May 2011 - Posts

Deploying LightSwitch Applications by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Hopefully this is because LightSwitch is still in beta (as of this writing on 5/31/11) but from our research and testing, it seems that the documentation in the following article is correct: " Publishing a 3-tier application requires that you have...
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Edit and Apply New WIF’s Config Settings in Your Windows Azure WebRole… Without Redeploying! by Vibro.NET

In short: in this post I will show you how you can leverage the OnStart event of a WebRole to enable changing the WIF config settings even after deployment. Since the very first time Hervey and I made the first foray in Windows Azure with WIF, all the...

Hanselminutes Podcast 268 - Personal Systems of Organization - Rey Bango interviews Scott Hanselman by Scott Hanselman

   Tables turned this week and Rey Bango interviews Scott on his personal systems of organization. How has Scott synthesized the systems of Stephen Covey, David Allen, J.D. Meier and the Pomodoro Technique into a living system that works for...
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Hanselminutes Podcast 267 - Before The Show: Off the Cuff Conversation with Jeff Atwood (EXPLICIT) by Scott Hanselman

Sometimes the most interesting conversations happen before or after the show. Often they happen with Jeff Atwood. I (Scott) called Jeff to get some audio for our other show http://thisdeveloperslife.com and was recording as soon as Jeff and I started...
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IIS’s ApplicationPoolIdentity Made Easy-Week 22 by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Managing Windows users for IIS security can sometimes be a pain and, if not handled correctly, can leave your server vulnerable. In this week’s video I introduce the new ApplicationPoolIdentity account that was introduced in IIS 7.0 and improved in IIS...
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Video How-To: Extending SQL Azure to Microsoft Applications by SQL Azure Team Blog

This walkthrough demonstrates how easy it is to extend, share, and integrate SQL Azure data with Microsoft applications via an OData service. The video starts by reviewing the benefits of using SQL Azure, then goes on to show you how to enable cloud application...
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Introducing OData: Data Access for the Web, Cloud, Devices, and More by SQL Azure Team Blog

David Chappell recently completed a whitepaper on OData that I encourage you to take a look at. You can view it here , or download a PDF version. David does an outstanding job providing an overview of OData, the problems it solves, practical usage scenarios...
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US Developers: Get $250 for Your First Windows Azure Application by Windows Azure

Calling all US developers: Don’t miss a chance to earn $250 USD with this exclusive offer from Microsoft Platform Ready . To participate, take a screenshot of the Test Tab in Microsoft Platform Ready indicating that your Windows Azure application...

This Week’s Link List (May 27, 2011) by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Based on my reading list this week, you can infer that I was either very busy with other work or that I was goofing off more than I should have. Since my manager may be reading this, I’ll go with “very busy”. Highlights include Ben Waine...
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New Version of Windows Azure SDK for PHP (v 3.0) Available by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

The Interoperability Team at Microsoft announced today that the production-ready 3.0 version of the Windows Azure SDK is now available. You can read about the details of the release here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2011/05/26/new...
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New SDK and Sample Kit demonstrates how to leverage the scalability of Windows Azure with PHP by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

From the floor of the PHP Tek Conference in Chicago, with my colleague Peter Laudati , we’re excited to announce the availability of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP version 3.0 . This Open Source SDK gives PHP developers a “speed dial” library to take full...

Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Dano DeBroux, Dir. of Disruptive Business Technologies, ONR by Windows Azure

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Dano DeBroux, Director of Disruptive Business Technologies with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) about using Windows Azure for its open and innovative framework proof-of-concept solution....
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SQL Azure Federations: Product Evaluation Program Now Open for Nominations! by SQL Azure Team Blog

Cihan Biyikoglu, Senior Program Manager of SQL Azure, has posted information on the Microsoft SQL Azure Federations Product Evaluation Program. Nominations for the Microsoft SQL Azure Federations Product Evaluation Program are now open. To learn more...
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Globalization, Internationalization and Localization in ASP.NET MVC 3, JavaScript and jQuery - Part 1 by Scott Hanselman

There are several books worth of information to be said about Internationalization (i18n) out there, so I can't solve it all in a blog post. Even 9 pages of blog posts . I like to call it Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn , actually. There's a couple of basic...
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Storing Encrypted Tokens with the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 by Vibro.NET

If you went through the hands on lab for using ACS on your Windows Phone 7 application , you already know that saving the user the hassle to re-authenticate all the times entails a security tradeoff. Here there’s what I wrote in the lab’s instructions...
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