January 2009 - Posts

Design Principles Behind The Windows Azure Hypervisor by Windows Azure

Our next few posts will be discussions on the components of the Windows Azure service. Please add comments on anything you would like to hear more about. By Hoi Vo Director We are frequently asked about the Windows Azure Hypervisor, and whether or not...

Packaging up files for the cloud by Cloud Computing Tools Team

Jim has posted about how you can include additional files in your package when packaging for the Development Fabric and for the cspkg you upload to the cloud. Read More...

Windows Live Messenger IM Control Module for Drupal CMS by Live Services

If you are a Drupal user and want to be able to show your Windows Live Messenger online presence, Coworks has a module for you . Coworks attended the Microsoft Web Hosting & Developer Roadshow in Belgium in December 2008, and decided to build a module...

First Day of Parental Leave by Extemporaneous Mumblings

We had our first child in October and my wife stayed home the first three months.  I only stayed the first week after delivery and started back to work.  It was hard to go back to work so soon, but I knew that my wife would be fine with her...
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Azure Issue Tracker Released by Extemporaneous Mumblings

I am happy to announce the immediate release of the Azure Issue Tracker sample application.  I know. I know. the name is wildly creative.  This sample application is a simple issue tracking service and website that pulls together a couple of...
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Silverlight Debugging in a Windows Azure Web Role by Cloud Computing Tools Team

Want to know more about how to setup Silverlight in a Windows Azure Web Cloud Service and how to configure Silverlight debugging ? Read More...

维托里奥去北京和新加坡 [Vittorio goes to Beijing & Singapore]* by Vibro.NET

Tomorrow morning I have my flight to Beijing, where I'll spend Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday spreading some Azure & Identity love. Wednesday night I have a redeye to Singapore where I'll do some more identity work and hopefully meet some...

Identity pun by Vibro.NET

Sorry guys, this will make you cringe but I can't help myself: this came out while I was reharsing a presentation just minutes ago. Ah, and you'll get it only if you're identity-sick :-) A passive client enters a shop, and starts looking around...

January 2009 CTP of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK Released by Cloud Computing Tools Team

We're excited to announce that we've released an update to the Windows Azure Tools and SDK. Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio Windows Azure SDK See this post for more information. Read More...

Updated SDK and Tools for Visual Studio Available Now by Windows Azure

Today, in less than three months since its announcement , Microsoft’s Windows Azure team has announced a refresh to the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure tools for Visual Studio. The Community Technology Preview (CTP), announced at Microsoft’s PDC Read...

Roles? Those are claiiiiiims! by Vibro.NET

[Warning: if you are not an identity geek, don't read] People tend to approach new things by understanding how they relate with what they already know. That's natural, and that's also a very effective strategy: however it can only get you...

Live Mesh Awarded Best Technology Innovation Crunchie by Live Services

Hi everyone, Angus Logan (senior tech product manager for Live Services) here. I’m in San Francisco at the 2008 Crunchie Awards and after ~ 350k votes were cast Ray Ozzie and David Treadwell accepted the award for Best Technology Innovation/Achievement...

Microsoft Tags by Vibro.NET

Let me spend few mins to write a lunch time post for giving the solution to yesterday's riddle , reported below:                 The three images are in fact instances of a the new super cool technology, dubbed...

Let's see if you figure this out... by Vibro.NET

[ Update ] ...did you? :-) The trick is simple: the images below are generated via Microsoft Tag technology. For a lenghtier explanation, see http://blogs.msdn.com/vbertocci/archive/2009/01/09/microsoft-tags.aspx Read More...

A visual tour of the .NET Access Control service via Azure Services Management Console by Vibro.NET

Happy Western-new year! Hope you enjoyed your holidays, and that you're back to work recharged & ready to authenticate/authorize everything in sight ;-) I have a long piece I wrote back in December on my flights to Italy, but that's pretty...
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