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 10/10/2011
CodeMastery This Weekend in Atlanta
Chris Williams just let me know about an event happening in Atlanta this Saturday, Oct 8 … and it’s...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 10/05/2011
Use the Windows Azure CDN for Assets
The most common response to running stuff in the cloud (Azure, Amazon in particular) is the that...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/26/2011
Azure BootCamp - November 5 2011 - Tampa
From DevFish (Joe Healy) down in Florida... What is a Windows Azure Boot Camp?Windows Azure Boot...
Author: Peter Laudati Date: 09/21/2011
Azure and Phone … Better Together
We had an excellent time presenting today’s Windows Phone Camp in Charlotte. Thank you to everyone...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/21/2011
Windows PhoneCamps
From MSDN events, to roadshows, to firestarters … Now on to Camps … and just got word about the...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/01/2011
Slides from my St. Louis Day of .NET 2011 sessions
I want to send out a BIG thanks to everyone who attended my sessions this past weekend. You made...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 08/08/2011
Windows Azure Tech Jam Spring 2011 Series – Content & Links
Thanks to everyone who attended the Spring 2011 Series of Windows Azure Tech Jam events! The US...
Author: Peter Laudati Date: 07/15/2011
RPA Grand Tournament Complete!
We had a GREAT time running the RockPaperAzure Grand Tournament Wednesday. We had a total of...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 07/14/2011
Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Resource Guide
Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch gives you a simpler and faster way to create high-quality...
Author: Clint Edmonson Date: 07/12/2011
Top Reasons for Bot Rejection
Just a quick tip for those in the Grand Tournament. There are 2 very common reasons we’re...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 07/07/2011
Windows Phone Garage Events
By way of Glen Gordon: Two great community guys – Chris Eargle and Chris Williams - are...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 06/09/2011
Wifi on the Road
I spend a lot of time on the road and often need to stay online. Back in the Windows Mobile...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 05/30/2011
Azure Tech Jam
You’ve heard about cloud computing and already know it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread – and...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 05/18/2011
Top Failed Bots
During a presentation the other day to the Charlotte ALT.NET group, I made a joke that Rock,...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 05/04/2011
Rock, Paper, Azure Deep Dive: Part 2
In part 1, I detailed some of the specifics in getting the Rock, Paper, Azure (RPA) up and running...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 05/02/2011
Windows Phone 7 Garage Event Coming!
In a few weeks, my colleagues Glen and Joe will be in Charlotte (and a few other locations around...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/29/2011
RPA: Burned by Static Cling
In a previous post about locking in Rock, Paper, Azure, I said this somewhat offhand: In this case,...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/18/2011
RPA Game History Available
You spoke, we listened. Rock, Paper, Azure is going well, but one thing we’ve heard from...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/18/2011
RPA Winners, Losers, and Eligibility
Over the past few weeks, we (the dev team of Rock, Paper, Azure) have gotten to be best friends with...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/14/2011
Can’t Lock() in RPA
For security and performance reasons, we often review what bots are doing and review any rejected...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/12/2011
Testing a RockPaperAzure Bot in a Winform
In Friday’s webcast, I showed a quick ‘n dirty utility for testing a RockPaperAzure bot...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/11/2011
Rock, Paper, Azure Tournament Information
We had a couple of great questions on RPA tournaments over the first week – I thought...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/11/2011
Getting a Windows Azure account for Rock, Paper, Azure
If you’re interested in getting a Windows Azure account to play in Rock, Paper, Azure (RPA), there...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/06/2011
We’re Ready to Rock…
… but there are some changes to Rock, Paper, Azure we need to discuss based on our test...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/04/2011
RPA: Why is my Bot Rejected?
We’ve had a few people ask about getting the following message when submitting bots: Bot contains...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/01/2011
Rock, Paper, Azure Deep Dive: Part 1
If you’re not sure what Rock, Paper, Azure (RPA) is all about, check out the website or look over...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/30/2011
RockPaperAzure Coding Challenge
I’m pleased to announce that we’re finally launching our Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge! For the past...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/29/2011
Creating a Quick Progress Visual like UpdateProgress
On Thursday, we’re going to go live with our RockPaperAzure coding challenge – and it’s time to...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/29/2011
Storing Data in Azure: SQL, Tables, or Blobs?
While building the back end to host our “Rock, Paper, Scissors in the cloud” game, we faced a...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/28/2011
Getting Ready to Rock (Paper and Scissors)
We’re gearing up for something that I think will be truly exciting – but I’m getting ahead of...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/16/2011
Returning to Chess
Many years ago, I was a reasonably active person in computer chess and OTB (over-the-board) chess...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 02/14/2011
Acer 1420P (PDC Laptop) Service Manual
There aren’t too many Acer 1420P netbooks out there – this is the one given out at PDC...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 01/31/2011
New Worldmaps Reporting Site
Thanks to the folks at Infragistics, there’s a new reporting site for Worldmaps! This...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 01/10/2011
Connected Show: Migrating To Azure
I recently sat down with Peter Laudati, my cloud colleague up in the NY/NJ area, and discussed...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 01/07/2011
Folding@home SMP Client
Wouldn’t you know it! As soon as we get admin rights in Azure in the form of Startup Tasks and...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 12/13/2010
Azure Firestarter Fall 2010 Series - Content & Links
Thanks to everyone who attended the Fall 2010 Series of Windows Azure Firestarter events! From...
Author: Peter Laudati Date: 12/10/2010
Windows Phone 7 App Sales
I wanted to make my app experience as open as possible, so now that reporting for Windows Phone 7...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 12/10/2010
You Know You’re a Geek When…
Over the long weekend I decided to start cleaning out the garage – a project, by my estimates, will...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 11/28/2010
Distributed Cache in Azure: Part III
It has been awhile since my last post on this … but here is the completed project – just in time for...
Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 11/24/2010
Windows Phone Emulator and Fiddler
On an internal alias, Eric Lawrence chimed in on setting up Fiddler for the Windows Phone 7...
Author: Anonymous Date: 10/17/2010
Distributed Cache in Azure: Part II
In my last post, I talked about creating a simple distributed cache in Azure. In...
Author: Anonymous Date: 09/30/2010