The next release of Microsoft SQL Server, codename “Denali”, will be the last release to support OLE DB. OLE DB will be supported for 7 years from launch, the life of Denali support, to allow you a large window of opportunity for changing your applications before the deprecation. This deprecation applies to the Microsoft SQL… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
Do you think in a world of html, cloud, services and startups that the term Independent Software Vendor is still relevant? For (brief) background: From Wikipedia: “Independent software vendor (ISV) is a business term for companies specializing in making or selling software, designed for mass marketing or for niche markets. Such markets may be diverse… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
With the monitoring pack you can now check on the availability and performance of your applications running on Windows Azure from System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. The great news is there is a VHD you can download to try this all out with ease and check out the TechNet documentation. After configuration, the Windows… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
I’m not sure this is funny… which is why I found myself smiling throughout
August 30, 2011
My favourite online fps series of all time is Battlefield (my favourite game of all time is Planetside – but I digress). I’m currently playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 (mainly on PC – as erknel) whilst counting down the days to the release of Battelfield 3. I’m also keeping a watching eye on how well… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
Subsequent to the September 12th workshop (which I previously blogged on ) we will be delivering Workshops every month on the second Tuesday: October 11th November 8th December 13th January 10th These monthly workshops on the Windows Azure Platform are designed to help Microsoft partners who are developing software products and services and would like… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
Whist reading through Architecture of Tankster– Scale (Part 2) I noted that Nathan had looked at some of the performance and size limitations of the Windows Azure Platform and how they would impact the architecture of the solution. I have previously pointed at this post by the team from May 2010 which digs into Azure… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
Well, the short answer is I have absolutely no idea. I have never used one in anger but have played around with Git and Mercurial. I can say with confidence that I am impressed with the promise of DVCS. Eric Sink on the other hand (who I came across originally while looking into Micro ISVs)… [Read more…]
August 30, 2011
Imagine the surprise when I opened my birthday presents today to find this creation from my 17 year old. Seriously….imagine it Currently looking for a suitable name Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone
August 30, 2011
Using http://clarius.codeplex.com/releases/view/6626 Which then needs some text: “The options deserve some more explanation besides being quite obvious: Target blog: this is a dropdown that shows all the blog accounts you have currently registered in WLW. The “source” blog will always be the one you’re editing and publishing the current blog entry to. Post summary: if… [Read more…]
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