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Windows Azure AppFabric Labs September release – announcement and scheduled maintenance

Windows Azure AppFabric Team Blog — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:36:00 GMT

The next update to the Windows Azure AppFabric LABS environment is scheduled for September 16, 2010 (Thursday). Users will have NO access to the AppFabric LABS portal and services during the scheduled maintenance down time. When: START: September 16,...(read more)

New Windows Azure Videos Now Available on Channel 9

Windows Azure — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:26:00 GMT

Want to watch the experts discuss the Windows Azure platform and hear their tips to help you get started? Then you'll want to take a look at these four videos that were just posted to Bytes by MSDN on Channel 9 . Bytes by MSDN: Adam Grocholski and...(read more)

Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 4

SQL Azure Team Blog — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:41:44 GMT

This is the fourth part in a multi-part blog series about securing your connection string in Windows Azure. In the first blog post ( found here ) a technique was discussed for creating a public/private key pair, using the Windows Azure Certificate Store...(read more)

Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Bob West, Director of the Office of Reapportionment, Florida House of Representatives

Windows Azure — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:34:54 GMT

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Bob West, Director of the Office of Reapportionment for the Florida House of Representatives , about using the Windows Azure platform to help capture accurate U.S. Census statistics. Here's...(read more)

Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 3

SQL Azure Team Blog — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:13:02 GMT

This is the third part in a multi-part blog series about securing your connection string in Windows Azure. In the first blog post ( found here ) a technique was discussed for creating a public/private key pair, using the Windows Azure Certificate Store...(read more)

Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 2

SQL Azure Team Blog — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:19:14 GMT

This is the second part in a multi-part blog series about securing your connection string in Windows Azure. In the first blog post ( found here ) a technique was discussed for creating a public/private key pair, using the Windows Azure Certificate Store...(read more)

In Stock! Also, First Review

Vibro.NET — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:37:42 GMT

Inching closer & closer… Amazon and OReilly now have Programming WIF in stock, although Amazon didn’t ship the copy I pre-ordered yet. Also, first review ! Thank you Israel for your kind words :-) Read More......(read more)

Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 1

SQL Azure Team Blog — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:34 GMT

One of the challenges you face in running a highly secure SQL Azure environment is too keep your connection string to SQL Azure secure. If you are running Windows Azure you need to provide this connection string to your Windows Azure code, however you...(read more)

The First Dead-Tree Copy of the Book is Here!

Vibro.NET — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:09:44 GMT

[I know, you must be sick of book -related posts: please bear with me just a bit longer, I think we’re almost done :-)] YES! I just found under the door mat – wait for it - the very first printed copy of Programming Windows Identity Foundation ! Considering...(read more)

Ensuring High Availability of Web Applications in Windows Azure

Windows Azure — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:51:53 GMT

To prevent your Windows Azure applications from potentially experiencing a loss of availability during platform upgrades, we recommend deploying more than one instance of your web-facing roles. Doing so also enforces the Windows Azure Compute Service...(read more)

The Table of Content of Programming Windows Identity Foundation

Vibro.NET — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:26:02 GMT

Various readers asked me to provide the table of content of Programming Windows Identity Foundation , so here it is. The formatting is not perfect, but I wanted to make sure to keep the page numbers and indentation so that you can assess how much space...(read more)

From Paul Schaeflein: Using SelfSTS to Feed Claims to SharePoint

Vibro.NET — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:16:19 GMT

If you work with SharePoint you surely know Paul Shaeflein , SharePoint MVP, from his articles and sessions at Tech.Ed , SharePoint Summit and similar events. Paul understood the value of using claims in SharePoint from the very start and very actively...(read more)

New Windows Server Post Explains How Cloud Computing Market is Growing

Windows Azure — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:08:31 GMT

Check out the new post, "Cloud Computing a Catalyst for Server Growth? " on the Windows Server blog to read a good commentary in response to yesterday's Computerworld article, " Cloud computing by the numbers: What do all the statistics...(read more)

Two New Nodes for the Windows Azure CDN Enhance Service Across Asia

Windows Azure — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:32:29 GMT

We are happy to announce that two additional nodes for the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network are now live in Seoul, Korea and Taipei, Taiwan. These two new nodes bring the total number of CDN physical nodes available globally to 22, with six of these...(read more)

Compression for Speed and Cost Savings

SQL Azure Team Blog — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:58:26 GMT

SQL Azure doesn’t currently support page level or row level compression like the enterprise edition of SQL Server 2008. However, you can implement your own column level compression in your data access layer to take advantage of the performance and cost...(read more)