In this episode, the one and only Windows Azure Tactical Strategist, Steve Marx , joins Dmitry and Peter to give us an update on the Windows Azure platform. Steve talks about common real world Windows Azure use patterns, including storage and compute...

Just got word from Andrew Brust that he is launching a new user group in NYC focused on the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack! Their first meeting kicks off on September 13th, 2010 in the Microsoft NYC office. The group is so new that they don’t...

Firestarter events have been growing quite popular over the past year or two. These are all free training events that focus on a single topic from intro to 300-level in a day. Feedback from past Firestarter attendees have been universally positive. ...

The Entity Framework is a set of technologies in ADO.NET that support the development of data-oriented software applications. First introduced in .NET 3.5 SP1 in 2008, the Entity Framework underwent significant changes in its second version, known as...

In this episode, Dmitry and Peter cover the latest news around the Microsoft developer space, including Windows Azure updates, interoperability, & Windows Phone 7. They also talk about the new Visual Studio LightSwitch. Is it really for cat ladies...

In this episode, guests Ben Dewey & Kent Brown join Peter to discuss the latest release of the Apache Stonehenge project. Ben & Kent talk about the .NET, Java, and PHP interoperability project and how it now handles identity. (Interview starts...

With all the excitement around the upcoming new Windows Phone 7 platform, it was just a matter of time! I’m happy to announce that Microsoft is going to be hosting a series of Windows Phone 7 Firestarter events around the Eastern US starting this month...

Thanks to everyone who attended the WCF Firestarter event in New York City on June 19, 2010 !  I had a great time helping organize the event and speaking with many of the attendees about the Windows Communication Foundation.  There were over...

In this episode, guest host Andrew Brust is back again, joining Dmitry & I to talk about all of the tech news from Microsoft’s Wordwide Partner Conference in Washington, DC. The trio talks about WebMatrix, Internet Explorer 9 Preview 3, Windows Phone...

If you don’t use an RSS reader to read my blog, then you probably noticed that things started looking, um… different , a few weeks ago. My JrzyShr Dev Guy blog is currently part of MSDN Blogs , a developer blogging network comprised of folks...

Two weeks ago, I posted here at about a benefit dinner being held July 7th, 2010 to support one of our own NYC area developers, Wendy Friedlander who has been stricken with a rare form of cancer. This benefit dinner is being organized by multiple folks...

Thanks to everyone who attended the Silverlight 4 Firestarter event in New York City on June 5, 2010 !  I had a great time helping organize the event and speaking with many of the attendees about Silverlight.  There were over 200 folks who made...

I’m happy to announce that SharePoint Saturday is coming to NYC on Saturday, July 31st, 2010!  If you’ve enjoyed any of the code camps in our area, then you’ll love SharePoint Saturday.  SharePoint Saturday is like a ‘themed’ code camp with...

  Next week, the NYC .NET Developers group and the NY ALT.NET user group are hosting a joint meeting on Tuesday, June 29th with a special guest. Former New Yorker, Stephen Toub is returning to town from Redmond to talk about Parallel Programming...

In this episode, guest Garrett Serack from the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center joins me to discuss CoApp, a new package manager for the Windows platform. Garrett tells us how CoApp will help make it easier for developers and users to build and...

Just got word via Rachel Appel that Microsoft MVP Chris Woodruff (and co-host of the “ Deep Fried Bytes ” podcast) is coming to town on Monday…   Interested in OData ? Want to discover what the next revolution in data will be? In this workshop, the...

Last week on the Connected Show , Dmitry and I reported that at TechEd 2010, Brandon Watson from the Windows Phone 7 team said “select developers” will be getting access to Windows Phone 7 devices in July.  We both pondered what Brandon meant by...

Hi everyone, it’s not often that I have written blog posts like this.  However, a member of our own developer community here in the NY metro area is in need.  A number of folks in the community are organizing a benefit dinner for Wendy Friedlander...

A few weeks back, I announced the WCF Firestarter coming to New York City this weekend. Registration is SOLD OUT and we’re looking forward to a full house in the Big Apple on Saturday! You can catch all the details in my previous post , as well...

Microsoft wants to hear from the user group community, via a very short survey, to gauge how we’re doing with our support of the community. There’s a freeform comment area, so this is your chance to make suggestions, tell us what we’re doing right, what...

In this episode, guests Kanwaljeet Singla, Don Raman, and Wade Hilmo from the Microsoft IIS team join Peter to discuss the evolution of PHP on the Windows Platform. The IIS folks tell us about the improvements made to Windows in order to support PHP,...

A few weeks back, I announced the Silverlight 4 Firestarter coming to New York City this weekend.  Registration is just about sold out and we’re looking forward to a full house in the Big Apple on Saturday!  You can catch all the details in...

In this episode, the man, the myth, the legend: C# MVP Jon Skeet joins Peter on a whirlwind tour into the bowels of the C# language. Jon talks up lambdas, expression trees, and other C# goodness. Prepare to have your brain tickled! (Interview starts at...

The new MSDN Blogging platform went live today (May 24th, 2010).  Unfortunately, the new platform was not able to move any of the customizations I had set up previously on the old platform . So, I have reset my blog to a “blank” theme temporarily...

Via David Anson … Going dark [MSDN blogging platform being upgraded - NO new posts or comments next week] The administrators of the MSDN blogging platform are performing a software upgrade and will be putting all blogs into read-only mode on Sunday, May...