A couple of years back I was closely involved with helping developers take their investments in VB6 forward (e.g. I created this blog which still has great VB stuff in its archives). Those with sharp eyes will have noticed that the (IMHO rather poor)...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink This question has come up a lot in recent weeks as early adopters move from prototyping with the platform to actually needing to deliver real applications. Whilst fundamentally you...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink This is (almost) a straight copy and paste but represents an important announcement worthy of a little more “exposure” :-) Starting August 1, 2010, we will release a new SQL Azure Development...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Like many others signed up to the Windows Azure Platform, I received an email overnight detailing the upcoming database size changes for SQL Azure. I know from our work with early adopters...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink At Web Directions last week in London (10th and 11th June 2010) I promised several folks I would put up a blog post to more information on IE 9. True to my word (albeit a little later...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Short answer: Don’t! Just kidding :-) Long answer: I believe it is the same process as for other Microsoft Online Services – but I have never tried it. Hence please post a comment if...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink I previously mentioned I was working on a community authored eBook for the Windows Azure Platform. Well, today I assembled the 20 articles that made it through to the end of the review...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink On Monday at Tech▪Ed 2010 we announced new stuff (I like new stuff) that “showcases our continued commitment to deliver value, flexibility and control of data through data cloud services...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink short answer : Quite probably, as SQL Azure is very similar to SQL Server longer answer: Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) that work with SQL Server are likely but not guaranteed to...

Great Migrations has released gmStudio V9.85. gmStudio is a programmable VB6/ASP/COM re-engineering tool that enables an agile tool-assisted rewrite methodology and helps teams dramatically lower the total cost, risk, and disruption of ambitious migration...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink I had a really fun evening doing “my final” EF 4.0 session last night (26th May 2010) at GL.NET based out of Gloucester (although secretly I made it into a IronRuby and Windows Azure...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Last week I presented at Cloud and Grid Exchange 2010 . I did an introduction to Windows Azure and a demo of Ruby on Rails running on Azure. My slides and links can be found here –...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Tomorrow (Friday 23/4/2010) I am delivering a session at the Cloud Grid Exchange in London at SkillsMatter (A top training company and superb supporter of development communities)....

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink I intend to pull together a FREE eBook on the Windows Azure Platform – but I need your help to make it rock! If you have detailed experience of any aspect of the Windows Azure Platform...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink [Oh – and Windows XP, Vista etc] Every so often I yearn for the virtual desktop functionality that is implemented so well under Linux. Unfortunately every time I start looking for a...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink [Suggested twitter tag #selfpacedazure ] We (myself and David Gristwood ) have been working in the UK to create a fantastic opportunity to get yourself up to speed on the Windows Azure...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink That fine chap http://twitter.com/serialseb is pulling together an interesting evening of fun on the Wednesday in London and I for one will definitely be there. Lots of goodness to...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Microsoft is continuing to make significant investments in Datacenter technology and is focused on solving issues such as long lead times, significant up-front costs and over capacity...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink [Did I overdo the use of FREE in the title? :-)] April 12th to 16th is Microsoft Tech Days – 5 days of sessions on Visual Studio 2010 through to Windows 7 Phone Series. Many of these...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink At QCon in March we had a sample Azure application implemented in both Java and Ruby to demonstrate that the Windows Azure Platform is not just about .NET. The following is an interesting...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Last week (March 2010) I presented on Entity Framework 4 and the Windows Azure Platform at www.devweek.com . As usual, it was a great conference and I caught up with lots of old friends...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink 12 months back (today is March 15th 2010) on the 16th of  March 2009 I created a poll on Entity Framework v1 – the marmite of ORMs? A quick poll… . Entity Framework v1 was getting a...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink I just posted on the bits you need to install to explore all the features of Entity Framework 4 with the Visual Studio 2010 RC. I’ve also had a quick look (March 12th 2010) to see what...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink Next week (17th March 2010) I am presenting on EF4 at www.devweek.com in London (and Azure on the 18th). Today I wanted to get all the latest bits on my demo machine and also check...

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson . Permalink When Windows Azure was first released in 2008 the only programming languages you could use were .NET languages such as Visual Basic and C# and the applications you built had to run...