May, 2012

I was recently asked to do a presentation on managing Windows Azure applications with PowerShell by the Charlotte PowerShell users group .   At first I was a bit unsure about doing the presentation – with Jim Christopher and Ed Wilson in the...

This is the third (and final) post of my Service Bus mini-series which is more-or-less an in-depth follow up to my guest appearance on Mike Benkovich’s   Cloud Computing Soup to Nuts webcast series.  In Part 1 , we looked at using the WCF relay...

Brian , Peter , and I are packing our bags for another round of camping in the cloud, and hope you can join us as we cover a number of topics on Windows Azure. We’re tying in a great lab too, so you’ll get some hands-on experience to boot – don’t forget...

In Part 1 , we looked at a scenario using the Service Bus as a WCF relay endpoint that allowed clients on the web to communicate with a WCF service hosted on my local machine.  The workflow looks something like below, where a publically available...

Our next round of Windows Azure developer events on the US east coast is happening later this month!  Last fall, Brian, Jim, and I brought the Windows Azure Dev Camp series to 5 locations in the east .  Now, we’re bringing the Azure Dev Camps...

Here’s a random fact. Did you know that the Latin words for “school” and “fun” are one and the same: ludus ? So while gamification may be a new word, the concept of combining fun and learning certainly isn’t, and that fact hasn’t been lost on the Channel...

I started this post about two months ago (right after meeting Jon Gottfried , one of the Twilio evangelists, at Boston Startup Weekend ), but it took yesterday’s announcement to light a fire under me and finish it up! In case you’re not familiar with...

On April 23rd, 2012, I had the privilege of speaking at the first Node.Philly event in Philadelphia.  It was a fantastic event and I enjoyed meeting lots of folks who are excited about Node and building solutions with it today!  While this was...

In April, I announced the the Rock Paper Azure Challenge was back with a new Spring Fling round with winners every Friday through June 15, 2012.  I’m a little late in getting this information posted, but wanted to share the winners for weeks 1 &...

Join us to learn how to leverage Microsoft Public Cloud Offerings including Windows Azure, Microsoft Dynamics CRM & ERP in the Cloud, and Office 365 on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 at 1:00pm EDT. We have a pack agenda for an hour; see below for details...