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BUILD 2014 Round-Up – Part 1
Reflecting on the Week Well, it’s Friday night and BUILD is now officially over, yet I can’t help...
Date: 04/04/2014
BUILD: Day 1 Keynote Summary
Coffee in hand, cool air and a zeal in my step, I made my way to BUILD this morning, and now here we...
Date: 04/02/2014
Looking at BUILD Sessions
Well, it’s BUILD pre-day and getting ready for this week’s BUILD conference. For those of you...
Date: 04/01/2014
Off to BUILD tomorrow…
Wow, it’s been a while since I posted anything, and with deep self-examination I’m now hell-bent on...
Date: 03/31/2014
Building your first Provider-Hosted App for SharePoint using Windows Azure – Part 1
If you’ve been tracking on this blog, you’ve seen me write a few posts about SharePoint and Windows...
Date: 02/17/2013
Beginning SharePoint 2013 Development: To the Printers We Go!
The last time I finished writing a book, I swore up and down never again—yet it appears it’s...
Date: 02/03/2013
Setting up your Development Environment for O365 & Azure Development
In one of our SharePoint and Azure workshops the other day, a couple of the students asked me how to...
Date: 02/03/2013
SharePoint and Windows Azure’s Interlude in Vegas: Building Apps using the Autohosted App Model
Back in Seattle… Wow, a whirlwind week in Vegas meeting with customers, colleagues, the community...
Date: 11/17/2012
SharePoint Conference 2012 Sessions – Nov 12-15
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been just over a year since the last SPC, and as we close in on the...
Date: 10/31/2012
SharePoint 2013 and Windows Azure Media Services
One of the cool new kids on the block for Windows Azure is Media Services. Windows Azure Media...
Date: 08/04/2012
JSONP, SharePoint Online & Windows Azure
Overview I’ve recently been looking into the different ways in which you can integrate SharePoint...
Date: 07/01/2012
SharePoint Online & Windows Azure: Building Hybrid Applications
Have been spending time here at TechEd EMEA and one of the topics I presented on this week was how...
Date: 06/28/2012
Building SharePoint Farms using Windows Azure Virtual Machine (IAAS)
At TechEd this week, there was a lot of activity around the new Windows Azure Spring Preview. As a...
Date: 06/16/2012
SharePoint and Windows Azure: Data Sync, Media Services & Virtual Machines
Introduction Today at TechEd, I had the opportunity to talk with a number of developers and IT Pros...
Date: 06/13/2012
TechEd NA Orlando Keynote–6/11/2012
I’m here at the TE NA keynote, the 20th anniversary of TE and a sold-out show, and am very excited...
Date: 06/11/2012
Windows Azure Session Sampler at TechEd NA - 2012
My team is running a Windows Azure workshop today, and one of the questions that came up during the...
Date: 06/10/2012
More Windows Azure & SharePoint 2010: See You at TechEd!
I’ve been writing a lot about how these two technologies intersect, and if you saw Scott’s keynote...
Date: 06/08/2012
Windows Azure Spring Preview Information
Wow, what a day yesterday was. If you didn’t catch it, Scott Guthrie revealed some of the new...
Date: 06/08/2012
SharePoint Online & CRM Online using BCS & Windows Azure
If you’ve been following my recent blog-posts, I’ve been talking more about how to integrate...
Date: 02/20/2012
SharePoint Online and Windows Azure: Developing Secure BCS Connections using WCF Services
SharePoint Online and Windows Azure: Developing Secure BCS Connections in the Cloud...
Date: 02/06/2012
Professional SharePoint Cloud-Based Solutions Ships!
As many of you know, I’ve been playing in the SharePoint and Cloud sandbox for quite some time now....
Date: 11/19/2011
Leveraging Windows Azure WCF Services to Connect BCS with SharePoint Online
Introduction You might have read an earlier post of mine where I discussed the new Business...
