The full sample with an automated setup is now (finally) available for download. You can check it out running on Azure at https://azurestocktrader.cloudapp.net . At the top of the landing page there is a download link. The sample will setup purely on...

.NET StockTrader was always designed as a high-performance application (its been benchmarked many, many times with published results). When performance tuning and benchmarking previous on-premise versions, I always focussed on achieving top-end throughput...

The new sample application, StockTrader 5 , is now running live on Windows Azure at https://azurestocktrader.cloudapp.net . New docs are available directly from the home page of the app at this Azure link, plus you can try out the app in the cloud. The...

I just completed some new benchmarks that are rolled up into two distinct benchmark reports. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/stocktrader-benchmarks.aspx for links to both downloadable reports. The first looks at the use of Microsoft...

I wanted to alert people today that Microsoft has just collected the results from a “Mission Critical Applications” study, which was conducted by IDC, according to their high standards of quantitative research. While Microsoft sponsored this study with...