Architecture & Stuff

Bye Bye .NET Services! Hello AppFabric

Windows Azure Platform .NET Services (Service Bus and Access Control Service) is now Windows Azure Platform AppFabric . That is not to be confused with Windows Server AppFabric which consists of Dublin and Velocity. More to come soon… Bill Zack Read More...

Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:57 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

@PDC – Visiting the Microsoft Retail Store in CA

I plan to do a lot of blogging about Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference and Windows Azure while in LA this week. However this is not one of those posts. I arrived in LA on Friday to spend the weekend with my son who lives there. For Read More...

Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:12 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

Windows Azure Platform TCO/ROI Comparison Tool

The folks from Alinan have developed a very comprehensive and detailed TCO/ROI comparison tool for the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform. You can access the tool at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/tco/ . This tool does an excellent job of calculating Read More...

Posted: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:37 AM by wzack | 0 Comments

Innovation Showcase Headlines – 11/9/2009

Lots of terrific articles posted this week on the Innovation Showcase news site. Read about new features in Visual Studio 2010 , check out David Chappells’ whitepaper on the SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform and see video interviews with Don Box and Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:19 AM by wzack | 0 Comments

New York New Jersey Southern Connecticut Windows Azure Events Calendar

This is the beginning of an on-going calendar of Windows Azure related events in the New York, New Jersey and Southern Connecticut area. Please let me know of any other Windows Azure events that you know about. To start it off: I am going to be Read More...

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:51 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

More Happy is Here !!!

Technorati Tags: Windows 7 I like working for Microsoft (That's in case my boss is listening :-)) but it has never been as much fun as it was today. As you know by now Windows 7 launched today. I was asked to volunteer to go to my local Best Read More...

Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:29 PM by wzack | 4 Comments

Architecture Thought Leaders Gathered in New York

Technorati Tags: Architecture , Microsoft It is great when my worlds collide. As many of you know I am an Architect Evangelist with Microsoft. I also run the New York City chapter of the International Association of Software Architect (IASA). On October Read More...

Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:00 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

What to do till the SQL Azure management tools come?

Technorati Tags: SQL Azure , Architecture , Practical Guidance SQL Azure will go live next month at PDC on November 17th. Since SQL Azure is accessed using the standard TDS (Tabular Data Stream) protocol used by SQL Server most existing application clients Read More...

Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:20 PM by wzack | 2 Comments

TechNet & MSDN Events Present: Real World Azure

We invite you to explore Windows Azure™ – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud based applications – from a real world point of view! During this event, we’ll review critical lessons Microsoft IT has learned migrating internal line-of-business Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:13 PM by wzack | 1 Comments

Filed under: Architecture, Windows Azure

The Azure Deployment and Management API is Here!

As promised Microsoft announced today some very important enhancements to the Windows Azure Platform. We now have a deployment and management API that developers and third-parties can use to do things like deploy and manage Windows Azure compute Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:24 PM by wzack | 1 Comments

Confused about Windows Azure .NET Services?

Windows Azure .NET Services provides powerful capabilities to connect disparate endpoints across and through the firewalls in place at multiple organizations. It also provides a general claims-based authentication service in the cloud that can be Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:53 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

Architecture Titans gathering in New York

October 12-14 is almost here. Don’t forget to register for the biggest Architecture event to hit New York, ever! See the event description . The event is filling up fast. On that date in New York The International Association of Software Architect (IASA) Read More...

Posted: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:21 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

Innovation/Showcase in Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3

Join us at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3 Innovation Showcase where you can learn how IE8 & SL3 features deliver the best web experience for your users. Register today to see what Innovation can do for you! During this showcase Read More...

Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:09 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

Virtual ARCHITECT COUNCILs | 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 needs to be revolutionary or transformative. Read More...

Posted: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:40 PM by wzack | 0 Comments

Architecture Titans meeting in New York

On October 12-14, 2009 in New York IASA will hold the biggest IT Architect Regional Conference (ITARC) ever held, perhaps the biggest IT Architecture conference ever held anywhere. Although it is billed as a regional conference it will bring together Read More...

Posted: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:00 PM by wzack | 0 Comments