In the November 2013 issue of the Windows Azure Insider column for MSDN Magazine, Bruno and I talk about the different techniques and technical requirements that you should keep in mind when migrating SQL Server databases from on-premises to the cloud, providing guidance for Virtual Machine specifications and tools. The article can be found here:…
For the September edition of the Windows Azure Insider MSDN magazine column, Bruno and I write about Big Data, the benefits of the MapReduce model, and HDInsight, the Windows Azure component that offers Hadoop-as-a-Service in the public cloud. We also show how to perform simple analytics against a public dataset using Java code and and…
This month, for the MSDN Magazine Windows Azure Insider column, Bruno and I follow up on the topic of creating multi-tenant solutions in the cloud, particularly focusing on metering and auto-scaling, which are crucial tasks for properly maintaining applications that serve multiple resources sharing compute and storage resource. The full article can be found here:…
One of the biggest challenges that companies face when migrating applications to Windows Azure is going from a single to a multi-tenant approach, which means that some of the compute and data resources are shared by their customers. We take a look at four different areas affected by this process: – Identity and security –…
PowerPoint presentations used last April, during the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp in Denver, CO USA, can now be downloaded from this Skydrive location. The following files are included: – GWAB Denver Intro. – Windows Azure Platform overview. – Windows Azure Compute overview. – Windows Azure Storage overview. – Windows Azure Messaging overview. – Windows Azure…
For the May 2013 edition of the MSDN magazine Windows Azure Insider column, Bruno and I cover a common scenario that developers and companies face when trying to distribute video files around the world: protecting content from being accessed in specific countries. The solution is based on a Node.js server running on Windows Azure Web…
The April 2013 version of the Windows Azure Training Kit is now available for download. You can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8396 Content Updates: • New Presentation: Windows Azure Mobile Services and Android • New Lab: Windows Azure Mobile Services and Android • New Lab: Windows Azure Mobile Services and Windows Phone • New Presentation: Introduction…
This Saturday, April 27th 2013, Microsoft will be hosting the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp at our office in Denver, Colorado. Brendon McCarthy, Joe Mayo, Bill Wegerson and I will be presenting on different topics, including hybrid cloud architectures, messaging and storage strategies. This one day deep dive class was created with developers in mind, wanting…
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…
We have published the PowerPoint slides from the Azure OSS Summit in Argentina, presented last week. They include the following topics (in Spanish, unless otherwise stated): 1. Introducción a Windows Azure. 1a. Microsoft GFS Datacenter tour (English only). 2. Arquitecturas Híbridas de Nube. 3. Desarrollo OSS en Windows Azure (PHP, Java, Python) 4. Motores de…
