June 2012 - Posts

You Don’t Need To Install the WIF 1.0 Runtime on Windows 8: It’s Already There as a Windows Feature by Vibro.NET

It seems that there’s an inverse relationship between the amount gamma-aminobutyric acid in my synapses and the amount of blog posts I produce… or, in other words, when the jet lag prevents me from sleeping I fire up Live Writer In today’s gift from Morpheus...
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WIF1.0 SDK Now Available on WebPI by Vibro.NET

Marc strikes again! After the WIF 1.0 runtime , today it’s the turn of the SDK. The Windows Identity Foundation 1.0 SDK is now available on WebPI ; once again, search for “identity” and you’ll find it (together with the runtime). Read More...
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The Recording of “A Lap Around Windows Azure Active Directory” From TechEd Europe is Live by Vibro.NET

Hi all! I am typing this post from Shiphol, Amsterdam’s airport, where I am waiting to fly back to Seattle after a super-intense 2 days at TechEd Europe. As it is by now tradition for Microsoft’s big events, the video recording of the breakout sessions...
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Infrastructure as a Service Series: Virtual Machines and Windows by Windows Azure

We recently announced the release of Windows Azure Virtual Machines , an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering in Windows Azure . I wanted to share my insights into how you can quickly start to use and best take advantage of this service. Since...
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SNI (Server Name Indication) Readiness Tool by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

The SNI Readiness tool can be used by server admins to parse incoming HTTP traffic from the IIS W3C logs on the IIS server in order to determine the percentage requests that come from SNI capable clients. This should enable server admins to make an informed...
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Cloud Services Series: What's new in Windows Azure Caching by Windows Azure

Windows Azure Caching is a distributed, in-memory, scalable, reliable caching solution that can be used to speed up Windows Azure applications and reduce database load. The first production service was released in May 2011; we are pleased to see that...
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Tomorrow at #TEE12: Book Signing & Free Copies by Vibro.NET

Howdy folks! FYI: tomorrow at 2pm I am going to be at the Microsoft Press stand to do some book signing. Although you might not be especially interested in getting my scrawls, you might be interested in getting a free copy of Programming Windows Identity...
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Mobile Friendly Websites with CSS Media Queries by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

In a previous post the concept of CSS media queries was introduced and I discussed the fundamentals of how they can be used to target different screen sizes. I showed how they could be used to convert a 3-column wide page into a more vertical view of...
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Watch What You Missed at TechEd North America 2012 by Windows Azure

All Windows Azure sessions from TechEd North America 2012 are now available for on-demand replay. Below is a list of key sessions, including all sessions from the Learn Windows Azure event. Key Sessions Speaker TechEd North America Keynote Satya Nadella...
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Windows Azure Community News Roundup – (Edition #24) by Windows Azure

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure . Here are the highlights for this week. Articles and Blog Posts Microsoft’s Nadella: We will...
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Watch ‘Learn Windows Azure’ Live from TechEd Europe, June 26 by Windows Azure

TechEd Europe starts next Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Amsterdam. For all of you who can’t make the trip, you can watch a live stream of all of the keynotes with Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President, Management & Security Division; Jason Zander...
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Web Sites Series: Create PHP and MySQL sites with Windows Azure Web Sites and WebMatrix by Windows Azure

The newly introduced Windows Azure Web Sites and latest release of Microsoft WebMatrix provide a great way to create and host PHP + MySQL sites. You can write your own or get started with one of the popular open source applications that run in Windows...
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Next Week at TechEd Europe: A Lap Around Windows Azure Active Directory by Vibro.NET

After long months spent in my dark PM-cave in Redmond, it’s finally conferences season again! Last week I had the pleasure of presenting WIF 4.5 at TechEd Orlando and meet many of you; this Saturday I am flying to Amsterdam, and Tuesday I am scheduled...
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Taking Control of the HRD Experience with the New WIF 4.5 Tools (with a Little Help from JQuery) by Vibro.NET

One of the key differences between using claims-based identity for one enterprise app and an app meant to be used on the web has to do with which identity providers are used, and how. Of course there are no hard and fast rules (and the distinction above...
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Virtual Machines Series: Running SQL Server in a Windows Azure Virtual Machine by Windows Azure

On June 6, 2012 we announced some great new features in Windows Azure that are now available for preview, including the new Windows Azure Virtual Machines (VM). One of the greatest things about Windows Azure Virtual Machines is they leverage the capabilities...
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