From the floor of the PHP Tek Conference in Chicago, with my colleague Peter Laudati , we’re excited to announce the availability of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP version 3.0 . This Open Source SDK gives PHP developers a “speed dial” library to take full...

I had the opportunity to participate in the Developer Smackdown podcast a few weeks ago at MIX Last Vegas.  We chatted about HTML5 labs: what it is and what it means for web developers are are interested in the bleeding edge of web technologies....

I finally had the chance to sit down with Morten at MIX11 in Las Vegas last week to discuss the work he is doing on WordPress with Windows Azure to solve some common challenges with multi-site WordPress installations using traditional hosting. In Morten...

In case you missed the previous announcement , the plugin adds to Eclipse a set of wizards and dialogs which guide the Java developer through the configuration of all relevant projects settings when targeting Windows Azure. The plugin builds on top of...

Yesterday at MIX11 in Las Vegas, I had the pleasure of delivering a breakout session titled “ Hot from the labs: HTML5 Web Sockets ” along with my colleague Paul Batum . As it turns out there are a lot of people interested by WebSockets technology, and...

Another year, another 72-hour conversation.  MIX is taking place in Las Vegas April 12-15.  If you are not familiar with MIX, it is “…a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business professionals creating the most innovative and...

I spent the entire week last week enjoying some good weather and southern hospitality in the Carolinas. On Tuesday Mar 15 I had the pleasure of being invited to present at the Charlotte Enterprise Developers Guild organized by Bill Jones (special thanks...

[3/22/2010 – 5:00pm – Updated – Added Installation instructions] As we said a few weeks ago we are hard at work Improving experiences for Java developers with Windows Azure . Today we’re announcing the availability of the f irst Community Technology Preview...

Last week I attended DrupalCon Chicago – my first DrupalCon since I started working on Drupal related projects in the Interoperability team.  Overall, my impression of the event was “wow”.  It has been a while since I have seen such a large...

This simple demo will show you how get Drupal 7 up and running on Windows Azure with just a few clicks and the Windows Azure Companion Tool .  video courtesy of Interop Bridges TV on Channel9 For a step-by-step tutorial document, click here . I look...

Since the launch of Windows Azure a couple years ago, we’ve been working on driving Interoperability scenarios that enable various developers to harness the power of the Windows Azure cloud platform. In parallel, we’ve supported interoperability projects...

There are many common scenarios in web development that require processing of information, gathering data, or handling message traffic that can be accomplished asynchronously – meaning in the background while the user is doing other things with the application...

It has been a long while since I have posted, as I have been busy working with the global Microsoft community, helping re-scope/expand our efforts around delivering relevant interoperability solutions between Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies worldwide...

I just walked out of the finals ceremony at Imagine Cup 2008; what an amazing experience. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate each of the three finalist teams in the 2008 Interoperability Award including Team Together (Poland), Team...

I am a couple weeks late on this one as I have been traveling, but I would like to congratulate Team Ecologix (Brazil), Team SKAN (India), and Team Together (Poland) – our 3 finalist teams for the 2008 Imagine Cup Interoperability Award! These 3 teams...

Day 2 was all about Partners – those who we are working with through the Interop Vendor Alliance as well as a host of companies building solutions that interoperate with Microsoft NAP technology. Video: Interop Las Vegas 2008 - Day 2 -C

I am not Ryan Seacrest. With that in mind, here is a quick recap of Tuesday's activities at Interop Las Vegas. Video: Interop Las Vegas 2008 - Day 1 Thanks to Grant Williams and Jessica Evans for putting the video together! UPDATE: You can now watch...

Again this year we will be talking interoperability at the Interop Las Vegas conference. The event is next week (Apr-27 to May-2) at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Microsoft will have a large booth presence where we will be showcasing a the work...

The official ISO press release can be found here: http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1123 Martin LaMonica's (CNET) take: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9908939-7.html?tag=nefd.top

Open XML vote results are in – Ecma appears to have secured ISO/IEC ratification of the standard – now known as IS 29500. It is a great victory for supporters of document choice and flexibility and for those who prefer to use ISO standard formats....

Check out the HP Position Statement on Standardization of Office Document Formats . It is a refreshing and pragmatic view - that choice is important and ODF and Open XML will co-exist and interoperate. On the ISO standardization process: "HP believes...

Developers can now integrate InfoCards into their PHP-based web projects using the recently released Zend Framework v1.5 with the Zend_InfoCard 1.5 library component. Documentation on Information Card integration can be found here . For more information...

Here is a quick clip of Bill being asked about Open XML and digital archival by Washington State Congressman Brian Baird during a U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Science and Technology meeting last week.

The discussion continued Wednesday the 12th in Seoul, when we sat down with representatives from KANOi, Wooam, ECO and Tomotec. Through these discussions we learned that there are a number of very interesting products in the Korean market that are currently...

In this letter , Chris outlines the importance of Office Open XML as a document format choice for customers, the benefits of global stewardship of the format through international standards bodies, and Microsoft's pledge for future support of the open...