Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Cloud Architecture Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Cloud Architecture http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/cloud+architecture Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/cloud+architecture en Fri, 24 May 2013 03:30:54 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 03:30:54 GMT Rev9 62 3 25 Episode 9 - Design for Manageability The limit of scale and availability is the limit of insight.

This session, delivered by Mark Simms, explores options and implementation approaches for instrumenting and monitoring applications on Azure. The session also covers configuration and change management practices for delivering a manageable application.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-9-Design-for-Mageability The limit of scale and availability is the limit of insight. This session, delivered by Mark Simms, explores options and implementation approaches for instrumenting and monitoring applications on Azure. The session also covers configuration and change management practices for delivering a manageable application. 3513 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-9-Design-for-Mageability Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:47:33 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-9-Design-for-Mageability marcmercuri marcmercuri 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-9-Design-for-Mageability/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 8 - Design for Availability In a world where dependent services and platforms are not 100% available, architects must embrace that given enough time and pressure, all things will fail.

This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will explore how to design for failure, understanding the impact and design choices for distributed services. This session will cover failure at node, service, and regional levels.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-8-Design-for-Availability In a world where dependent services and platforms are not 100% available, architects must embrace that given enough time and pressure, all things will fail. This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will explore how to design for failure, understanding the impact and design choices for distributed services. This session will cover failure at node, service, and regional levels. 3329 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-8-Design-for-Availability Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:05:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-8-Design-for-Availability marcmercuri marcmercuri 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-8-Design-for-Availability/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 7 - Design for Scalability This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will explore elements of scalability; partition, optimize, and shift. The session will also provide an understanding of the capacity limits of Azure platform services and scalability approaches.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-7-Design-for-Scalability This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will explore elements of scalability; partition, optimize, and shift. The session will also provide an understanding of the capacity limits of Azure platform services and scalability approaches. 3117 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-7-Design-for-Scalability Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:18:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-7-Design-for-Scalability marcmercuri marcmercuri 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-7-Design-for-Scalability/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 6 - Design for Data This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will provide an understanding of the various options for data management in Azure and help you map system capabilities against solution requirements.

The session will cover the wide range of options for managing data, compositional approaches, and how to balance competing priorities.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-6-Design-for-Data This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will provide an understanding of the various options for data management in Azure and help you map system capabilities against solution requirements. The session will cover the wide range of options for managing data, compositional approaches, and how to balance competing priorities. 2809 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-6-Design-for-Data Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:55:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-6-Design-for-Data marcmercuri marcmercuri 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-6-Design-for-Data/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 5 - Platform and Connectivity Patterns This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will provide an understanding of Azure platform capabilities and scalability targets. It also explores key intra-service communication patterns, discussing choices and tradeoffs.

The session will cover core Azure platform capabilities, scale units, and approaches to achieving the best utilization/density. Intra and Inter Service Communication Patterns are also be covered.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-5-Platform-and-Connectivity-Patterns This session, delivered by Mark Simms, will provide an understanding of Azure platform capabilities and scalability targets. It also explores key intra-service communication patterns, discussing choices and tradeoffs. The session will cover core Azure platform capabilities, scale units, and approaches to achieving the best utilization/density. Intra and Inter Service Communication Patterns are also be covered. 5197 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-5-Platform-and-Connectivity-Patterns Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:37:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-5-Platform-and-Connectivity-Patterns marcmercuri marcmercuri 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-5-Platform-and-Connectivity-Patterns/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 4 - Design for Operations Cloud services run 24x7 and at scale. Failures will happen. Good software will be instrumented to help operations and developers pinpoint the location of the issues. Great software will automate diagnosis, resolution, and verification based on known patterns.

This session, delivered by Marc Mercuri, covers topics including cloud considerations for ALM, health modeling, troubleshooting workflows for self-healing systems, and telemetry and insight.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-4-Design-for-Operations Cloud services run 24x7 and at scale. Failures will happen. Good software will be instrumented to help operations and developers pinpoint the location of the issues. Great software will automate diagnosis, resolution, and verification based on known patterns. This session, delivered by Marc Mercuri, covers topics including cloud considerations for ALM, health modeling, troubleshooting workflows for self-healing systems, and telemetry and insight. 2864 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-4-Design-for-Operations Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:36:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-4-Design-for-Operations marcmercuri, andrewtownhill marcmercuri, andrewtownhill 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-4-Design-for-Operations/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 3 - Scalability and Deployment This session, delivered by Ulrich Homann and Marc Mercuri, includes coverage of scalability and deployment considerations for scalable and resilient systems.

