In a prior blog post – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/appfabriccat/archive/2010/11/03/streaminsight-query-pattern-find-the-top-category-using-order-by-take-and-applywithunion.aspx – I discussed how to determine the top category in a set of events using order...

Wanted to throw together a quick list of a few recent blog posts on the AppFabric CAT team blog (where most of my more ‘technical’ articles end up), as well as some of my favorite articles that I’ve come across lately. Working with LINQPad StreamInsight...

Been a bit quiet on this blog lately, as most of my postings have ended up on the AppFabric CAT team blog .  As part of a recent effort to build a canned LINQPad data context to use with StreamInsight, I went through a few rounds of performance testing...

A number of us will be attending SQL PASS 2010 next week, both presenting some great content around AppFabric, StreamInsight and SQL Server, and hanging out with our SQLCAT colleagues (wearing the same shiny green shirts!) in the SQL Server Clinic and...

While a pile of folks are off in Europe delivering some great content at TechED Europe with some great sessions: DAT301 - Introduction to Complex Event Processing with SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight DAT301-LNC - Building Operational Intelligence Solutions...

Two new blog posts over on the AppFabric CAT blog on StreamInsight: StreamInsight: Obscure LINQ error - The field 'Key' of type 'IKey`1' either contains a nested member, or is a type that is not supported as event type field . A walkthrough of...

Using reference data in StreamInsight is a very common scenarios; some examples would be: Monitoring process control event streams for values that exceed a given threshold (for example, a valve’s pressure exceeding a certain safety threshold). Enriching...

One of the common tasks in StreamInsight is to use a reference stream to integrate metadata or reference data from a relatively static source (such as a SQL Server table).  One of the challenges in integrating the reference stream has to do with...

Following in the great tradition of other learn through example LINQ example pages, such as 101 LINQ Samples , here’s the first in a series of posts on StreamInsight query examples. This will first show up on this blog, then get migrated over to...

There are many different ways of implementing logging on the Microsoft .NET platform (Trace, ETW, etc). To provide for a range of flexibility (not necessary for this post.. just setting the stage) let’s go ahead and put together a generic logging...

So you’ve heard about this shiny StreamInsight thing, perhaps from my last post , and want to build something for yourself and understand how all of this stuff fits together. At this point you should have your Visual Studio environment up and running...

It’s been a while since there’s been any new content on here (well, let’s be honest, a very long time). My role at Microsoft has shifted a bit in the last year, going down a slightly different direction and focusing on a new technology...

Continuing the (much delayed) postings on putting together basic end to end systems with RFID readers and BizTalk RFID, I’m going to delve into how to configure and deploy Motorola’s XR450 RFID reader.  As usual, the primary steps covered are: Setting...

Building on the steps in the previous post, we’ll use BizTalk RFID to connect to the Impinj Speedway. This post assumes that you've gone through the steps in part 1. Connectivity and configuration with Biztalk RFID Now the part we've all been waiting...

As the next (much delayed) post in a hands-on series, I’m going to walk through the process of creating an end to end solution with BizTalk RFID and the Impinj Speedway reader.  The primary steps covered are: Setting up the reader (from the shipping...

Been on the road pretty much non-stop since January, so I haven't had the opportunity to post as much as I'd like.  However, it looks like the next couple of months will be a little more reasonable in terms of the travel schedule, so I should be...

After a marathon writing binge over the past few months, the first book on BizTalk RFID has been published by Apress .  Written by myself, Ram Venkatesh (former Lead Architect on BizTalk RFID, now CEO of S3 Edge ), and Mark Beckner (prominent writer...

Building on the previous post, the next thing we'll do is use Biztalk RFID to connect to the Alien 9650.  This post assumes that you've gone through the steps in part 1. Connectivity and configuration with Biztalk RFID Now the part we've all been...

As the first post in a hands-on focused series on building out solutions with Biztalk RFID, I'm going to walk through the process of creating an end to end solution with Biztalk RFID and the Alien 9650 RFID reader.  Future posts in this series will...

Coming into my fourth week here at Microsoft as a Field Program Manager in the Customer Experience group within CSD has been quite the experience.  My role centers around working with customers, partners and the Microsoft field teams to enable the...