Architecture & Stuff
News Flash: Try Windows Azure for One Month Free!
Hot news flash: You can now try Windows Azure and SQL Azure for a month – FREE! Now you can do...
Author: Wzack Date: 08/05/2010
SQL Azure Performance, The Missing SQL Server Agent and SQL Azure Labs
Improving Your SQL Azure I/O Performance The SQL Azure team has done a post on improving SQL Azure...
Author: Wzack Date: 08/02/2010
SQL Azure, Houston and a Side Note
SQL Azure & Project Houston Houston is a new Silverlight tool to allow you to develop and...
Author: Wzack Date: 07/26/2010
The Best of Windows Azure This Week
- Implementing Geographic Redundancy with SQL Azure Geographic redundancy is a fancy word for...
Author: Wzack Date: 07/20/2010
New Year – New Role for Me
Microsoft’s fiscal year begins in July. A such July is the time for any changes in roles and...
Author: Wzack Date: 07/19/2010
Azure and High Scale Compute
Azure High Scale Compute (HSC) is a Windows Azure implementation of the Map-Reduce parallel...
Author: Wzack Date: 06/24/2010
Microsoft is “All In” Cloud Expo in New York
Lest there be any doubt that Microsoft is “All In” the cloud, we recently were one of the primary...
Author: Wzack Date: 05/01/2010
Public Clouds: Clear or Murky?
This week I had the privilege of attending the Cloud Computing Expo in New York at the Jacob Javits...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/23/2010
Windows Azure Design Patterns
One of the challenges in adopting a new platform is finding usable design patterns that work for...
Author: Wzack Date: 03/28/2010
Windows Azure Platform Training Roadmap
This training roadmap is based on internal work done by Fred Pace, Danny Garber and others at...
Author: Wzack Date: 03/13/2010
Microsoft is “All In” the Cloud
Those of you who know me know that for over two years I have been a strong believer in the Cloud in...
Author: Wzack Date: 03/05/2010
Architect Cafe Webcast Series
I am part of a team that is putting on a series of architecture webcasts this month. Please tune in....
Author: Wzack Date: 03/02/2010
The Danger in Relying on the Electric Utility Model for the Cloud.
But first: Why I haven’t been posting as much lately Every so often I read a post that starts with...
Author: Wzack Date: 02/28/2010
3 Screens & the Cloud in New York
I spoke about Microsoft’s 3 Screens and the Cloud vision at a local Technology Council panel in New...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/18/2010
NYC Code Camp Saturday March 6th: Call for Papers!
The NYC developer community is proud to announce our 4th (sort of annual) Code Camp to be held on...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/06/2010
Windows Azure in 20 Minutes!
I had the opportunity to present The Windows Azure Platform at the 2nd Annual ISV Architects...
Author: Wzack Date: 12/10/2009
Bye Bye .NET Services! Hello AppFabric
Windows Azure Platform .NET Services (Service Bus and Access Control Service) is now Windows Azure...
Author: Wzack Date: 11/22/2009
@PDC – Visiting the Microsoft Retail Store in CA
I plan to do a lot of blogging about Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference and Windows...
Author: Wzack Date: 11/15/2009
Windows Azure Platform TCO/ROI Comparison Tool
The folks from Alinan have developed a very comprehensive and detailed TCO/ROI comparison tool for...
Author: Wzack Date: 11/12/2009
New York New Jersey Southern Connecticut Windows Azure Events Calendar
This is the beginning of an on-going calendar of Windows Azure related events in the New York, New...
Author: Wzack Date: 11/09/2009
More Happy is Here !!!
Technorati Tags: Windows 7 I like working for Microsoft (That's in case my boss is listening :-))...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/22/2009
Architecture Thought Leaders Gathered in New York
Technorati Tags: Architecture,Microsoft It is great when my worlds collide. As many of you know I am...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/19/2009
What to do till the SQL Azure management tools come?
Technorati Tags: SQL Azure,Architecture,Practical Guidance SQL Azure will go live next month at PDC...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/18/2009
TechNet & MSDN Events Present: Real World Azure
We invite you to explore Windows Azure™ – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud...
Author: Wzack Date: 09/25/2009
The Azure Deployment and Management API is Here!
As promised Microsoft announced today some very important enhancements to the Windows Azure...
Author: Wzack Date: 09/18/2009
Confused about Windows Azure .NET Services?
Windows Azure .NET Services provides powerful capabilities to connect disparate endpoints across and...
Author: Wzack Date: 09/11/2009
Innovation/Showcase in Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3
Join us at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3 Innovation Showcase where you can learn...
Author: Wzack Date: 08/28/2009
IASA New York IT Architect Regional Conference 2009
As some of you know I run the local chapter of the International Association of Software Architects...
Author: Wzack Date: 05/23/2009
Free Azure Services Platform “How Do I” Videos
The Azure Services Platform “How Do I” videos are free, task-oriented, and...
Author: Wzack Date: 04/24/2009
Azure videos worth watching
Last week at MIX09, several new announcements were made for Windows Azure. First, Full Trust...
Author: Wzack Date: 03/27/2009
Overcoming Fear of Clouding
One of the reasons that companies are resisting moving applications (or parts of...
Author: Wzack Date: 03/24/2009
MIX 09 Videos available now
This is Just a quick note to tell you that over 80 videos of the MIX 09 Keynote and breakout...
Author: Wzack Date: 03/20/2009
New York Microsoft Cloud Computing User Group Meeting
The New York chapter of the Microsoft Cloud Computing User Group meets again on January 26, 2009 At...
Author: Wzack Date: 01/06/2009
Little-known history of “Cloud Computing”
While a consultant to AT&T in the early 80s I worked on a project to build a “cloud”...
Author: Wzack Date: 11/06/2008
Did you miss PDC?
At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) we announced a whole bunch of technologies...
Author: Wzack Date: 11/05/2008
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Clouds
Continuing our coverage of Microsoft Cloud Services and related topics. If you are located in...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/25/2008
Closing in on the Cloud
I can't tell you how glad I am that PDC is finally approaching. When it come to Microsoft's...
Author: Wzack Date: 10/02/2008
Learn More about "The Cloud" at PDC2008
In case you haven't been to the PDC site recently we just announced two symposia that are are...
Author: Wzack Date: 09/26/2008
Looks like the Clouds are opening up!
Technorati Tags: Cloud,Cloud Services A few days ago I told you about all the great sessions on...
Author: Wzack Date: 09/10/2008
Turning our Attention to the Cloud
As a new blogger I have jumped around a bit in the topics that I have ben covering recently. In the...
Author: Wzack Date: 09/05/2008
Not your Grandmother's Service Pack!
Last week I told you about how we recorded a presentation by Shanku Niyogi, Microsoft Product Unit...
Author: Wzack Date: 08/15/2008
Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
In addition to working for Microsoft as an Architect Evangelist and running the local chapter of the...
Author: Wzack Date: 08/01/2008
Have you seen the New ARCast?
One of Microsoft great resources for architects over the past few years has been it's ARCast series...
Author: Wzack Date: 07/21/2008
David Chappell on Software+Services
David Chappell, noted author and lecturer, gave a presentation on Software+Services to a group of...
Author: Wzack Date: 07/11/2008
The Microsoft Certified Architect Program
Quite a few folks have expressed an interest in the Microsoft Certified Architect Program. ...
Author: Wzack Date: 07/08/2008