I always get questions about the Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS), and how to use it. This blog entry from Alik Levin explains its architecture, and a simple example on how it can be used for external authentication. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alikl/archive/2010…
Interesting article that presents an analysis on how Microsoft can get back on the Mobile war. Windows Phone 7 – Microsoft: It’s time for "David thinking" link
A patch to fix the ASP.NET Security Vulnerability is being released tomorrow. Scott Gu just blogged details: http://bit.ly/axbzw4
This is amazing news, particularly when one's blog is based on WordPress. 🙂 WordPress.com and Windows Live partnering together link
As it was announced by Joey de Villa yesterday, the "work-in-progress" eBook "Azure in Action" can be bought for $15.00 USD, using coupon code dotd0926. It was supposed to only work on September 26th, but I just tried, and it seems to still be valid. Hurry up and take advantage of this promotion. I did……
Interesting article on how to create a C# project to monitor energy in your house, based on the "Standard Envy Kit" USB interface. Good example of how to create a Web Service and consume / display information on a Windows Phone application. I will report results once I have tried it myself. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/coding4fun/archive/2010/09/27/10068304.aspx
Great tips on what to check before uploading an ASP.Net application to Windows Azure. http://talenticaservices.blogspot.com/2010/09/10-things-to-do-while-migrating-aspnet.html
When you publish an application to Windows Azure, it gets its own subdomain in cloudapp.net. In order to make name resolution even faster (particularly outside the USA), the Domain Name System (DNS) used by Azure is moving to a new globally distributed infrastructure. As the article mentions, there is no customer action required. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2010/09/24/windows-azure-domain-name-system-improvements.aspx
Good example on how to capture web pages to an image using an Azure application, incuding how to use local storage, as well as combining the responsibilities of a web and a worker role in a single one. http://blog.smarx.com/posts/web-page-image-capture-in-windows-azure
Excellent blog entry describing options for Claims authentication. The required sign-in flow is sometimes hard to follow, and this was a great reference for me. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alikl/archive/2010/09/23/windows-identity-foundation-wif-explained-web-browser-sign-in-flow-ws-federation-passive-requestor-profile.aspx