Date: 11/11/2011
SP Live Virtual Conference Keynote
This morning I had the pleasure of opening up the SharePoint Live Virtual Conference. I had about...
Date: 10/26/2011
Talking Windows Azure at the Silicon Valley Code Camp–Oct 8-9
I’ve been on the road this week attending the SharePoint Conference 2011, but Donovan Follette, Paul...
Date: 10/08/2011
SharePoint Conference 2011 is Almost Here!!!
For those of you SharePoint enthusiasts, you know that next week’s SharePoint Conference 2011 (or...
Date: 09/29/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7, Devices and iOS Ships
This is pretty cool. You can use Windows Azure to build Windows Phone 7, Android and iOS...
Date: 08/31/2011
SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit–Summer Update
While the summer here in Seattle has been short, we managed to ship an updated version of the...
Date: 08/31/2011
Preparing for 70-573 exam (“Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development”)? Check out what other people are using to prepare.
I was recently asked what are the best ways to prepare for the 70-573 SharePoint Developer exam. I...
Date: 08/16/2011
More Notes from Coast-to-Coast Tour and SharePoint Saturday, Washington DC
This week I traveled to the final leg of the Coast to Coast tour and also attended the SharePoint...
Date: 08/14/2011
Coast to Coast Tour Notes and Deck from SharePoint Developer Kick-Off Session
In the C2C final tour stop in Chicago, we spent a lot of time in the demos and not too much time...
Date: 08/08/2011
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit Update Releases Today
You’ve probably seen a few posts on my blog involving Windows Azure; more recently, I’ve been...
Date: 08/03/2011
SharePoint Saturday DC–Aug 11-13th
It seems there are quite a few folks heading out to the SP Saturday “The Conference” in the DC area...
Date: 08/03/2011
SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit Ships!
Today, the SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit shipped. This is a great milestone...
Date: 07/22/2011
Embedding PowerPoint Decks with the new SkyDrive UI Updates
A few of you have asked me how to embed PowerPoint decks in your blog so you get something that...
Date: 07/13/2011
Sessions from WPC 2011
So far, this week has been great; lots of connections with partners, colleagues from around the...
Date: 07/13/2011
New SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit Ships!
This is now the third release of the SharePoint and Windows Azure training kit, which adds four...
Date: 07/12/2011
Developing SharePoint Applications using Windows Azure Set to Publish on July 7th
I’m sure if you’re reading this you probably know that one of Microsoft’s key directions in the...
Date: 06/23/2011
OBA Sample Application Kit for SAP v 2.0 Ships!
For those of you Office and SAP integration developers out there, you may remember the OBA Sample...
Date: 06/02/2011
BUILD Conference Announced
For those of you that have been wondering where you can find more out about Windows 8, well the...
Date: 06/02/2011
Ramblings from TechEd 2011: More on the Cloud
Last week I attended TechEd 2011, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia at the World Congress Center....
Date: 05/27/2011
OBA Sample Application Kit for PeopleSoft v. 2.0 Ships!
OBAs, or Office Business Applications, are a breed of application that continue to be developed and...
Date: 04/13/2011
ASP.NET Chart Controls in SharePoint 2010: Rendering a Sales Chart with Custom Data
SharePoint 2010 is great for BI; you have a ton more options. One of these options is the native...
Date: 04/09/2011
Three Years Worth of PDC Content in One Place
One of the great things about PDC is the fact that you get well-streamed online content. This...
Date: 03/30/2011
The MIX Conference is Almost Here!
MIX is one of Microsoft’s premier events that targets web designers and developers. It happens April...
Date: 03/17/2011
SharePoint Conference (10/3-6) Registration is now Open
If you’re looking to get registered and check out all of the latest SharePoint information, be sure...
Date: 03/08/2011
SharePoint Coast to Coast Tour: Coming to Chicago, March 9-11, 2011
If you’re looking to get ramped up on SharePoint, make sure you register for the upcoming SharePoint...
Date: 02/25/2011