Murray Gordon's Blog

VM Support in Windows Azure

Many of my customers and partners have raised questions around Windows Azure and the pilot program...

Author: murrayg Date: 03/29/2010

Get started with Microsoft Test Manager

I been getting a lot of questions lately about the testing story for Visual Studio 2010. Here’s a...

Author: murrayg Date: 02/26/2010

Windows Azure Resources for Decision Makers

Jared Bienz, an ISV Architect Evangelist on our team covering the South Central Region, came up with...

Author: murrayg Date: 02/26/2010

SharePoint 2010 configuration, migration and feature breakdown

Here’s some great info on SharePoint. John Weise, ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft, pointed me...

Author: murrayg Date: 02/22/2010

NEW Video - Lieberman Software talks about being a Microsoft partner at PDC 2009

Phil Lieberman from Lieberman Software talked with us at PDC 2009 about their business, being a...

Author: murrayg Date: 02/09/2010

NEW Video – Talking with NewsGator at PDC 2009

Video Link - https://channel9.msdn.com/posts/jodonnell/Talking-with-NewsGator-at-PDC-2009/ At PDC...

Author: murrayg Date: 02/09/2010

VIDEO - Gabriel Torok from PreEmptive Solutions talks with Murray Gordon at PDC 2009

Video Link – Gabriel Torok from PreEmptive Solutions talks to me at PDC 2009 Check out this video I...

Author: murrayg Date: 01/27/2010

NEW Tool to Ease Migration from MySQL to SQL Server

Microsoft Previews Tool to Ease Migration from MySQL to SQL Server Microsoft has released a new...

Author: murrayg Date: 01/27/2010

Rumor: Oracle-Citrix acquisition hits the rumor mill

Interesting take on the possible move by Oracle to gain a real stake in the virtualization space....

Author: murrayg Date: 01/12/2010

Interesting article on IE, Firefox, Chrome and future of browser wars

Normally I don’t spend a lot of time reading about the browser wars, but one of my colleagues, Bruce...

Author: murrayg Date: 01/12/2010

Make a Business Case for Attending Conferences

Here’s a great blog post from Sean Gerety on how to make a business case for attending...

Author: murrayg Date: 01/11/2010

NEW VIDEO - Acorn Software Prototypes RIA with SketchFlow

Jared Bienz just launched a great video on creating RIA prototypes with SketchFlow. If you are...

Author: murrayg Date: 01/11/2010

NEW series on Patterns-Based Development with Silverlight

Rob Bagby has started a new series (blog posts and screencasts) on Patterns-Based Development with...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/29/2009

Apple Scores Low on Security

Researchers continue to challenge Apple’s security by obscurity position and highlights that Windows...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/27/2009

ACT NOW!!! Atlanta Incubation Week (Nov 9th-13th)

With several successful Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Weeks (Win7 Boston, Win7 Reston, CRM Reston,...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/23/2009

Windows 7 breaks Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousts Harry Potter

Windows 7 has broken the Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousting Harry Potter. Just read this...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/21/2009

NEW features added to Microsoft Online Services (BPOS)

The October Service Update for Microsoft Online Services includes several new features and...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/14/2009

About this supposed problem with Adobe Flash in Snow Leopard

I thought this was hilarious, so I had to share… So the hacks are all up in arms about some...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/08/2009

5 Steps to Windows 7 Compatibility

Jared Bienz (blog & Ch9), one of Microsoft’s ISV Architect Evangelists based out of Houston,...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/08/2009

Walt Mossberg says Windows 7 in the best Windows ever

Today, October 8th, I read on Giles Turnball’s blog, Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg declared...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/08/2009

HOW TO – Windows 7 Taskbar in 5 Minutes

Here’s a great HOW TO video on Windows 7 Taskbar from Gunther Lenz, an ISV Architect Evangelist on...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/08/2009

NEW MSDN and TechNet Firestarter session recordings are now available on demand!

NEW MSDN and TechNet Firestarter session recordings are now available on demand! Download the...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/05/2009

NEW CodePlex Project on claims based identity and access control

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices team announced a NEW Project in CodePlex: A Guide for Claims...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/05/2009

FREE Antivirus protection with Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials has been released. Check out the formal press release from Microsoft...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/02/2009

Great Demo on SketchFlow from Russ Fustino

I watched one of Russ Fustino’s demo’s on SketchFlow recently and found it to be very helpful. If...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

NEW “How Do I” screencasts for Windows Azure

Here’s a great list of new Windows Azure related “How Do I” screencasts. Leverage Concurrency in...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Great Windows Azure projects on CodePlex

Here’s a great list of new Azure and cloud related projects on CodePlex. All of these are very...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

NEW training on Mastering Silverlight 3 for Developers and Designers

I recently had an ISV that took advantage of the new Mastering Silverlight 3 training from...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Notion Tools for Team System v1.1 has been released

Many of my ISVs are ramping up in their adoption of Team System 2010. Many others are finishing or...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Video on SQL Azure adding TDS / TSQL support

I recently had to run down some content and a video on SQL Azure for one of my ISVs. The topic they...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Notable Software + Services articles and entries from the Industry

I was recently hunting down some good articles where key folks in the industry are talking about...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Netflix uses Silverlight & Smooth Streaming to stream the Wizard of Oz to America

        Today John Stame posted this info on Netflix’ use of...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Reduce Development Costs by platforming on SharePoint

Recently one of my Managed ISVs asked how platforming on SharePoint could help reduce their...

Author: murrayg Date: 10/01/2009

Silverlight Spy 3 – great runtime inspector tool for Silverlight

First Floor Software recently released Silverlight Spy 3, a runtime inspector tool providing...

Author: murrayg Date: 09/30/2009

Software + Services Industry News – Wed 09 Sep 2009

Here’s some great Software + Services Industry News. I especially liked the one titled “Cloud...

Author: murrayg Date: 09/09/2009

Cool Tool – Twikini from Trinket Software

Check out Twikini - “Twitter on the go from your Windows® phone”. I recently received my new HTC...

Author: murrayg Date: 07/14/2009

Cool Tool – Awesome Screen “Rooler”

This is a great little app I started using today. One of the things I’m always using is some kind of...

Author: murrayg Date: 07/14/2009

NEW SCREENCAST – SharePoint Guidance for ISV Developers

I just posted a new screencast called “SharePoint Guidance for ISV Developers” You can watch it...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/30/2009

Japan Ministry of Agriculture releases “PICS” on Silverlight 2

“PICS” is a new online plant sellers catalogue based on Silverlight 2. This app was created by the...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/26/2009

Microsoft Hohm - Save Energy & Money

Yesterday Microsoft announced Microsoft Hohm, though the link is not working yet. You can sign-up...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/25/2009

GoDaddy Hosting available now for Microsoft BizSpark Startups

Awesome news for Microsoft BizSpark Startups. Now you can get great hosting deals for your solutions...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/23/2009

Windows Azure’s .NET Workflow Service to support .NET 4.0 Workflows

I read this recently and thought it to be a significant bit of info, especially if you are looking...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/23/2009

Windows Azure for Developers Web Seminar Series

For those of you interested in Windows Azure, an who isn’t now that “moving to the Cloud” is the...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/23/2009

Great New HowTo Videos on Windows Azure

There are some great new “How Do I” videos on Windows Azure and Live Services. They are free,...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/17/2009

FREE Azure Platform Training at Atlanta MTC on July 7th

I just got notice about a FREE Microsoft sponsored training event on the Microsoft Windows Azure...

Author: murrayg Date: 06/17/2009

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