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TechEd Australia 2013: Call for Topics is Live!

TheRockyH — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:17:47 GMT

Welcome to my first email regarding TechEd Australia 2013! This year I’m looking after content again and today I like to announce that call for topics is now open for submissions. This is the first of many milestones on the journey to this...(read more)

We have released the Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET

TheRockyH — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:37:13 GMT

This thing has some really cool improvements around publishing and especially diagnostics. Here’s a snip from Scott Guthrie’s blog post: This morning we released the v2.0 update of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET. This is a major refresh of the Windows...(read more)

Free Windows Azure Dev Camps Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth

TheRockyH — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:14:45 GMT

You’re Invited Please join us for a special Windows Azure Developer Camp event. Windows Azure DevCamps are free and fun events for developers, by developers. This special DevCamp will be presented by Microsoft technical experts. You do not want to miss...(read more)

Happy Anniversary Microsoft Open Technologies Inc

TheRockyH — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:08:58 GMT

This month MS Open Tech ( http://msopentech.com/ ) enjoyed it’s one year anniversary. At MS Open Tech they build open source code, create interoperability bridges, contribute open standards specs. They also work with a variety of standards organizations...(read more)

New Preview Features for Windows Azure Active Directory

TheRockyH — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:26:38 GMT

New features available in preview for Windows Azure Active Directory Support for OAuth2 for delegated directory access An updated Windows Azure Authentication Library (AAL) designed to work with Windows Store applications. New Authentication Options:...(read more)

Native Android Support for Mobile Services applications

TheRockyH — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:51:16 GMT

Furthering Windows Azure commitment to open source development, today, Microsoft announced here that developers can begin using Windows Azure Mobile Services to develop native Android applications. Mobile Services makes it easy for developers to add a...(read more)

Installing Drupal on Windows Azure

TheRockyH — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:22:22 GMT

In preparation for DRUPALCON Sydney 2013 , I decided to start contributing to the Drupal.org site and become more familiar with the community. I wanted to contribute something before asking my myriad of questions about configuring and extending Drupal...(read more)

New Additions and cool stuff in Windows Azure Mobile Services

TheRockyH — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:47:34 GMT

Editor's Note: The original post was written by Nick Harris , Windows Azure Technical Evangelist. Here . I just thought it was too good not to pass on unchanged. It’s been less than five months since we introduced the first public preview for Windows...(read more)

Windows RT != Surface

TheRockyH — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:05:43 GMT

I have seen a lot of journalists out there say things like “Windows RT is Surface” and “Windows RT does Blah which means Surface does Blah” For the record, there are 2 versions of the Windows family. Windows RT , and Windows 8 . There are also 2 versions...(read more)

Learning SQL Server 2012 with labs built in Windows Azure IaaS VMs

TheRockyH — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:25:00 GMT

Hello again, Well now that the dust has settled it’s time to seriously blog again. In any event, as some of you may know I have changed roles and I’m now a Technical Evangelist for Windows Azure and SQL Server / SQL Database . What I’ve learned...(read more)