Topics include scale units, fault domains and upgrade domains, resilient fault handling and circuit breakers, data decomposition, data partitioning, caching, CDN, deployment redundancy, backups, latency, and hybrid considerations.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-3-Scalability-and-Deployment This session, delivered by Ulrich Homann and Marc Mercuri, includes coverage of scalability and deployment considerations for scalable and resilient systems. Topics include scale units, fault domains and upgrade domains, resilient fault handling and circuit breakers, data decomposition, data partitioning, caching, CDN, deployment redundancy, backups, latency, and hybrid considerations. 6005 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-3-Scalability-and-Deployment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:36:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-3-Scalability-and-Deployment marcmercuri, UlrichH marcmercuri, UlrichH 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-3-Scalability-and-Deployment/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 2 - FailSafe Core Concepts, Part II A continuation of the previous session, this session, delivered by Ulrich Homann and Marc Mercuri, continues coverage of core concepts. Topics such as functional decomposition, business architecture, throttling, failure points, and failure modes.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-2-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-II A continuation of the previous session, this session, delivered by Ulrich Homann and Marc Mercuri, continues coverage of core concepts. Topics such as functional decomposition, business architecture, throttling, failure points, and failure modes. 3753 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-2-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-II Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:35:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-2-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-II marcmercuri, UlrichH marcmercuri, UlrichH 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-2-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-II/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform Episode 1 - FailSafe Core Concepts, Part I Architecting for the cloud means understanding and embracing the fundamental aspects of it.  Commodity hardware at scale requires a scale out vs. scale up approach.  Commodity hardware fails and very few services provide 100% uptime SLAs. 

This session, delivered by Ulrich Homann and Marc Mercuri, covers the core concepts and considerations for developing scalable, resilient applications in this environment that the rest of the course is built upon.

Topics in part one include SLA considerations, resource constraints, decomposing by workload, lifecycle modeling, and availability modeling.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-1-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-I Architecting for the cloud means understanding and embracing the fundamental aspects of it.  Commodity hardware at scale requires a scale out vs. scale up approach.  Commodity hardware fails and very few services provide 100% uptime SLAs.  This session, delivered by Ulrich Homann and Marc Mercuri, covers the core concepts and considerations for developing scalable, resilient applications in this environment that the rest of the course is built upon. Topics in part one include SLA considerations, resource constraints, decomposing by workload, lifecycle modeling, and availability modeling. 4930 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-1-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-I Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:35:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-1-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-I marcmercuri, UlrichH marcmercuri, UlrichH 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/FailSafe/Episode-1-FailSafe-Core-Concepts-Part-I/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Windows Azure Windows Azure Platform SharePoint on Windows Azure In this episode, learn how Windows Azure IaaS can support a small or large SharePoint infrastructure, including our newly released SharePoint 2013 gallery image along with PowerShell to automate. David Tesar met with Paul Stubbs for Edge Show #60 to discuss the architecture and deployment considerations as well as demo how to get an initial SharePoint 2013 farm running in Windows Azure. Download an eval of Windows Azure.

In this interview that starts at [03:33] , we cover:

  • Why would you want to run SharePoint on Windows Azure versus running SharePoint Online in Office 365?
  • [06:02] Basic Windows Azure architecture foundation diagram
  • [06:48] Classic N-tier SharePoint site architecture with internet facing presence and hybrid
  • [08:45] What are some general guidelines around scaling up or out SharePoint 2013 on Windows Azure?
  • [10:11] Private Hybrid SharePoint site architecture
  • [14:11] What are the unique advantages of running SharePoint on Windows Azure?
  • [10:52] SharePoint on Windows Azure pricing calculator spreadsheet
  • [15:28] Demo – Creating a new SharePoint farm entirely in Windows Azure from gallery images of Windows Server 2012, SQL, and SharePoint 2013

News:

