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Sr, Program Manager at Microsoft and MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.My small world includes my beautiful wife Swati and our awesome twin boyz Arni and Abhi.
AppFabric Service Bus is one of the most important services in Windows Azure. Saravana Kumar, MVP has written 2 blog posts explaining how to use Service bus in Silverlight applications. These post are really detailed.
Part 1: http://blogs.digitaldeposit.net/saravana/post/2011/06/17/Azure-AppFabric-Service-bus-Silverlight-Integration-End-to-End-(walkthrough)-Part-1.aspx
Part 2: http://blogs.digitaldeposit.net/saravana/post/2011/06/17/Azure-AppFabric-Service-bus-Silverlight-Integration-End-to-End-(walkthrough)-Part-2.aspx
In this article we are going to see the end to end integration of Azure AppFabric Service bus and Silverlight. First we are going to create a very basic "Hello World" Silverlight application that interacts with a WCF operation called "GetWelcomeText" and displays the text returned in the UI. In order to explain the core concepts clearly, we are going to keep the sample as simple as possible. The initial solution is going to look as shown below. The SL application hosted on a local IIS/AppFabric(server) web server and accessed via a browser as shown below. Next, we are going to extend the same sample "Hello World" example to introduce Azure AppFabric service bus as shown in the below picture and show the power of AppFabric Service bus platform, which enables us to use the remote WCF services hosted geographically somewhere in the wild. Original Source: http://blogs.digitaldeposit.net/saravana The first part of the article doesn't going to touch anything on Azure AppFabric service bus, it's all about creating a simple SL/WCF application.
In this article we are going to see the end to end integration of Azure AppFabric Service bus and Silverlight. First we are going to create a very basic "Hello World" Silverlight application that interacts with a WCF operation called "GetWelcomeText" and displays the text returned in the UI. In order to explain the core concepts clearly, we are going to keep the sample as simple as possible. The initial solution is going to look as shown below. The SL application hosted on a local IIS/AppFabric(server) web server and accessed via a browser as shown below.
Next, we are going to extend the same sample "Hello World" example to introduce Azure AppFabric service bus as shown in the below picture and show the power of AppFabric Service bus platform, which enables us to use the remote WCF services hosted geographically somewhere in the wild.
Original Source: http://blogs.digitaldeposit.net/saravana
The first part of the article doesn't going to touch anything on Azure AppFabric service bus, it's all about creating a simple SL/WCF application.
Azure AppFabric Service bus, Silverlight Integration - End-to-End (walkthrough) - Part 1
Support for DAC will make import export very easy for our customers. Every conversation I have with customers topic of import/export, backup and disaster recovery always comes up. This is great next step in our feature set in the space.
Database Import and Export for SQL Azure SQL Azure database users have a simpler way to archive SQL Azure and SQL Server databases, or to migrate on-premises SQL Server databases to SQL Azure. Import and export services through the Data-tier Application (DAC) framework make archival and migration much easier. The import and export features provide the ability to retrieve and restore an entire database, including schema and data, in a single operation. If you want to archive or move your database between SQL Server versions (including SQL Azure), you can export a target database to a local export file which contains both database schema and data in a single file. Once a database has been exported to an export file, you can import the file with the new import feature. Refer to the FAQ at the end of this article for more information on supported SQL Server versions. This release of the import and export feature is a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for upcoming, fully supported solutions for archival and migration scenarios. The DAC framework is a collection of database schema and data management services, which are strategic to database management in SQL Server and SQL Azure. Microsoft SQL Server “Denali” Data-tier Application Framework v2.0 Feature Pack CTP The DAC Framework simplifies the development, deployment, and management of data-tier applications (databases). The new v2.0 of the DAC framework expands the set of supported objects to full support of SQL Azure schema objects and data types across all DAC services: extract, deploy, and upgrade. In addition to expanding object support, DAC v2.0 adds two new DAC services: import and export. Import and export services let you deploy and extract both schema and data from a single file identified with the “.bacpac” extension. For an introduction to and more information on the DAC Framework, this whitepaper is available: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381683(SQL.100).aspx.
