Big thanks to everyone who attended my Windows Azure workshop in Birmingham yesterday. Two of you were kind enough to say it was the “best session of the day” – thanks! Shame my laptop twin gpus refuse to be tamed! Main next steps are: Send a “technical folk” along to a FREE Windows Azure Discovery… [Read more…]
October 11, 2011
On Tuesday David and I delivered a Windows Azure Discovery Workshop in Reading. A big thank you to everyone who attended and asked such great questions – I know David and I really enjoyed the day even if the agenda went out the window early on! The next step is to sign up at http://www.sixweeksofazure.co.uk… [Read more…]
October 3, 2011
On Friday David and I delivered a new session as part of a great agenda for the BizSpark Azure Camp. Our session was “10 Great Questions to ask about the Windows Azure Platform”. A big thank you to everyone who attended and asked such great questions – and also to the other speakers for making… [Read more…]
September 21, 2011
Just stumbled across this work from Alik. He has grouped together resources for those moments when you need answers quickly. Thanks Alik. Windows Azure Resources For Under Fire Scenarios SQL Azure Resources For Under Fire Scenarios Windows Azure ACS Resources For Under Fire Scenarios Windows Azure Service Bus Resources For Under Fire Scenarios Windows Azure… [Read more…]
September 14, 2011
Yesterday I posted on SQL Azure Backup from Red-Gate but I forgot to mention another handy tool they have in BETA – http://www.queryanywhere.com/. This is a zero install application (which one could call a “web site” ) and is a nice addition to my toolbag for working with SQL Azure. Step 1: Provide the server… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
Last week I finally got round to trying out the beta of a new tool from Red-Gate software – SQL Azure Backup. It is an example of one of those tools that just makes you smile – small download, no install, works as advertised and even has a little “character” It can backup to SQL… [Read more…]
September 2, 2011
While pulling together this post on the August release of the Windows Azure Tools I noted that the ASP.NET MVC 3 template included “the new universal ASP.Net providers that support SQL Azure”. Which made me pause and think … “What universal ASP.NET Providers?” Looks like their existence completely passed me by Scott Hanselman summarised the… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
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 24, 2011
I often get asked about how we are using Windows Azure internally and under NDA I can share some of the details – but its great to be able to point publicly at some of the excellent work that has been going on. And they are genuine technical case studies … hurrah! How Microsoft IT… [Read more…]
August 24, 2011
SQL Server “Denali” is at CTP3 – and would therefore very much welcome feedback. SQL Azure continues an aggressive cycle of release - and would therefore very much welcome feedback. Which is why we have https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback. A great place to give feedback and to to see what others care about. For SQL Azure (and the… [Read more…]
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