This month, in the Windows Azure Insider column for MSDN Magazine, Bruno and I talk about the current NoSQL data landscape, explain how it’s affecting the design of new solution architectures, and take a deep dive into Windows Azure Tables. We start by showing developers how to perform basic operations (insert, query data), while fully…
For the March 2013 edition of the Windows Azure Insider column in MSDN Magazine, Bruno Terkaly and I talk about node.js, the javascript server-side programming language that it’s taking the world by storm (for the right use cases). We show you how to create a basic HTTP server, as well as how to use it…
For the Windows Azure Insider January 2013 edition, Bruno Terkaly and I talk about Windows Azure Web Sites, one of the newest services offered in the Microsoft cloud platform, allowing developers to rapidly deploy and scale applications based on ASP.Net, PHP or Node.js. I hope that you find it useful.
For the December 2012 issue of the MSDN magazine Windows Azure Insider column, Bruno and I take on the session capabilities offered by the Service Bus, allowing developers to group messages and use a private state for storing global values. We also talk about advanced messaging patterns, and their importance when it comes to decoupling…
In this month´s Windows Azure Insider column for MSDN Magazine, Bruno and I talk about Windows Azure Mobile Service, which abstracts many of the common tasks associated with developing solutions for device applications based on asynchronous calls. I hope that you enjoy it and find it helpful. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj721590.aspx.
I’d like to share the article that I recently wrote with my friend and colleague Bruno Terkaly for the MSDN Magazine Windows 8 special edition. We show how easy it is to write and host a REST enabled Service in Windows Azure, supporting Windows 8 applications making asynchronous calls to retrieve data. It can be…
In my latest MSDN Magazine article, I compare Windows Azure queues Vs. Service Bus queues from a developers perspective, showing how to perform the most basic operations: create a queue, send and receive messages, send authentication credentials to both services. I hope that you find it useful. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj159884.aspx
I'd like to share my second article for MSDN magazine, collaborating with my good friend and colleague Bruno Terkaly. Windows Azure Media Services is an amazing way to upload, transform, and distribute video in multiple formats for any type of devices, using the global network of Microsoft datacenters. I hope that you find it useful….
