A notification system allows the cache to interact with external applications. This attribute can be useful on scenarios where certain activities, for example workflows, need to know the state of an item. Capability Description...

Data expiration contains elements that make the cache allocation more efficient. The feature removes items that are not current from the cache, freeing the memory and the resources associated. Capability Description ...

Data expiration contains elements that makes the cache allocation more efficient. The feature removes items that are not current from the cache, freeing the memory and the resources associated. The capabilities list looks like this: Capability...

Here is the third installment, this time focusing on the data organization. Capability Description Weight Cache Groups This capability allows caches to be partitioned in groups; this allows cache...

This is the second entry, data manipulation. Each one of them have a description and a generic guideline based on the experience of our implementations. I have added a weight, may look arbitrary but is based on the average importance on our projects....

In this first installment we are going to share the data storage attribute and its capabilities. Each one of them have a description and a generic guideline based on the experience of our implementations. I have added a weight, may look arbitrary but...

In this series, I am going to publish a series of guidelines that can be used when selecting a distributed cache technology. The series will be divided in the main caching attributes, each of them containing a list of capabilities. The main categories...

I am embarking in a series of mini post called .NET hidden gems, not necessarily new bits but usually unknown. They are dedicated to those small features and components that are not commonly used but can deliver interesting value in certain scenarios...

I usually receive a very common question when customers jump into the WinDbg adventure, and is related to the loading of SOS when the version of the .NET mismatches the version installed on their system. The scenario is quite common, you have a customer...

In order to access the new Team Foundation Server 2010 from your current Team Explorer 2008 you will need to install the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. Several customers were complaining that even with the service pack installed they couldn't manage...

Another interesting new feature of the CLR 4 comes from the Garbage collection team. On this version, they are adding some performance enhancements on the memory allocation process. The feature is commonly called “Background GC”. But what does it actually...

I have been exploring different new features that come with the .NET 4, beyond the most popular ones like dynamic types and covariance; I was interested in performance enhancements. For this reason I am going to publish a couple of blog entries were I...

We have been collecting the best articles on the MSDN flash communication and we have compiled them in an eBook format. Here you can find articles from many Microsoft Consultants, inlcuding myone on the sync framework. You can download you copy here...

In this second instalment we are going to review another set of frames. This guideline should help you to understand what is involved on each one of them as well as considerations and known patterns. You can find the first part following this link...

At Microsoft we are working hard in putting together the different components that are involved deciding the architecture approach. One of these components is the architecture frame, which together with the architecture style and application type creates...

The first thing that ASP.NET developers ask themselves is how to reuse the current existing JavaScript functionality with Silverlight applications. The good news is that the Silverlight team has delivered what they have promised regarding the interaction...

An essential part of the SOA Governance is to properly identify the requirements in order to introduce or upgrade a service within your SOA model, this is commonly known and service and integration planning within the SOA lifecycle. This is all good in...

After months of writting, testing and understanding the inners of the hidden bugs, myself and my colleagues Jonathan Swift, Dan Wahlin and Chris Barker are finishing the last bits of the next book about Silverlight 2. The title will be "Silverlight 2...

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is nearly here (out at the end of this week), I want to highlight key announcements in TechEd and give you an overview on the competitiveness area. User Interface Changes: Beta 2 includes improvements in animation support, error...

With the new entities framework to be released in the next service pack some of our customers and team members are starting to discuss what is the correct pattern. I wanted to extract my position around the choices. I am big supporter of having...

As many questions are usually asked regarding how to interact between Silverlight and JavaScript I am going to spend some lines showing an example so you can keep it as a reference. The sample below works with Silverlight 2 and is based on the Beta 2...

For those that can't wait to print and stick a Silverlight 2 wallpaper to the wall here you can find a high resolution picture: You can download the high resolution one here

If you have missed one of my sessions during the EMEA Windows Mobile Briefing you can find the recordings of our last Finland event. During this event I was covering also the first session and we had a large attendance, upon the demo using the orientation...

Note: This code has been updated using Silverlight 2 RTM With Silverlight 2 a new set of components have been introduced into the equation, the most important one is the CLR Execution engine, that support in this case the dynamic language runtime ...

Thanks everybody for attending to my sessions at the EMEA Windows Mobile Tour, I hope you have enjoyed the sessions. As promised, find here the decks and the demos that I have presented: · Session 1 Deck · Session 1 Demo · Session 2 Deck ...