Recently there are some blogs mentioning Orleans as the new platform for the Microsoft cloud and additional similar things. As a result I checked a bit on what the project is all about and as it was published this is a MSR (Microsoft Research Project...

I just read the Windows Azure Security Architecture whitepaper, which is describing security practices used with Windows Azure platform . Definitely interesting for anyone that is wondering how the data is protected in the cloud. A specially interesting...

Last week a new set of tools was released to support copying of the data to the SQL Azure databases. SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant) was updated to support Microsoft Access and MySQL Databases. To download the tools, visit the following sites: SSMA...

Well these days everything is becoming a service in the cloud! It is amazing of what kind of options and scenarios become possible if you connect them to the “infinite” computational power and broadband internet access… One of these interesting field...

As many of you probably know this year’s PDC (Professional Developers Conference) will be held in Redmond, on Microsoft’s Campus, so it is going to be a unique opportunity to see, where it all happens and to get close to the product teams. Since the event...

Well (in short ) AppFabric ACS just added a bunch of new features that are available one the AppFabric Labs portal , where you can check out the CTP. To understand properly what ACS is all about, you should read about Claims-Based access control. New...

Zoom.it is a new service, provided by Microsoft Live Labs, that enables you to quickly add Deep Zoom functionality to your pictures. Just enter your picture’s URL and voila, you can zoom into it! Of course, the service is powered by Windows Azure Platform...