Team Individualism
Some exploration in technology options that enabe teams to build solutions, but focus on the individual
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 25th March 2011
Local Overview MYOB delays Azure cloud launch “because of feedback received from beta testers…forced...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/28/2011
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter - 11th March 2011
Local Overview Microsoft Australia: CloudCast Episode 1 & Episode 2 now published Now available:...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/15/2011
DiagnosticMonitor - RoleEnvironmentException was unhandled
I came across this simple RoleEnvironmentException error last night and perhaps because I was sleepy...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/09/2011
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 4th March 2011
Local Overview Pledge your support on the Christchurch earthquake site IDC Highlights – 80% of all...
Author: drmcghee Date: 03/07/2011
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 18th February 2011
Local Overview Join the Microsoft Australia Cloud Power Forum Local Windows Azure Discovery...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/21/2011
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 11th February 2011
Local Overview Tom Hollander strikes again at 131500 A very simple Windows Azure based app that...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/14/2011
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 4th February 2011
Local Overview Brisbane city council picks Azure - the first {public} Australian public sector...
Author: drmcghee Date: 02/07/2011
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter - 28th January 2011
Local Overview Tim Buntel (@tbuntel) joins Microsoft Australia as new Windows Azure Product...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/31/2011
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 21st January 2011
Local Overview MCS and partners build government pledge site on Windows Azure: New national register...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/23/2011
Complimentary BPOS for flood affected businesses
I read this today and thought very much worth sharing “Along with Telstra and our partner Productiv,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/20/2011
Dev vs Dev–Windows Phone 7
To celebrate the launch of Windows Phone 7, Australia's best developers can use their skills and...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/20/2011
My simple approach to pagination in Windows Azure Table Storage
As part of my simple Azure Assets application I first focussed on Pagination. Although my test...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/20/2011
things I learned building a Windows Azure Asset Library
Over the past few months I've built up quite a library of Azure Assets. So as part of my learning...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/16/2011
Windows Azure Storage Available for QLD business affected by the floods
Catherine Eibner has put together details, a couple of days ago, on the offer our local Windows...
Author: drmcghee Date: 01/14/2011
2011 Cloud Predictions–The best of
As it customary this time of year there are many predictions for the coming year. Here are a few I...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/30/2010
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 10th December 2010
Local Overview NICTA, ANU and CSIRO partner with Microsoft – Windows Azure Readiness &...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/12/2010
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter– 3rd December 2010
Local Overview Local Azure specialist Tom Hollander writes about full IIS differences from Hosted...
Author: drmcghee Date: 12/05/2010
A tool for visualising disk space usage, and a tool to query data sources (including Windows Azure Storage)
Last week I was migrating to my new work laptop - HP 2740p tablet which has a very powerful...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/28/2010
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 26th November 2010
Local Overview APRA: Specific considerations when using cloud computing services Readiness &...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/28/2010
#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 19th November 2010
Local Overview Windows Azure Platform University - Brett and Owen Report About Australia From...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/21/2010
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter–12th November 2010
Local Overview APAC data transfers has been lowered from $0.30 GB in / $0.45 GB out to $0.10 GB in /...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/15/2010
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter - 5th November 2010
Local Overview The Australian – Curtin Call – A case study of Australian university Curtin...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/09/2010
I'm going be a Windows Phone 7 App Writer
After TechEd, various internal events and some pretty nifty demos from the guys at Readify, its...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/09/2010
Upgrading a Mac Air with Windows 7– is it worth it?
I’m lucky, I have a few machines I use for work and for home. When I was a kid the Mattel Aquarius...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/09/2010
The last Windows largely deployed?
Every now again I find James Gardner's blog posts insightful and provocative. The recent post The...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/09/2010
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter - 29th October 2010
Whilst I was away on leave last week PDC was in full swing with at least 15 major changes to the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 11/02/2010
#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter - 22nd October 2010
Local Overview Steve Nagy – Windows Azure MVP in Australia – Well done! Readiness & Resources...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/21/2010
#Azure Action –Weekly Newsletter - 8th October 2010
Overview Fujitsu to Bring Windows Azure to Australia in 2011 Local Enterprise TAP for SQL Azure...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/08/2010
The Windows Azure team in Australia
As the team is now beginning to take some shape and form I thought I’d take a stab at a list of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 10/05/2010
Readify: Azure Development days
Several related workshops coming up for the pending Cloud enthusiast and developer: Chris...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/29/2010
BOOK: “Developing Applications for the Cloud”
This Patterns and Practice book demonstrates how you can create from scratch a multi-tenant,...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/22/2010
HPC On Premise and Off with Windows Azure
If you need on demand computational power, and at massive scale, then Ryan Waite shows you how with...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/21/2010
Started Azure Technical Specialist Role - Today
There is a theory which states that if anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it...
Author: drmcghee Date: 09/19/2010
Azure at TechEd Australia 2010
Quick list of specific Azure sessions to watch: COS301 A Lap Around Windows Azure Session...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/19/2010
The perfect candidate for Surface emerges – Board games
Now, this is pretty cool. For all those out there who have said, "I'd love to see Settlers of...
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/10/2010
Switch on the light
Introducing Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch - the newest member of the Visual Studio family....
Author: drmcghee Date: 08/03/2010
the benefits of the Windows Azure platform with greater physical control, geographic proximity, regulatory compliance and data sovereignty
Just Announced at WPC: the Windows Azure Platform Appliance Should be some great opportunities in...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/14/2010
Sydney Traffic Mapping With Bing Maps
Before you travel, might be worth looking here
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/11/2010
Five locally produced events
I’ve spent the last few months absorbing various events, tweets and podcasts. Locally we have some...
Author: drmcghee Date: 07/01/2010
Mark Vozzo at STBUG: What’s the big fuss about Bing?
Mark Vozzo from Microsoft’s Digital Marketing Team will be providing a demo at SBTUG, on some of the...
Author: drmcghee Date: 06/25/2010