Working with Table Storage on the Windows Azure November 2009 CTP
on Nov 15, 2009 in azure tablestorage azurestorage cloud ctp pdc09 If you've been working with Azure for a while then you've probably spent some time using the StorageClient sample that came with previous versions of the SDK. With the November 2009 release of the SDK (the one they'll be using at PDC 2009...

Getting the ASP.NET Providers working on the Azure Nov 2009 CTP
on Nov 15, 2009 in azure ctp aspnet providers If you've been trying to get the ASP.NET providers working on the November 2009 CTP of Windows Azure then you may have run into a snag, or a couple snags if you're using Visual Studio 2010.First of all, if you're using Visual Studio 2010...

Setting up an ASP.NET MVC 2 Application for Windows Azure
on Nov 14, 2009 in vs2010 azure cloud mvc mvc2 Yesterday, Microsoft released another update to the Windows Azure SDK. This update includes a truckload of new goodies that I will be covering in additional blog posts. For this blog post, however, I want to walk you through getting an ASP.NET MVC 2...

Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Release Candidate is out!
on Nov 9, 2009 in wif identity geneva adfs2 I'm not sure how all this managed to slip by me, but apparently last Friday the Windows Identity Foundation Release Candidate was unleashed on the world. Now keep in mind that this is not the ADFS v2 server, this is the foundational plumbing on w...

Installing Geneva Beta 2 on Windows7
on Nov 5, 2009 in geneva identity vs2008 windows7 Recently I installed the Beta 2 version of "Geneva", or ADFS 2.0. All of my machines are now Windows 7 machines, including just about all of my VHDs and virtual machines. The only time I use Win2k8 R2 is when the product I'm installi...

Why we're all NOT going to die on December 21st, 2012.
on Nov 4, 2009 in maya 2012 stupidity hollywood Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of months, you've probably not been able to escape the movie trailers, hype, and even SyFy channel (yes, SYFY channel..that should TELL YOU SOMETHING) specials regarding the Mayan ...

Something Wicked This Way Comes - Breaking Changes for .NET Services in Azure
on Nov 2, 2009 in pdc09 azure netservices cloud acs servicebus If you want the full gory details, check out the .NET Services team blog post here. What follows below are some of the things that I think are most crucial to understand both for new developers and for developers unfortunate enough to be in a positio...

LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework on top of SQL Azure
on Oct 28, 2009 in sql azure sqlazure entityframework linq2sql ef orm As mentioned in my previous blog post, you don't get full designer support on SQL Azure within SQL Server Management Studio. In addition, you don't get designer support for LINQ to SQL or Entity Framework, either. So what do you do if you wan...

Creating and Manipulating your SQL Azure Database with SSMS and Visual Studio
on Oct 28, 2009 in sql azure sqlazure visualstudio cloud database So after the long and torturous wait, you're now in the SQL Azure CTP and you are ready to get the ball rolling with your fabulous, shiny new cloud-based SQL database server. Now what? Well, the first thing you're going to need to do is creat...

Client-Side Validation with jQuery, DataAnnotations, MVC 2, and VS2010 Beta 2
on Oct 26, 2009 in vs2010 mvc2 jquery dataannotations validation client mvc aspnet Anytime a feature of a framework gives me something for free that I don't need to manually implement I'm a happy camper. One such feature of ASP.NET MVC 2 is jQuery client-side validation. The reason I like this is that unlike other jQuery fr...