Cesar de la Torre [Microsoft] - BLOG

It’s been just released a few days ago to Codeplex: WCF Load Test . It looks pretty nice! :-) Project Description This tool takes a WCF trace file and a WCF client proxy, or a WCF interface contract, and generates a unit test that replays the same...

Architects Forum XXIII - Visual Studio Team System 2010 & Tools for Software Architects Here I post some info & Presentations about the Forums we just delivered in Madrid (May 28th) & Barcelona (June 16th): http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive...

Dinesh Kulkarni has written a nice post about RIA Services (Alexandria) roadmap: http://silverlight.net/forums/p/101160/230835.aspx#230835 So, RIA Services milestones are: - July 2009 CTP - PDC 2009 Beta (November) - First part of 2010: RTW...

Today, we just run a Workshop regarding Biztalk Server 2009 news, ESB 2.0 Guidance & WCF LOB SDK . I post the presentations here, so any attendee can get it. You can grab it from the following SKYDRIVE: http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive...

Cool!, So we have just released a public Visual Studio 2010 Beta1  and, of course, VSTS 2010 and Team Foundation Server (Beta1), as well. MSDN subscribers can actually download it today from MSDN site, but you can also install it from this public URL...

AzMan background AzMan ( Authorization Manager ) is the best Microsoft technology to implement role & permissions based security for your applications. It exists as part of Windows Server (and Windows "workstation"), since versions Windows Server...

It turns out that adding a Loopback adapter in Windows 7 is a little bit tricky, because we have no "Add Hardware" menu icon within Control Panel, anymore. Everything is supposed to be detected by Windows 7. (At least in current Windows 7 RC1). But...

“MUrl” is a textual DSL and runtime for interacting with REST/HTTP services. It is actually just a great Oslo-DSL sample, as you can download it (all its source code) from MSDN.com: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/0/B/40B632EC-F201-43EE...

I wrote a post about Oslo and “M” Language and how you can use it to model data. But in that case, we were not using our own custom Textual DSL, we were using just “M” Language. You can see that post here: Starting using OSLO, “M” Language, Oslo Repository...

Microsoft “OSLO” is Microsoft’s next generation of Modeling Platform, Tools and DSLs. OSLO is basically composed by: - “M” Language (For Data Modeling and Textual DSLs ) - QUADRANT (Visual Tool for Visual Modeling) - Oslo Repository (Based...

Last week, we delivered a nice Azure training (One condensed full day about AZURE platform). Sorry, but everything is in Spanish (Agenda & Presentations), as we delivered it in Spanish. So, down below you can read the agenda and the Presentations...

We have just released the final version of IE8!. Here you have the address where you can download it: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx

So, I’ve just been attending MIX09 keynote (ScottGu, etc.), and… as you’ll discover, Silverlight 3.0 rocks!!! :-) Here you have some of what we’re disclosing today about SL3.0: SILVERLIGHT 3.0 MEDIA & GRAPHICS GPU hardware acceleration...

Sometimes you'd want to install Windows from a bootable DVD but you just have all the Windows files... I mean, in my case I've got Windows 7 build 7048 (beta drop, but it does not matter), but I currently don't have its related ISO image. So, if I want...

Next March 11th we’ll deliver in Madrid (NH Eurobuilding Hotel) an event about how to save costs in these uncertain economic time . We’ll see why Microsoft is more productive and has better TCO than competing technologies like Java. Keep in mind that...

IE8 Release Candidate is available for public download today in 25 languages for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server customers. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8   Please download it and try it out . We welcome your feedback...

Microsoft Patterns & Practices have several nice application architecture pocket-guides about RIA & Silverlight and Web applications. RIA-Silverlight pocket guide: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19799...

[Update 15 August 2009 - Tested with Windows 7 RTM final version] The most important thing to keep in mind is that we currently (prior to Windows 7) cannot natively boot from any kind of .VHD. Actually, I have just managed to boot from a Windows...

Windows 7 has a great and new capability which consists on the ability to attach a VHD (Virtual PC Hard Disk image) as a native drive. This way you could see a VHD from Windows 7 like if it were a regular hard drive. It is very useful, many times I...

This is cool! :-) Several links: – MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd362339.aspx – Community Forum: http://codeplex.com/unity What is Unity? The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight, extensible dependency...

Here I post the presentations of our event: http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Msft%20Dpe%20Spain%20Architects%20Events/Architect%20Forum%20XXII%20-%20Azure%20Platform?uc=2 Some of the PPTs are in Spanish, but some of them are in...

Next December 4th 2008 we're gonna run in Madrid, Spain, a special event ( Architect Forum XXII: S+S and Microsoft Azure services platform ). Azure platform and Windows Azure is the new Microsoft S+S platform (for apps. development), a big bet for...

Last October 13th we delivered a Workshop about EF and N-Tier & N-Layer Apps. We had a great feed-back about it. :-) You can get the Presentations from this URL within my SkyDrive: http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Msft%20Dpe...

Just to point out that I have just published a book written 50% with a friend of mine, Roberto Gonzalez, from Renacimiento (he is MVP in Biztalk). César de la Torre (Architect Evangelist - Microsoft) Roberto González (MVP Biztalk) Editorial...

I just wanted to sum up what the Microsoft Azure platform is. But before that, just to highlight that the Azure Services Platform is currently a CTP, kind of a very early 'BETA,' available only as a limited Community Technology Preview (CTP) to attendees...