Managing Windows Azure Deployments with Windows Azure Service Management CmdLets
Before you begin your Windows Azure development experience in earnest, you should be aware that leaving development and test instances deployed and running in the cloud can be expensive. Be […]
Sequential Asynchronous Workflows in Silverlight using Coroutines
It all began with a post I read in the Silverlight.Net forums. A user, new to Silverlight, was frustrated with the asynchronous programming model required by Silverlight and wondered how […]
I’m speaking at the DevWeek conference in London this week and did a short video interview
You can find Part 1 here: http://blogs.msdn.com/devpara/archive/2010/03/16/jeffrey-richter-at-devweek-2010-part-1.aspx and Part 2 here: http://blogs.msdn.com/devpara/archive/2010/03/16/jeffrey-richter-at-devweek-2010-part-2.aspx We put security at the center of everything we do. We understand that technology is a critical part […]
Custom Export Providers with Custom Metadata for Region Management
Over the past few weeks I’ve been exploring the concept of region management using the Managed Extensibility Framework, and for a good reason. I’m working on a project that has […]
Start-PowerShellPoint
Working on my PowerShell for Developers presentation I’m doing at our upcoming Devscovery Conference in NYC (April 27-29) it was a no brainer to use Jeffrey Snover’s excellent Start-Demo script […]
How To Get Diagnostic Data From Services Running In The Windows Azure Cloud
Each instance of Windows Azure Service Role runs its own monitor to gather its own instance specific diagnostic data. The problem that immediately presents itself is knowing what exactly is […]
Idempotency for Windows Azure Message Queues
Idempotency is the mathematical term used to describe a system that produces the same result when a formula or procedure is applied numerous times against the same target. In software […]
Top 10 Silverlight Myths and the Facts to Bust Them
Silverlight is a client side plug-in based technology that has been in production since late 2007. I’ve been a web developer for well over a decade now, and recently have […]
A Fluent RSS Reader for Silverlight Part 1: Proof of Concept
One of the most common examples to help learn a language or framework is an RSS Reader. This is an ideal mini-project because it includes networking, parsing XML, and binding […]