I am collaborating with the patterns & practices team . We are considering doing a guidance project on implementing systems using the Command & Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) approach. This is not going to be a framework or reusable components...

I publish this information because I’ve been collaborating with them on migrating their backend anti-virus system to the Microsoft PaaS cloud which is Windows Azure. They have got many benefits on doing this, like elasticity, rapid scalability,...

It was a nice event exposing Windows Azure scenarios very oriented to ISVs, subjects like Multi-Tenancy , Security, Java apps on Windows Azure, etc. Additionally we had three companies ( Panda-Security , Softeng and Grupo Teldat ) talking about their...

In December we’re going to deliver this free assistance event focusing on enterprise applications and architectures on Windows Azure, subjects like MULTi-TENANCY on windows Azure, and showing optimizations, scalability and load testing made by real...

I always forget the command line to do this, so I’m going to post it in my own blog. The way to set a specific certificate name, so you can find it within Windows Azure after it is registered, is using the Certificate Creation Tool (makecert...

It was a remarkable DDD (Domain Driven Design) event in Madrid, Spain. We got around 150 attendees !!, and taking into account that this is the inaugural event from the IASA-Spain association , and this association was almost unknown in Spain, until now...

As you may know, a Windows Azure package is a .ZIP file, but, it is encrypted, so, even though you can rename the extension, when you take a look into it, you cannot really see the project files. In order to see it, you need to create a package which...

Eric Evans and Udi Dahan in IASA DDD ( Domain Driven Design) Conference and Workshops !!! (Nov.2011). This is a unique opportunity. On November 7th, there will be an initial conference (free registration) introducing DDD & CQRS, and then, during next...

EF 4.1 Update 1 (EF 4.1.1) has been released a few days ago. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2011/07/25/ef-4-1-update-1-released.aspx The important point is also EF 4.1.1 Code First Migrations August 2011 CTP Released: http://blogs.msdn...

Regarding DDD patterns, here I link two nice Value-Object implementation samples: http://elegantcode.com/2009/06/07/generic-value-object/ http://grabbagoft.blogspot.com/2007/06/generic-value-object-equality.html

Ayende has been publishing a series of blog posts reviewing the V1.0 of the NLayerApp Sample App (Note we made V2.0 public a few weeks ago, so most of the code issues he highlights do not apply now). We’ve been taken into account every of those...

New! First V2.0 ALPHA version at CODEPLEX and preliminary chapters’ drafts of eBook (Second Edition) Dear colleagues, after some time of effort, we can show you our preliminary version (alpha version, actually) of what V2.0 will be. We are initially...

So, it was such a great event with Eric Evans, Udi Dahan and Greg Young. Here I post a few pictures I got. Before starting: Eric Evans presenting the Agenda: Q&A to Eric, Udi and Greg: Saying hello to Udi: Strong discussions...

  WCF RIA Services and JSON endpoints Interesting posts about the base for many future apps based on HTML5, WCF RIA Services JSON endpoints and JavaScript : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davrous/archive/2010/12/14/how-to-open-a-wcf-ria-services-application...

It is usually a recommended practice to have Value-Object base-class so we can have common functionality which can be used by all of our value-object classes. Typically, comparison methods or any other common subject for Value-Objects, should be included...

I write this post in order to get some feedback regarding what I currently think about EF 4.1 Data Annotations and how it fits in DDD Architectural styles. About DDD Architectural styles, here it is our Architecture Guide (Though we are actually writing...

We just published the English version of our 'DDD N-Layered .NET 4.0 Architecture Guide’ book (at MSDN). The ‘ landing page ’ where you can download the free eBook in several formats like .PDF , .XPS and for eBook Readers (.EPUB ...

[UPDATED June 7th] Here I add a nice LightSiwtch Sample Application: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bethmassi/archive/2011/05/25/contoso-construction-lightswitch-advanced-development-sample.aspx [UPDATED May 11th 2011] Here I attach the presentation...

Quite a few new interesting updates: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=413E88F8-5966-4A83-B309-53B7B77EDF78&displaylang=en From the site: Some of the specific changes with the April update of the training kit includes...

For me, it means fundamentally ‘Code First approach’ , which is actually the best approach for DDD (Domain Driven Design) architectural styles (for your Domain Entity Model). So now, it is ready for production developments!!. Release to...

Just for my reminding, as I always forget these steps: By default, WiFi connection is disabled in Windows Server 2008 R2, kind of "locked down", for security reasons (Windows Server is supposed to be running on a server, not in a PC). But in my...

In order to set up Windows Azure Connect, you need to install a piece of software called Azure Connect Agent in each server/machine from your datacenter that you want to access. In order to do that, you usually have to access Azure-Portal in order...

I publish this error as its cause was really weird: I was getting an error when trying to start any Management Console related program (mmc.exe based admin tool), like Certificates, Event Viewer, etc. The error was: “The application has...

Just wanted to show a simple table comparison regarding CPU, memory, storage, I/O and cost for each Windows Azure VMs (Compute Instances). Compute Instance Size CPU Memory Instance Storage I/O Performance...

Just for my record, I wanted to post a few interesting posts regarding ‘ SCOM Azure Management Pack ’: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/walterm/archive/2011/02/01/setting-up-performance-counters-in-your-web-and-worker-roles.aspx http://blogs...