Murray Gordon's Blog
VM Support in Windows Azure
Many of my customers and partners have raised questions around Windows Azure and the pilot program...
Date: 03/29/2010
Get started with Microsoft Test Manager
I been getting a lot of questions lately about the testing story for Visual Studio 2010. Here’s a...
Date: 02/26/2010
Windows Azure Resources for Decision Makers
Jared Bienz, an ISV Architect Evangelist on our team covering the South Central Region, came up with...
Date: 02/26/2010
SharePoint 2010 configuration, migration and feature breakdown
Here’s some great info on SharePoint. John Weise, ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft, pointed me...
Date: 02/22/2010
NEW Video - Lieberman Software talks about being a Microsoft partner at PDC 2009
Phil Lieberman from Lieberman Software talked with us at PDC 2009 about their business, being a...
Date: 02/09/2010
NEW Video – Talking with NewsGator at PDC 2009
Video Link - https://channel9.msdn.com/posts/jodonnell/Talking-with-NewsGator-at-PDC-2009/ At PDC...
Date: 02/09/2010
VIDEO - Gabriel Torok from PreEmptive Solutions talks with Murray Gordon at PDC 2009
Video Link – Gabriel Torok from PreEmptive Solutions talks to me at PDC 2009 Check out this video I...
Date: 01/27/2010
NEW Tool to Ease Migration from MySQL to SQL Server
Microsoft Previews Tool to Ease Migration from MySQL to SQL Server Microsoft has released a new...
Date: 01/27/2010
Rumor: Oracle-Citrix acquisition hits the rumor mill
Interesting take on the possible move by Oracle to gain a real stake in the virtualization space....
Date: 01/12/2010
Interesting article on IE, Firefox, Chrome and future of browser wars
Normally I don’t spend a lot of time reading about the browser wars, but one of my colleagues, Bruce...
Date: 01/12/2010
Make a Business Case for Attending Conferences
Here’s a great blog post from Sean Gerety on how to make a business case for attending...
Date: 01/11/2010
NEW VIDEO - Acorn Software Prototypes RIA with SketchFlow
Jared Bienz just launched a great video on creating RIA prototypes with SketchFlow. If you are...
Date: 01/11/2010
NEW series on Patterns-Based Development with Silverlight
Rob Bagby has started a new series (blog posts and screencasts) on Patterns-Based Development with...
Date: 10/29/2009
Apple Scores Low on Security
Researchers continue to challenge Apple’s security by obscurity position and highlights that Windows...
Date: 10/27/2009
ACT NOW!!! Atlanta Incubation Week (Nov 9th-13th)
With several successful Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Weeks (Win7 Boston, Win7 Reston, CRM Reston,...
Date: 10/23/2009
Windows 7 breaks Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousts Harry Potter
Windows 7 has broken the Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousting Harry Potter. Just read this...
Date: 10/21/2009
NEW features added to Microsoft Online Services (BPOS)
The October Service Update for Microsoft Online Services includes several new features and...
Date: 10/14/2009
About this supposed problem with Adobe Flash in Snow Leopard
I thought this was hilarious, so I had to share… So the hacks are all up in arms about some...
Date: 10/08/2009
5 Steps to Windows 7 Compatibility
Jared Bienz (blog & Ch9), one of Microsoft’s ISV Architect Evangelists based out of Houston,...
Date: 10/08/2009
Walt Mossberg says Windows 7 in the best Windows ever
Today, October 8th, I read on Giles Turnball’s blog, Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg declared...
Date: 10/08/2009
HOW TO – Windows 7 Taskbar in 5 Minutes
Here’s a great HOW TO video on Windows 7 Taskbar from Gunther Lenz, an ISV Architect Evangelist on...
Date: 10/08/2009
NEW MSDN and TechNet Firestarter session recordings are now available on demand!
NEW MSDN and TechNet Firestarter session recordings are now available on demand! Download the...
