Last week I had the good fortune of presenting at the the Seattle PHP Meet Up on a topic I knew only a little about: transaction isolation levels. It was fun doing the homework to learn more and I’ll share what I learned in this post. However, before...

I missed last week’s list because I was out enjoying the last of our summer weather in in the Pacific northwest, so this week’s list spans two weeks… This may not seem like a big deal to most folks, but to anyone who knows Microsoft...

If you are having trouble making sense of the title of this post, I don’t blame you. To clear things up, here’s what this post is about (which I couldn’t fit any more concisely into a title): The SQL Azure Labs team has made it possible...

[See this post for information about the final, stable release of version 1.0 of the PHP Manager for IIS: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brian_swan/archive/2010/09/30/php-manager-for-iis-7-released.aspx .] Some time back I wrote a post about how to run multiple...

The dog days of summer are here. Seems like things are a bit slow lately…I only have a few links to share, in any case. But share I will…the lack of quantity does not impact their quality… The comments add a lot of information...

In my last post I used some bare-bones PHP code to explain how the Windows Azure AppFabric access control service works. Here, I’ll build on the ideas in that post to explain how to use some of the access control functionality that is available...

In a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago, Consuming SQL Azure Data with the OData SDK for PHP , I didn’t address how to protect SQL Azure OData feeds with the Windows Azure AppFabric access control service because, quite frankly, I didn’t understand...

With the recent production-ready release of the MS Drivers for SQL Server for PHP , the team is now completely focused on building the next version. To do that, they really need your input. The team would really appreciate your taking 10 minutes to fill...

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time recently trying to wrap my head around the access control functionality in the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, so you’ll find a couple of related links in this week’s list. You’ll also find...

The SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) team announced today the availability of the migration assistant for MySQL! (Yes, it supports SQL Server Express.) You can… Read the team’s announcement here: Microsoft Announces SQL Server...

Today, the SQL Server Driver for PHP team released the production-ready 2.0 versions of the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers for SQL Server. You can… Read the official announcement on the SQL Server Driver for PHP team blog here: Microsoft Drivers...

I recently found out that I was chosen to be on the judging panel for the My App is Better Challenge . I must say I’m honored and excited, but I also feel somewhat intimidated. Just look at the rest of the judging panel: Mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka...

One of the interesting incubation projects that the SQL Azure team is working on is the SQL Azure OData Service. If that sentence makes no sense to you, then start by reading this short overview on the SQL Azure team blog: Introduction to Open Data Protocol...

I love seeing content coming from folks I have met (either in person or virtually)…this week’s list reflects that (and a very active/productive PHP community!). And,news/information/tutorials about Windows Azure continue… The...

Wow! This has been a busy week…especially when it comes to news about Windows Azure and SQL Azure. If you are wondering what Windows Azure and SQL Azure have to do with PHP, just follow the first link, which will take you to a comprehensive article...

The Windows Azure Command Line Tools for PHP are now available in the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI). This announcement was made on the Interoperability Team blog as part of a post that outlines interoperability elements of a cloud platform...

[Author's note: See this post for an alternative strategy for paging data: Paging Data with the SQL Server Drivers for PHP: Simplified .] Shortly after the 1.0 version of the SQL Server Driver for PHP was released , I posted on the team blog as about...

June 7, 2012 update: The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released a new Windows Azure SDK for PHP . This release is part of an effort to keep PHP client libraries up to date with new Windows Azure features and to make PHP a first-class citizen in Windows...

Here’s my list of this week’s interesting Microsoft/PHP links. Lots of news about WebMatrix this week, news about Microsoft at OSCON next week, and more… Andrew Burst provides an overview of WebMatrix and takes a very interesting...

Note: WebMatrix now supports PHP "out of the box". You no loger need to do any manual configuration (as detailed in this post) to get PHP support in WebMatrix. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/features.aspx . Last week...

Most of the links that caught my eye this week had to do with the Imagine Cup or Windows/SQL Azure, but there were other good ones as well…including blog posts by the MS Interoperability team, Ibuildings, and the MS Web Platform team... The...

June 7, 2012 update: The Microsoft Windows Azure team has released a new Windows Azure SDK for PHP . This release is part of an effort to keep PHP client libraries up to date with new Windows Azure features and to make PHP a first-class citizen in Windows...

Is it July already?! How did that happen? Despite spending too much time following numerous World Cup-related links, I did managed to come across lots of interesting PHP-Microsoft stuff this week…from updates/announcements by the IIS and SQL Server...

A while back I wrote a post that described how to backup a database from PHP . However, I ran into a bug when trying to restore a database from PHP, so I resorted to using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to execute the RESTORE statement. Since then...

A bit shorter than usual list this week, but some good reading nonetheless…especially the last link :-)… "Who says Microsoft doesn’t listen? Here is a chance to voice your opinion and make .NET more interoperable and easier to...