August 2010 - Posts

Open Letter Asks: Consider a Move to the Cloud with Microsoft and Windows Azure by Windows Azure

You may have seen a letter in USA Today this morning suggesting that customers evaluating a licensing agreement with VMWare talk to Microsoft to learn more about how products and services such as the Windows Azure platform can enable a complete cloud...

Just Out: The eBook Version of “Programming Windows Identity Foundation” by Vibro.NET

Yes, you get to see the eBook version of my book even before I do :-) O’Reilly just made available today the eBook option for Programming Windows Identity Foundation . Thanks to Mike Erickson ’s tweet we also know that the download now works (thanks Mike...

Microsoft Government Cloud Application Center Connects Customers with Windows Azure Partner Solutions by Windows Azure

State and local governments evaluating a move to the cloud should have a central location where they can find partners and solutions with the right cloud-based solutions to meet their business needs. To meet this need, the Public Sector team just announced...

The Cost of a Row by SQL Azure Team Blog

In a previous blog post I covered how to calculate the cost of a covered index, allowing you to evaluate if the performance of the covered index was worth its monthly cost. In this blog post I am going to use Transact-SQL to calculate the average cost...

Simon Says by Vibro.NET

[No technical content in this uncharacteristically brief post, be warned] This morning I was leafing through the September issue of Wired, when I got to an interview with Simon Singh (no links to it, Wired’s Web site does not appear to have the September...

Transferring a SQL Azure Database by SQL Azure Team Blog

Imagine that you are an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), have a purchaser for your Windows Azure application and you want to transfer a copy of the starter database to the customer. However, you don’t want to give them the Administrative login and password...

Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Juan Carlos Robles Navarro, Senior Software Engineer at AXA Seguros by Windows Azure

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Juan Carlos Robles Navarro, Senior Software Engineer at AXA Seguros , about using the Windows Azure platform to deliver the insurance company's claims-management system. Here's what...

Creating a Bing Map Tile Server from Windows Azure by SQL Azure Team Blog

In this example application, I am going to build a Bing Maps tile server using Windows Azure that draws push pins on the tiles based on coordinates stored as spatial data in SQL Azure. Bing Maps allows you to draw over their maps with custom tiles; these...

Windows Live and Activity Streams by Windows Live for Developers

Did you know that Microsoft’s Windows Live has been actively embracing the emerging Activity Streams open standard? About a month ago, I traveled to Portland, Oregon, USA to participate in a “Federated Social Web Summit” organized the day before OSCON...

Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” CTP 1 (August 2010 Update) by SQL Azure Team Blog

Microsoft® Project Code-Named “Houston” is a lightweight and easy to use database management tool for SQL Azure databases. It is designed specifically for Web developers and other technology professionals seeking a straightforward solution to quickly...

Backing Up Your SQL Azure Database Using Database Copy by SQL Azure Team Blog

With the release of Service Update 4 for SQL Azure you now have the ability to make a snapshot of your running database on SQL Azure. This allows you to quickly create a backup before you implement changes to your production database, or to create a test...

Infographic: IPs, Protocols & Token Flavours in the August Labs release of ACS by Vibro.NET

The newest lab release of ACS shows some serious protocol muscle, covering (to my knowledge) more ground than anything else to date. ACS also does an excellent job in simplifying many scenarios that would traditionally require much more thinking &...

SQL Azure Service Update 4 by SQL Azure Team Blog

  Service Update 4 is now live with database copy, improved help system, and deployment of Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” to multiple data centers. Support for database copy: Database copy allows you to make a real-time complete snapshot...

Using SQL Server Migration Assistant to Move Access Tables to SQL Azure by SQL Azure Team Blog

The new version (v4.2) of SQL Server Migration Assistant that came out on August 12 th , 2010 allows you to move your Microsoft Access Tables and queries to SQL Azure. In this blog post I will walk through how to use the SQL Server Migration Assistant...

SelfSTS: when you need a SAML token NOW, RIGHT NOW by Vibro.NET

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