SQL Azure database users have a simpler way to archive SQL Azure and SQL Server databases, or to migrate on-premises SQL Server databases to SQL Azure. Import and export services through the Data-tier Application (DAC) framework make archival and migration much easier. The import and export features provide the ability to retrieve and restore an entire database, including schema and data, in a single operation. If you want to archive or move your database between SQL Server versions (including SQL Azure), you can export a target database to a local export file which contains both database schema and data in a single file. Once a database has been exported to an export file, you can import the file with the new import feature. Refer to the FAQ at the end of this article for more information on supported SQL Server versions. This release of the import and export feature is a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for upcoming, fully supported solutions for archival and migration scenarios. The DAC framework is a collection of database schema and data management services, which are strategic to database management in SQL Server and SQL Azure.
The DAC Framework simplifies the development, deployment, and management of data-tier applications (databases). The new v2.0 of the DAC framework expands the set of supported objects to full support of SQL Azure schema objects and data types across all DAC services: extract, deploy, and upgrade. In addition to expanding object support, DAC v2.0 adds two new DAC services: import and export. Import and export services let you deploy and extract both schema and data from a single file identified with the “.bacpac” extension. For an introduction to and more information on the DAC Framework, this whitepaper is available: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381683(SQL.100).aspx.
Database Import and Export for SQL Azure
One of my resolutions for this year was to run a marathon. Yesterday I finished my half marathon below are stats and Photos.
Please Donate: http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/rnrseatl11/shasbe
Photos: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjv6iaAg
Seattle RnR Marathon, a set on Flickr.
Photos from my Seattle Rock and Roll Marathon Run. It was amazing experience to go through.
Link: https://datamarket.azure.com/dataset/bfa417be-be79-4915-82c7-efae9ced5cb7
Type: Paid
Sanborn Building Model Products are an essential ingredient to virtual city implementations. Combining a strong visual appearance with a standards-compliant relational objects database, Sanborn Building Model offers building and geospatial feature accuracy for the most demanding of users. Data contains the information necessary to construct a digital city with hyper-local central business district building data.
Sanborn Building Model can provide valuable geospatial and visualization data for users and organization involved with: State and major urban Fusion Centers, Local, State and Federal Operations Centers, Architectural / Engineering / Construction, Real-Estate and Land Development, Navigation Applications, Urban and Transportation Planning, Security Planning and Training, Public and private utility providers, and Gaming and internet companies. Sanborn Building Model provides a critical component to urban geo-spatial information analysis and modeling that can be used in production environments for GIS, CAD, LULC, planning, and other aspects.
Link: https://datamarket.azure.com/dataset/6bd3a6b3-2fe0-4609-ba11-959190000047
Type: Free
There are over 40 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in China. This business segment plays a crucial role in the unprecedented development and growth of the Chinese economy. SME represents 99% of businesses in China, 60% of the economy and accounts for 75% of the employment. Chanjet provides SME operation and management KPI data based on its nationwide survey conducted among SMEs from multiple industries.
The dataset mainly reports on the following 5 measures: operating margin, inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover, operating profit growth and sales growth. Some interesting data from the survey. First, compared with 2009, sales have grown substantially to 16.13% in 2010 due to the national control measures after the financial crisis. Second, the combination of increasing prices of raw materials, and RMB appreciation resulted in a decline of profits. Third, the inventory turnover decreased 0.14%, and receivable turnover decreased 0.51%, indicating stable internal management. In short, from the operational indicators for the SME segment, we see that the impact of external factors outweighs the internal factors, and this is causing increasing operational risk for the Chinese SME. The key focus areas for the SME in order to minimize their operational risk, include: capital risk, receivable risk and inventory risk. Chanjet's data service platform integrates industrialization and informatization and provides a great service in helping SME's robust growth.
For a while I have wanted to try out Data Sync Service. Today I finally got to it. Sql Azure Data Sync service enables you to sync data between SQL Azure and SQL Azure databases or SQL Azure and SQL Server databases. The video by Liam Cavanagh was super helpful.
Link: https://datamarket.azure.com/dataset/101eb297-c17f-4f22-a844-16ca2e52252d
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