Date: 10/05/2009
NEW CodePlex Project on claims based identity and access control
The Microsoft Patterns & Practices team announced a NEW Project in CodePlex: A Guide for Claims...
Date: 10/05/2009
FREE Antivirus protection with Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials has been released. Check out the formal press release from Microsoft...
Date: 10/02/2009
Great Demo on SketchFlow from Russ Fustino
I watched one of Russ Fustino’s demo’s on SketchFlow recently and found it to be very helpful. If...
Date: 10/01/2009
NEW “How Do I” screencasts for Windows Azure
Here’s a great list of new Windows Azure related “How Do I” screencasts. Leverage Concurrency in...
Date: 10/01/2009
Great Windows Azure projects on CodePlex
Here’s a great list of new Azure and cloud related projects on CodePlex. All of these are very...
Date: 10/01/2009
NEW training on Mastering Silverlight 3 for Developers and Designers
I recently had an ISV that took advantage of the new Mastering Silverlight 3 training from...
Date: 10/01/2009
Notion Tools for Team System v1.1 has been released
Many of my ISVs are ramping up in their adoption of Team System 2010. Many others are finishing or...
Date: 10/01/2009
Video on SQL Azure adding TDS / TSQL support
I recently had to run down some content and a video on SQL Azure for one of my ISVs. The topic they...
Date: 10/01/2009
Notable Software + Services articles and entries from the Industry
I was recently hunting down some good articles where key folks in the industry are talking about...
Date: 10/01/2009
Netflix uses Silverlight & Smooth Streaming to stream the Wizard of Oz to America
Today John Stame posted this info on Netflix’ use of...
Date: 10/01/2009
Reduce Development Costs by platforming on SharePoint
Recently one of my Managed ISVs asked how platforming on SharePoint could help reduce their...
Date: 10/01/2009
Silverlight Spy 3 – great runtime inspector tool for Silverlight
First Floor Software recently released Silverlight Spy 3, a runtime inspector tool providing...
Date: 09/30/2009
Software + Services Industry News – Wed 09 Sep 2009
Here’s some great Software + Services Industry News. I especially liked the one titled “Cloud...
Date: 09/09/2009
Cool Tool – Twikini from Trinket Software
Check out Twikini - “Twitter on the go from your Windows® phone”. I recently received my new HTC...
Date: 07/14/2009
Cool Tool – Awesome Screen “Rooler”
This is a great little app I started using today. One of the things I’m always using is some kind of...
Date: 07/14/2009
NEW SCREENCAST – SharePoint Guidance for ISV Developers
I just posted a new screencast called “SharePoint Guidance for ISV Developers” You can watch it...
Date: 06/30/2009
Japan Ministry of Agriculture releases “PICS” on Silverlight 2
“PICS” is a new online plant sellers catalogue based on Silverlight 2. This app was created by the...
Date: 06/26/2009
Microsoft Hohm - Save Energy & Money
Yesterday Microsoft announced Microsoft Hohm, though the link is not working yet. You can sign-up...
Date: 06/25/2009
GoDaddy Hosting available now for Microsoft BizSpark Startups
Awesome news for Microsoft BizSpark Startups. Now you can get great hosting deals for your solutions...
Date: 06/23/2009
Windows Azure’s .NET Workflow Service to support .NET 4.0 Workflows
I read this recently and thought it to be a significant bit of info, especially if you are looking...
Date: 06/23/2009
Windows Azure for Developers Web Seminar Series
For those of you interested in Windows Azure, an who isn’t now that “moving to the Cloud” is the...
Date: 06/23/2009
Great New HowTo Videos on Windows Azure
There are some great new “How Do I” videos on Windows Azure and Live Services. They are free,...
Date: 06/17/2009
FREE Azure Platform Training at Atlanta MTC on July 7th
I just got notice about a FREE Microsoft sponsored training event on the Microsoft Windows Azure...
Date: 06/17/2009