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Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 7 - Creating the Hosted Service
If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts of this...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/27/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 6 - Preparing the Deployment Package
If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts of this...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/27/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 5 - Testing Locally
If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts of this...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/27/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 4 - Creating the Cloud Solution
If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts of this...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/27/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 3 - Executing the Scripts on the SQL Azure Database
If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts before going...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/25/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 2 - Scripting the On-Premise Database For SQL Azure
If you’ve started reading from this post, you’ll need to go through the previous parts before...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/25/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App: Part 1 - Setting Up a SQL Azure Server and Database
The screenshots used in this series were done in preparation for the SQL event being held on...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/25/2011
Migrating and Deploying a Simple Cloud App
Many of you have now attended our first wave of local events where we show you how to deploy a...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/25/2011
How Secure is My Password?
Here’s a great site for geeks and laypeople alike: How Secure is My Password?, which performs as...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/23/2011
Crypto Craziness: Meeting FIPS Requirements with Managed Code
The following guest blog post was written by Dana Epp (@DanaEpp). One of the benefits of being a...
Author: John Bristowe - Telerik Date: 02/22/2011
Golden Eggs of Windows Azure “Cloud” Best Practices
Original image by Mykl Roventine Guest blog post by Windows Azure MVP Cory Fowler (@SyntaxC4)...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/22/2011
Skills Development at TechDays Online
Couldn’t make it out to TechDays Canada? Made it out but couldn’t split yourself into 6 people to...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/22/2011
Ramp Up on Windows Azure with MSDN Benefits
How do we, developers, learn cool new things? Do we read some materials, take some notes, and then...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/22/2011
Hello! HTML5 and CSS3–Manning’s Deal of the Day (Feb. 21)
Another day, another book deal: today’s book deal from Manning Publications is the MEAP (Manning...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/21/2011
Happy Family Day!
It’s Family Day in certain parts of Canada: Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Prince...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/21/2011
Books on Building Games for Windows Phone (and Xbox, and Windows) [Great Canadian Apportunity]
Continuing my series of articles on Windows Phone development books, I’ve posted an article on the...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/17/2011
More Books on Windows Phone 7 [Great Canadian Apportunity]
In addition to the free books on Windows Phone 7 development that I told you about, there are a...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/17/2011
Free Books on Windows Phone 7 Development [Great Canadian Apportunity]
Over at the Great Canadian Apportunity blog, I point to 4 free ebooks that every Windows Phone 7...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/15/2011
Windows Phone 7 Announcements in Barcelona and What They Mean for Developers [Great Canadian Apportunity]
There were a lot of announcements made at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona about what to expect...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/14/2011
Up In The (Windows Azure) Cloud
Here’s what was up in the Windows Azure Cloud last week (February 6 – February 12): New This Week...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/14/2011
On Writing Apps [Great Canadian Apportunity]
Over on The Great Canadian Apportunity, I’ve posted an article titled On Writing Apps that looks at...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/13/2011
Get “Continuous Integration in .NET” For Only $15 (Feb. 13 Only)
Today only (Sunday, February 13th, 2011), you can get the ebook version of the upcoming Manning...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/13/2011
Review: The Cisco Linksys AE1000 USB Wifi Dongle and Getting Past the “Claus Curse”
My coworker Rick Claus (that’s him and me at a recent team get-together) is a great guy and knows...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/12/2011
New Articles on The Great Canadian Apportunity’s Blog
Don’t forget, Microsoft Canada’s got a competition called The Great Canadian Apportunity, and it’s...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/11/2011
Make Azure Dev Easy - Azure Design Patterns
The Make Azure Dev Easy (MADE) blog series is aimed at making Windows Azure development easier for...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/10/2011
Scenes from Seattle, Part 1
Sorry about the recent silence on this blog! I aim for at least one post per business day (and I’m...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/10/2011
WATTT: Know If You’ve Got Your Cloud On
(If you’re wondering what WATTT stands for, it’s Windows Azure Tips, Tricks, and Tools – a blog...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/10/2011
Mark Arteaga on Canadian Developers, Windows Phone 7 and the IRS
You vs. the IRS If you’re a Canadian Developer writing Windows Phone 7 apps, you want to fill out...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/04/2011
Take the Plunge into Windows Azure with WAPTK - January Edition
(Haven’t heard the acronym “WAPTK”? No worries – Windows Azure Platform...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 02/01/2011
Introducing the Great Canadian Apportunity
There are lots of reasons to give Windows Phone development a try: The all-new UI. It’s beautiful,...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 02/01/2011
Windows Azure Experience Lab for ISV Developers on February 7th
ISV developers, come experience Windows Azure in a lab experience like no other! Join your fellow...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/31/2011
It’s Time to Schedule Your February Learning Events
Don’t forget to schedule some learning time into your probably already packed schedule! Here...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/31/2011
HTML5 and CSS3 for Web Designers
I’ve talked about Smashing Magazine’s Smashing HTML5 and Introducing HTML 5, and now I’m going to...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/31/2011
Vote for Canadian Presenters at MIX11 / Save $500 with Early Registration!
MIX11 is just like the Kinect – you are the controller! MIX, Microsoft’s conference on web and...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/30/2011
GPS Emulator for Windows Phone 7
GPS drives a lot a mobile applications, and we’re only just beginning to work out all the possible...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/30/2011
Getting to know Windows Azure AppFabric
As you know, the Windows Azure platform has many moving parts – one of which is AppFabric. In a...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/30/2011
Forrester Research’s “10 Mobile Trends for 2011” and What They Mean to You, the Mobile Developer
The folks at ReadWriteMobile have written up a summary of Forrester Research’s report on what they...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/29/2011
Board Game Jam: This Weekend in Toronto
If you’re in the Toronto area and have been thinking about getting into game development, whether...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/28/2011
Shmoocon 2011’s Live Streams
The 7th annual ShmooCon is on this weekend (things kick off at 3:00 p.m. Eastern today). If you’re...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/28/2011
Is Security and Privacy in the Cloud Just a Little Cloudy?
When you consider developing new applications for the Cloud - or consider migrating existing apps to...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 01/27/2011
New Zealand Kids and Their Windows Phone 7 App
They’re barely in their teens and look so impossibly young, but they’re writing apps for Windows...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/27/2011
Smashing HTML 5
If you’re doing web development or design, you should be checking Smashing Magazine often. There’s...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/27/2011
East of Toronto .NET User Group Web Camp: Saturday, February 19th
The East of Toronto .NET User Group always has something going on, and next month, they’ve got...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/27/2011
Toronto Coffee and Code Today (Jan 26) at Cloud!
Don’t forget, there’s a Toronto Coffee and Code today at Cloud Free Agent Espresso Bar (968 Queen...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/26/2011
Get “SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action” for $25 (Wednesday, January 26th)
Today’s a great day to save on books! O’Reilly has a deal on the top 25 Microsoft Press ebooks, and...
Author: Joey deVilla Date: 01/26/2011