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How to Choose Between Windows Azure Queues, Windows Azure Service Bus Queues
One of the key patterns in building scalable applications is queues. Let’s say you have a...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/27/2012
MSDN Subscribers Receive Up to $3,700 in Annual Windows Azure Benefits
If you are an existing Visual Studio Professional, Premium or Ultimate with MSDN subscriber, you get...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/25/2012
MIX Merges With Next Developer Conference Later This Year
Tim O’Brien, General Manager, Developer & Platform Evangelism, has posted details about...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/25/2012
Register for the Upcoming Windows Azure Discover Events on the West Coast
Are you pondering the business opportunity behind Azure? Is Azure right for your solution? Do you...
Author: Wes Yanaga Date: 01/24/2012
Register Today for the SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event on March 7
SQL Server 2012 launches March 7. Register now for the Virtual Launch Event. You will have access to...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/24/2012
Bring Some Game To Your Code
A software engineer's glory so often goes unnoticed. Attention seems to come either when there are...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/23/2012
Getting Started with 3-Month Trial on Windows Azure with No Obligation
Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president in Microsoft's Server and Tools Business division, explains...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/20/2012
Release Candidate for System Center 2012 Key Building Block in Your Private Cloud Strategy
System Center 2012 Release Candidate (RC) joins Hyper-V and Windows Server as key building blocks...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/19/2012
New API Lets You Show Three Alternative Routes on Bing Maps
A new API lets you show up to three alternative routes on Bing Maps. The new routing engine is...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/12/2012
Nokia, HTC Announce New Windows Phones at CES
New Windows Phones were announced jointly by Microsoft and partners at CES according to That’s...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/11/2012
Watch Ballmer CES Keynote Online
See Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer keynote at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show online. Steve Ballmer...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/09/2012
ISV Video: Whitewater Backup to the Cloud on Windows Azure Storage
Whitewater from Riverbed automates backup for enterprises into Windows Azure. Azure Architect...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/09/2012
IE6 usage in the US has now officially dropped below 1%
Internet Explorer 6 usage in the US has now officially dropped below 1% according to a blog post on...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/04/2012
Spending Limits Highlight New Risk-Free Windows Azure Sign-Up
The December release of Windows Azure has unveiled a new Windows Azure site and sign-up experience....
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 01/03/2012
Server Side JavaScript Programming Comes to Windows Azure with Node.js
A holiday update Windows Azure SDK for Node.js can help get you started with server-side JavaScript...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/28/2011
ISV Video: Quark Brand Manager Goes Global in the Cloud on Windows Azure
Quark Brand Manager provides distributed sales and marketing teams the opportunity to easily create,...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/27/2011
ISV Case Study: Cloud Storage Gateway Provides Backup into Windows Azure
Whitewater automates enterprise backup to the cloud. The product from Riverbed is a gateway that...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/22/2011
PhoneGap Features Support Windows Phone 7.5
All the features of in the new version of PhoneGap version 1.3 are supported on Windows Phone 7.5....
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/20/2011
ISV Case Study: Security-Enhanced, Cost-Effective Hybrid Storage with Windows Azure Storage
Enterprises need cost-effective primary storage for a SharePoint, Fileservers, and Virtual machines....
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/19/2011
New December Windows Azure Developer Training Tools, Kits Shows How to Get Started
The new Windows Azure tools and training kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content to...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/15/2011
New Azure Release Supports Open Source Libraries Node.js, MongoDB, Hadoop, Solr, Memcached
The December release of Windows Azure brings many cool new features including extensive support of...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/13/2011
New Features, Node.js Support Highlight December Release of Windows Azure
A number of updates and improvements have been unveiled today for Windows Azure that will help you...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/12/2011
Silverlight 5 Released with New Features for Developers
Silverlight 5 has been released. Silverlight 5 adds a ton of new features over what we had with...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/12/2011
ScottGu to Keynote ‘Learn Windows Azure’ Live Event Tuesday
Join us LIVE from the Microsoft Redmond Campus to learn how to get started building applications for...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/09/2011
Fourth Preview for IE10 Delivers Faster Rendering
An updated platform preview of IE10 for the Windows Developer Preview is now available for download....
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 12/01/2011
Web Camp Training for HTML5 Now on Video
HTML5 Web Camp Videos now available. HTML5 is the arguably the hottest topic in web development...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 11/21/2011
Release Candidate for SQL Server 2012 Ready
Building on our announcement at the PASS Summit 2011 in early October, today we are excited to...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 11/17/2011
‘Roslyn’ Offers Object Model for Code Generation, Analysis, Refactoring, Scripting
Traditionally, compilers are black boxes -- source code goes in one end, and object files or...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/24/2011
Code Walkthroughs Show How to Write Interactive Graphics in HTML5, SVG, JavaScript
If you are interested in seeing how gaming applications are written in HTML5 and JavaScript, take a...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/21/2011
SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit Now Available
The SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit is now available for download free of charge. The kit...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/19/2011
SQL Azure Roadmap Simplifies Scale Out Needs with Bigger Data, SQL Azure Federation
The SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release will be available by end of 2011 and is aimed at simplifying...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/18/2011
New Community Previews for BI, Connecting SQL to the Cloud
Two new Community Technology Previews (CTPs) for SQL Azure have been announced at PASS Summit 2011...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/17/2011
Microsoft Demos Dynamics NAV Running on Windows Azure
The Microsoft Dynamics NAV team has produced a demo of the application running on Windows Azure. The...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/16/2011
‘Big Data’ Hadoop Coming to BI on SQL Server, Windows Server, Windows Azure
In his keynote at PASS 2011, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Ted Kummert announced new...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/15/2011
ISV Video: Social Media Goes Mobile with Glassboard on Azure
You can now share your private data with groups of your friends, coworkers, and those outside your...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/14/2011
SQL Server ‘Denali’ Becomes SQL Server 2012
Kicking off PASS Summit 2011, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Ted Kummert announced the upcoming...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/14/2011
Learn Cloud in Free Two-Day Azure Developer Training, Hands-On Labs in Silicon Valley, CA
At Azure DevCamps, you’ll learn what’s new in developing cloud solutions using Windows...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/13/2011
Check Out Cheat Sheets for Phone Developers on Live Tiles, Controls
My colleague Kevin Ashley has created new cheat sheets for Windows Phone 7.5 developers – one...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/13/2011
Samples, Tool Helps You Convert SQL Lite to SQL Server Compact for Phone Apps
A database conversion tool help you convert you SQLite database to SQL Server Compact. The tool and...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/11/2011
Why you should consider attending the Microsoft Dynamics CRM User Group (CRMUG) Summit Nov 9-11
Each year the Dynamics CRM User Group or CRMUG hosts a great user conference where you can network...
Author: jodonnell Date: 10/10/2011
Great Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 blog posts you may have missed week 4 Sept
Each week our CRM product team and community members puts out a number of interesting blogs focused...
Author: jodonnell Date: 10/10/2011
Great Microsoft Dynamics CRM blog posts you may have missed week 3 Sept
Each week our CRM product team and community members puts out a number of interesting blogs focused...
Author: jodonnell Date: 10/10/2011
Sign-up Today for Free Azure DevCamp in Silicon Valley, CA
Developer Camps (DevCamps for short) are free, fun, no-fluff events for developers, by developers in...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/05/2011
New Microsoft Certified Architects (MCA) for SharePoint Announced
A new architect certification program, Microsoft Certified Architects (MCA) for SharePoint, was...
Author: Bruce Kyle Date: 10/04/2011