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Distributed Cache Capabilities - Notifications
A notification system allows the cache to interact with external applications. This attribute can be...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 12/03/2011
Distributed Cache Capabilities - Data Integrity
Data expiration contains elements that make the cache allocation more efficient. The feature removes...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 12/03/2011
Distributed Cache Capabilities - Data Expiration
Data expiration contains elements that makes the cache allocation more efficient. The feature...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 02/21/2011
Distributed Cache Capabilities - Data Organization
Here is the third installment, this time focusing on the data organization. Capability Description...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 02/21/2011
Distributed Cache Capabilities - Data Manipulation
This is the second entry, data manipulation. Each one of them have a description and a generic...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 02/01/2011
Distributed Cache Capabilities - Data Storage
In this first installment we are going to share the data storage attribute and its capabilities....
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 01/31/2011
Distributed Cache Capabilities guideline
In this series, I am going to publish a series of guidelines that can be used when selecting a...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 01/31/2011
.NET Hidden Gems - Memory fail points
I am embarking in a series of mini post called .NET hidden gems, not necessarily new bits but...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 07/20/2010
How to configure WinDbg to run other versions of the .NET
I usually receive a very common question when customers jump into the WinDbg adventure, and is...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 03/09/2010
Accessing TFS 2010 from VS2008
In order to access the new Team Foundation Server 2010 from your current Team Explorer 2008 you will...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 07/24/2009
Background and Foreground GC in .NET 4
Another interesting new feature of the CLR 4 comes from the Garbage collection team. On this...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 06/10/2009
Working with memory mapped files in .NET 4
I have been exploring different new features that come with the .NET 4, beyond the most popular ones...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 06/08/2009
Best articles from MSDN flash on an ebook format.
We have been collecting the best articles on the MSDN flash communication and we have compiled them...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 04/23/2009
Design: Architecture Frame Considerations (Part 2)
In this second instalment we are going to review another set of frames. This guideline should help...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 02/10/2009
Design: Architecture Frame Considerations (Part 1)
At Microsoft we are working hard in putting together the different components that are involved...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 12/01/2008
Build: Sharing types and instances between Silverlight and JavaScript
The first thing that ASP.NET developers ask themselves is how to reuse the current existing...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 10/26/2008
Design: SOA Taxonomy, an object oriented approach
An essential part of the SOA Governance is to properly identify the requirements in order to...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 09/02/2008
News: My Silverlight 2 book is nearly ready!
After months of writting, testing and understanding the inners of the hidden bugs, myself and my...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 08/27/2008
Envision: Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and the competition
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is nearly here (out at the end of this week), I want to highlight key...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 06/04/2008
Design: Classic stored procedures or Entities?
With the new entities framework to be released in the next service pack some of our customers and...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 05/16/2008
Build: Interaction between JavaScript and Silverlight 2
As many questions are usually asked regarding how to interact between Silverlight and JavaScript I...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 05/01/2008
Build: Silverlight 2 technology wallpaper
For those that can't wait to print and stick a Silverlight 2 wallpaper to the wall here you can find...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 05/01/2008
Windows Mobile Briefing Sessions (6.0 / 6.1)
If you have missed one of my sessions during the EMEA Windows Mobile Briefing you can find the...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 04/28/2008
Build: Accessing the DLR engine in Silverlight 2
Note: This code has been updated using Silverlight 2 RTM With Silverlight 2 a new set of components...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 03/31/2008
EMEA Windows Mobile Tour
Thanks everybody for attending to my sessions at the EMEA Windows Mobile Tour, I hope you have...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 02/24/2008
Design: The Sync framework
In first place let me answer the question why do we need a sync framework. The current connected...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 01/15/2008
Design: Task Parallel Library explored
As some of you may know, the threadpool code of the .NET is helping many developers to use multiple...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 11/11/2007
Design: Memory working set explored
During my visit to customers I talk with a lot of developers, architects, testers, CIO and managers,...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 10/12/2007
Design: Ephemeral cache explored
Many of .net developers are familiar with the ephemeral model included in the garbage collector. The...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 08/06/2007
Architect: SOA services lifecycle
Beyond the natural MSF lifecycle where all software development should fit in, there is a higher...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 07/13/2007
Design: How good SOA can help you dealing with multi-cores
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 5 years you should know about the multi-core...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 07/09/2007
Planning: Qualities of Services (QoS)
Defining the qualities of service is a key area of the architectural group, as will drive the...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 06/04/2007
Envision: Inside the track
This post presents a description of the envision track, adding detail to the different deliveries...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 05/30/2007
Why "using" may play tricks on your WCF service host
Many of the examples that have been published on the web about hosting the WCF use the "using" block...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 04/25/2007
MSF Agile and service packs management
Not a while ago, a customer asked me about how to incorporate the service packs and hot fixes to the...
Author: SalvaPatuel Date: 04/10/2007