I recently wrote an article with my friend and colleague Bruno Terkaly for MSDN magazine on using Windows Azure to support mobile device applications (including iOS, Android, and Windows Phone) that require back-end services. The solution that we propose is based on a REST style architecture, a very popular approach that provides flexibility and speed….
Great post from Jim O'Neil on running PowerBuilder applications on Azure, as well as compatibility with SQL Azure, the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus, and Windows Azure Storage. Click here to open link…
While talking to a startup company today, they asked me about the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service, trying to replace a Redis self-managed deployment. The conversation steered specifically towards atomic transactions and update modes. I found a really good white paper from Scott Seely that talks about the two update patterns supported: optimistic and pessimistic….
Great article about the new Windows Azure AppFabric capabilities announced during BUILD Click here to open link…
After working with several companies trying to deploy their solutions to Windows Azure, I have found the lack of two common features / patterns in their architectures that prevent them from taking full advantage of the extra IT capacity that the cloud offers. To be honest, these are good practices that apply not only to…
The Microsoft Datacenters team just released a video tour that includes four of our global locations. This is a great way of understanding the IT infrastructure behind Windows Live, Hotmail, Bing, MSN… and obviously Windows Azure. Enjoy! Full Article here…
Even though I tweeted about this a few days ago, I would like to emphasize the importance of this update, particularly for developers creating projects for Windows Azure using Visual Studio 2010. My two favorite new features: 1) Profile applications running in Windows Azure 2) Manage multiple service configurations in one cloud project. Full article…
Great explanation on how Windows Azure Fault and Upgrade domains work. This is a must-read for IT Pros. Click here to open link…
The new Windows Azure pricing calculator lets you pick compute, database, storage, bandwidth, CDN and Service Bus capacity based on your needs. Along with predicting your expected monthly costs, the pricing calculator then recommends the most cost effective offer for you to purchase Windows Azure platform services. You can access the pricing calculator here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/pricing-calculator/
This is great news for mobile developers. Now you leverage the cloud to simplify the complexity of supporting multiple devices. I am planning to start testing the toolkit in the following days, and will report my results. Click here to open link…
