Yesterday, Microsoft announced the first community technology preview of SQL Azure Database, a cloud-based relational database service built on Microsoft SQL Server technologies. With SQL Azure Database, you can easily provision and deploy relational...

DAY 1 – September 28, 2009 at Noon PST From the Trenches: Using Architectural Skills to Increase Solution Adoption Success Rates Jim Wilt Products, Solution Frameworks, and Development Tools are too often touted by vendors and development teams as solutions...

So this is a bit of a rant, I’ll admit. Over the course of the last couple weeks, I’ve gotten some emails from friends and colleagues saying “Hey Will, did you know your blog is getting a malware warning on Safari on Mac?” Alarmed, I clicked on the Google...

I’m hosting IxDASF at Microsoft’s San Francisco offices Tuesday, August 25th. I’ll be giving an hour long demo of SketchFlow, Microsoft’s new rapid prototyping and ideation environment. There will be food, drinks and give aways...

ARCHITECT COUNCIL | Innovation is the Name of the Game Architects: Adverse times are also best times for innovation! Choosing the right battles to fight, and reinventing ourselves with less resources are par for the course today. However, not all innovation...

This summer, Mithun Dhar is at it again with a Silverlight 3 FireStarter event to take place in Redmond, WA on September 17 th , and you can attend the event via Live Meeting. There are some terrific speakers lined-up. Scott Guthrie will keynote the...

The FREE Silverlight 3 Firestarter sessions in Redmond, WA and available as online webcasts on Thursday September 17th include a keynote from Scott Guthrie and presentations from Tim Heuer, Brad Abrams, Karl Shifflett and other Microsoft community leaders...

ARCHITECT COUNCIL | Innovation is the Name of the Game Architects: Adverse times are also best times for innovation! Choosing the right battles to fight, and reinventing ourselves with less resources are par for the course today. However, not...

Adverse times are also best times for innovation! Choosing the right battles to fight, and reinventing ourselves with less resources are par for the course today. However, not all innovation needs to be revolutionary or transformative. In fact, in the...

Although it’s a “bit” dated (in Internet terms), on 30 – 31 March 2009, at Weston Manor, Oxford UK a group of senior IT architects from across the industry met to consider the coming ‘Cloud’. What it is, what it means for business and the software profession...

Microsoft Wave (nothing to do with Google Wave) is a cool new site from Microsoft’s UK team.  It shows off the latest developments and products that are coming out of Microsoft. You will find information on technologies like Photosynth , Worldwide...

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) has been Microsoft’s premier gathering of leading-edge developers and architects.  Attendees come from around the world to learn about the future of Microsoft’s platform, exchange ideas with Microsoft...