International SOA & Cloud Symposium October 5-6 2010, Berliner Congress Center, Berlin Germany For the first time in Germany! With 100 speaker sessions across 17 tracks, the 3rd International SOA and Cloud Symposium will feature the top experts from...

The event to bring your customers to The Microsoft patterns & practices Symposium is the event for software developers and architects to have engaging and meaningful discussions with the people creating the technologies and guidance aimed at addressing...

A colleague pointed me to a blog post Cloud this, cloud that , which to me reflects the common perception around cloud computing that it is just another form of server hosting; a deployment/delivery model. Instead of simply trying to re-deploy existing...

A colleague pointed me to an interesting blog post – Two products Microsoft should set free into Cloud , which ended with this question: So Microsoft – here is a market that is begging to be served and yours to lose. While you still have work to do to...

This is a widely discussed topic as well, along with many others. A recent panel discussion at GigaOm’s Structure 2010 conference had some pretty interesting comments about the question. Sinclair Schuller who was on that panel, posted the question, and...

Yes that is a book and it is now available! http://soabooks.com/net http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131582313 http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131582313 I had the privilege to participate as a member of a very esteemed and talented authoring...

Microsoft and Northwest Cadence are proud to offer this four hour live event – during which we will demonstrate the testing and quality assurance lifecycle using Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server. Join us as we dive into the testing tools...

Too busy to attend the in-person events in various cities? Now you can watch the May 27th Seattle event in the comfort of your own computer (though without the free coffee and drinks and snacks and swag and people!). Just follow the links below for either...

The Microsoft Web Team is excited to announce a new series of events called Microsoft Web Camps! function WebCamps () {    Day1.Learn();    Day2.Build(); } Interested in learning how new innovations in Microsoft's Web Platform and...

Want to know what makes Azure different?  Learn how to deploy your own application to Azure in this free developer’s training and you could win a Zune HD! Light breakfast and lunch included! This event will have a heavy technical focus, so make sure...

CloudPlay April 29 th , 2010 9am-7pm Special 20% Savings (Discount code: svcloud) Join us for CloudPlay!  We will feature a keynote from Jeff Nick, CTO of EMC, Steve Lucas, SVP of Business User Sales, SAP, Susie Wee, CTO of Cloud Services at HP,...

[Update 2010.03.28] Included Jetty configuration information (see “Configure Jetty” section below) Jetty is a Java-based, open source Web Server which provides a HTTP server and Servlet container capable of serving static and dynamic content either from...

March 25, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Extending Your Sites Reach with IE8 Add On Features Abstract Today's users are getting more sophisticated and they expect more features from the sites and services they use. In this session learn about how...

Metro Instructor Led Training Windows Azure Abstract The Microsoft Developer & Platform is pleased to announce a Metro Instructor Led Training event focused on Developers covering the Windows Azure Platform, for Microsoft Partners and customers. Delivered...

December 22, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service Michele Leroux Bustamante The Access Control Service (ACS), part of Windows Azure platform AppFabric, makes it easy to secure REST-based services using...