Anybody who was there knows the demo in the talk I gave timed out. So I’ve done it again and added it to the talk using the magic of video editing! With all the excitement around the IaaS features such as Virtual Machines and Virtual Network, and then...

Includes IaaS Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Web Sites, Cloud Services, Identity, Service Bus, Cache and so on.

Stacked is a one day, free, developer event concentrating on Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012, taking place in the Liverpool Art & Design Academy on Tues 7th August. I have the pleasure of being on the agenda covering Visual Studio 2012 alongside...

I’m excited to say that I’ll be speaking at the free “Stacked” Conference in Liverpool on August 7th on Windows 8 related topics. alongside me will be my good friends and colleagues Gill Cleeren and Giles Davis – should be an excellent day and I look...

We held the Visual Studio 11 (Now known as Visual Studio 2012 as the Release Candidate shipped between announcing the event and delivering it) on-line event yesterday afternoon. To recap, we’d provided links to 5 videos covering Agile development , what...

Internet Explorer 9 – it's blisteringly fast, elegantly designed and the most secure browser yet. So good in fact, that people are prepared to go to extreme lengths to convince their Manager to give it to them at work. How extreme? Check out...

By Jen Stirrup Albert Einstein once said that the attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while. Fortunately, I believe that PowerShell is one of those rare melding of power and wisdom, since it...

I just heard from James Conard in our corporate headquarters that the June 2012 version of the Windows Azure training kit has been officially released. The June 2012 update includes 42 step-by-step hands-on labs and 20 presentations covering the new Windows...

By Ian Haynes We can cover a range of device sizes with CSS3 media queries and typically do so using % or ems (or rems) for font sizing and test for the device width in pixels. This can give issues with browser zoom modes however, and a solution is...

By Kiril Matev The trend towards BYOD is clearly here to stay - business users increasingly want to stay connected and have access to information resources while away from their desk, and companies are keen to reduce expenditure on mobile devices....

By Richard Conway Many people start their Windows Azure journey with a simple web role deployed through the integrated Visual Studio tools. They soon learn that Windows Azure is a rich ecosystem of interconnecting parts and services which can be used...

By Andy Cross Diagnostics in complex systems are the entry point for investigating the inner workings of a system; the data and metadata regarding the current state of the system. In a computer system they may be the state of nodes, the throughput...

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By James Rosewell The mobile web is huge with 1 billion active mobile broadband subscriptions and is fast becoming the primary method of accessing the web in the western world. In developing countries most people’s first experience of the internet...

by Richard Conway and Andy Cross Introduction When you’ve been a proponent of the Microsoft Technology stack for many years you tend to see a lot of technologies come and go. Some stick around, evolve and end up changing the nature of enterprise;...

By Tom Carter Here, we’re going to quickly cover building a simple file uploader that will utilize SharePoint Online (SPO) for storage and an Azure web role for an interface. Cloud considerations First things first, if you’re running...

Based near Edinburgh? Want to find out how to build great Windows Phone apps? Make sure you sign up for the Windows Phone camp on Saturday 30th June. You can work on your own projects with assistance from our Windows Phone MVPs, network with others...

By Ian Haynes Adapt.js determines which CSS files to load before the browser renders a page. Apart from being JS dependant it does have the advantage of being supported in old browsers without the use of response.js. A case of swings and roundabouts...

Ok, I just wanted to see how many technologies I could get into the title of a blog post ;-) This one really falls into the category of ‘just for fun’. I wanted to experiment with writing a custom WinRT component in C++/CX and then try using it from ...

I was writing a little bit of code today on Windows 8 against WinRT and I couldn’t quite come up with a ‘solution’ that I was happy with so I thought I’d share and then maybe someone can pitch in and help me out a little. The essence of the code was ...

Last Thursday night the Windows Azure team announced the latest updates to Windows Azure, to the Windows Azure SDK, and to the Windows Azure Management Portal at at the ‘ Meet Windows Azure ’ event. This release introduces a new Management...

I’ve been asked a couple of times about this so I thought I’d write up a simple way in which you can deliver a push notification to a Windows 8 Metro style app for testing purposes. There are other/better ways involving the Windows Azure Toolkit which...

Our Gold Certified Partners, Telerik are hosting two events in London on 28th June. Leveraging Agile to Hit Your Budget & Timeline Every Time Date: 28 June 2012 Afternoon session: Registration 1.30-2.00pm, Session 2.00pm – 3.30pm, Informal discussion...

On 28th June 2012 we’re hosting an online Q&A session covering Visual Studio 2012 (previously known as Visual Studio 11).  People who register for the event will be provided with pre-recorded sessions and then on the 28th June they will be able...