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Open Source and Device Development in the Cloud
Pie in the Sky (November 9, 2012)
This week’s reading list is a good one for cold autumn weather…it’s not light...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 11/09/2012
Windows Azure Command-line Tools for Mac and Linux, Version 0.6.7 is Available
A new version of the Windows Azure Command-line Tools for Mac and Linux has been released. This...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 11/06/2012
Pie in the Sky (November 2, 2012)
It's Friday once again, and we're here with a list of links for your weekend reading pleasure:...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 11/02/2012
How to use MongoDB from PHP in Windows Azure Web Sites
Earlier today, MongoLab announced the availability of MongoDB as a service on Windows Azure:...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 10/31/2012
Data Paging using the Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS client SDK
As another follow up to an earlier post, I'm walking through the Windows Azure Mobile Services...
Author: ralph.squillace Date: 10/28/2012
Pie in the Sky (October 26, 2012)
We have a long reading list this week. Not sure how that happened considering how much other work...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 10/26/2012
Exporting and Importing VM settings with the Azure Command-Line Tools
We've talked previously about the Windows Azure command-line tools, and have used them in a few...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 10/25/2012
Data Input Validation using the Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS client SDK
As a follow up to an earlier post, I'm walking through the Windows Azure Mobile Services Tutorials...
Author: ralph.squillace Date: 10/24/2012
Getting Database Connection Information in Windows Azure Web Sites
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that suggested you use app settings in Windows Azure Web Sites to...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 10/23/2012
Pie in the Sky (October 19, 2012)
It's a late 'Friday' post again; my apologies. It's been a bit hectic leading up to the end of...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 10/22/2012
Windows Azure Mobile Services with iOS and Android
Yesterday, Scott Guthrie blogged about the new iOS client SDK and feature set for Mobile Services....
Author: ralph.squillace Date: 10/17/2012
Getting Error Info for PHP Sites in Windows Azure Web Sites
This is just a short post about how to get error information for PHP sites running in Windows Azure...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 10/16/2012
Pie in the Sky (October 12, 2012)
Hope for good reading weather this weekend, because our reading list this week has lots to choose...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 10/12/2012
Using Memcache to access a Windows Azure Dedicated Cache
A few weeks ago, Larry and I wrote a couple of post about how to set up co-located caching using...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 10/09/2012
Pie in the Sky (October 5, 2012)
Welcome back to the end of the week! Just a handful of links this week, hope you find them useful....
Author: Larry Franks Date: 10/05/2012
Node.js specific diagnostics for Windows Azure
I've been researching how to troubleshoot Node.js applications hosted on Windows Azure recently, and...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 10/02/2012
Pie in the Sky (September 28, 2012)
As you’ll see from this week’s links, Windows Azure and supporting (or at least related)...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/28/2012
Quantcast open sources their file system based on KFS
This is a guest post by Sriram Rao, Principal Scientist Lead in the Cloud and Information Services...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/27/2012
Store DB Connection Info in Windows Azure Web Sites App Settings
This post is really just a Pro Tip: Use app settings in Windows Azure Web Sites to store your...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/26/2012
Pie in the Sky (Belated September 21, 2012 edition)
Oops, I didn't get these posted on Friday, so today will have to do. Friday was super busy and the...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 09/24/2012
How to Enable XDebug in Windows Azure Web Sites
This past weekend, the Windows Azure Web Sites team released several great improvements. For an...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/20/2012
Continuous Deployment with Windows Azure Web Sites
Last Friday, Windows Azure added support for continuous deployment from GitHub and CodePlex...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 09/19/2012
Using Custom PHP Extensions in Windows Azure Web Sites
I’m happy to announce that with the most recent update to Windows Azure Web Sites, you can now...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/17/2012
Pie in the Sky (September 14, 2012)
This week’s motto is “better late than never, and better something than nothing.” Yes, this week’s...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 09/14/2012
Pie in the Sky (September 7, 2012)
It's Friday again, I hope you're all enjoying the last few weeks of summer before we head into the...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 09/07/2012
Pie in the Sky (August 31, 2012)
Here in the Seattle area it already feels like autumn is in the air…and it’s not even...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/31/2012
Wrapping up DrupalCon Munich
If the amount of sleep one gets at a conference is inversely proportional to how good the conference...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/28/2012
Cloud Services Management via the Windows Azure SDK for PHP
I am happy to announce that the Windows Azure team has added cloud services support to the...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/22/2012
Migrating Drupal to a Windows Azure VM
Last week, as part of my preparation for DrupalCon Munich, I investigated how to migrate a simple...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/20/2012
Pie in the Sky (August 17, 2012)
Larry is on vacation this week, so my reading list will have to suffice for this week (and it has...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/17/2012
Migrating Drupal to Windows Azure Web Sites
DrupalCon Munich is next week, and I am lucky enough to be going. As part of preparing for the...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/16/2012
Customizing a Windows Azure PHP Worker Role
I was recently asked if it is possible to run PHP 5.4 in a Windows Azure Worker Role. (The default...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/14/2012
Pie in the Sky (August 10, 2012)
Just got back from a customer visit in San Francisco, had a great time and the weather was good....
Author: Larry Franks Date: 08/10/2012
Windows Azure Storage Plugin for WordPress Updated!
Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. (the recently-created Microsoft subsidiary charged with advancing...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/03/2012
Pie in the Sky (August 3, 2012)
If this week’s list of interesting/informative reading is any indication of how busy people...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 08/03/2012
Pie in the Sky (July 27, 2012)
It's almost August and it seems everyone but me is on vacation. That's OK though, as it's just a few...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 07/27/2012
Pie in the Sky (July 20, 2012)
I keep expecting things to slow down as we finally get into summer here in Redmond…but they...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/20/2012
New Connection Pattern in the PHP Client Libraries for Windows Azure
Today, the Windows Azure team released an update to the PHP Client Libraries for Windows Azure. You...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/18/2012
Pie in the Sky (June 13, 2012)
It's Friday the 13th, how many people worked from home to avoid the bad luck? :) Hopefully this...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 07/13/2012
Service Management with the Windows Azure SDK for PHP
[Updated Aug. 10, 2012: I’ve updated this post so that the code examples work with the new...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/12/2012
Configuring PHP in Windows Azure Websites with .user.ini Files
I wrote a post a few weeks ago (Windows Azure Websites: A PHP Perspective) in which I suggested...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/10/2012
Pie in the Sky (July 6, 2012)
This is a slow week for Larry and me (we’re both taking a couple of days off around the U.S....
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/06/2012
PHP, Memcache, and Windows Azure Caching
Yesterday, my colleague Larry Franks posted about Windows Azure Caching (Preview) and Ruby Cloud...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 07/03/2012
Windows Azure Caching (Preview) and Ruby Cloud Services
One of the new features introduced in the spring update to Windows Azure is the ability to use...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 07/02/2012
Pie in the Sky (June 29, 2012)
Hopefully it's cooler where you're at than it is here; it's up to 106°F at my house today! Note...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 06/29/2012
Windows Azure Websites, Web Roles, and VMs: When to use which?
The June 7th update to Windows Azure introduced two new services (Windows Azure Websites and...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/27/2012
Windows Azure PowerShell and Ruby Cloud Services
Some of you may remember a little project I created last year called RubyRole, which let you host...
Author: Larry Franks Date: 06/26/2012
Pie in the Sky (June 22, 2012)
Summer is here! Well, it is in most places. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re still...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/22/2012
Creating a PHP Web Role in Windows Azure
Earlier this week, I posted an overview of the “new” Windows Azure SDK for PHP. In that...
Author: Brian Swan - MSFT Date: 06/21/2012