  • Demo of the major things that have changed with Windows Azure Virtual Machines since the General availability on 4/16/2013.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/SharePoint-on-Windows-Azure In this episode, learn how Windows Azure IaaS can support a small or large SharePoint infrastructure, including our newly released SharePoint 2013 gallery image along with PowerShell to automate. David Tesar met with Paul Stubbs for Edge Show #60 to discuss the architecture and deployment considerations as well as demo how to get an initial SharePoint 2013 farm running in Windows Azure. Download an eval of Windows Azure. In this interview that starts at [03:33] , we cover: Why would you want to run SharePoint on Windows Azure versus running SharePoint Online in Office 365? [06:02] Basic Windows Azure architecture foundation diagram [06:48] Classic N-tier SharePoint site architecture with internet facing presence and hybrid [08:45] What are some general guidelines around scaling up or out SharePoint 2013 on Windows Azure? [10:11] Private Hybrid SharePoint site architecture [14:11] What are the unique advantages of running SharePoint on Windows Azure? [10:52] SharePoint on Windows Azure pricing calculator spreadsheet [15:28] Demo – Creating a new SharePoint farm entirely in Windows Azure from gallery images of Windows Server 2012, SQL, and SharePoint 2013 News: Demo of the major things that have changed with Windows Azure Virtual Machines since the General availability on 4/16/2013. Connect with the Edge Team: Facebook – Twitter - Email 1301 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/SharePoint-on-Windows-Azure Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:56:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/SharePoint-on-Windows-Azure David Tesar David Tesar 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/SharePoint-on-Windows-Azure/RSS Architecture Azure Cloud Architecture SharePoint Virtual Machines Virtualization Windows Azure Edge Show 54 – Failover Cluster Migration to Windows Server 2012 At [05:55] Symon Perriman meets with Rob Hindman, a Program Manager on the Windows Server Clustering & High-Availability team, to talk about migrating Failover Clusters from Windows Server 2008/R2 to Windows Server 2012. Rob first describes the differences between an upgrade and a migration and explains why a migration is required with a distributed system such as a cluster. Next they discuss the concept of "rolling upgrades" and why they have not been supported since Windows Server 2003 due to their high engineering and test costs. Rob then provides an overview of the Cluster Migration Wizard and how it is used to move roles to the new cluster. Next they briefly describe some other cluster migration paths that do not use the Cluster Migration Wizard, such as SQL and Exchange. 

The conversation then focuses on Hyper-V migration between clusters and different options to move your VMs between different versions. At [11:30] Rob demos a VM migration from a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster to a Windows Server 2012 cluster. In this demo, all the VMs are running on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and we describe how to remap the virtual networks for the VMs when they move to a different set of hosts. Finally, Rob shows the actual migration and how to minimize the downtime for the VMs while they are transferred to the new cluster. For more information, check out the cluster team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering) and this post on cluster migration: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/06/25/10323434.aspx.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012 At [05:55] Symon Perriman meets with Rob Hindman, a Program Manager on the Windows Server Clustering & High-Availability team, to talk about migrating Failover Clusters from Windows Server 2008/R2 to Windows Server 2012. Rob first describes the differences between an upgrade and a migration and explains why a migration is required with a distributed system such as a cluster. Next they discuss the concept of "rolling upgrades" and why they have not been supported since Windows Server 2003 due to their high engineering and test costs. Rob then provides an overview of the Cluster Migration Wizard and how it is used to move roles to the new cluster. Next they briefly describe some other cluster migration paths that do not use the Cluster Migration Wizard, such as SQL and Exchange.  The conversation then focuses on Hyper-V migration between clusters and different options to move your VMs between different versions. At [11:30] Rob demos a VM migration from a Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster to a Windows Server 2012 cluster. In this demo, all the VMs are running on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and we describe how to remap the virtual networks for the VMs when they move to a different set of hosts. Finally, Rob shows the actual migration and how to minimize the downtime for the VMs while they are transferred to the new cluster. For more information, check out the cluster team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering) and this post on cluster migration: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/06/25/10323434.aspx.   News: [00:40] Learn about IaaS and private cloud best practices with the Cloud Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise IT reference architecture: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36795      [01:20] Check out the new Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration Lab Test Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29010      [T2:10:] See how Microsoft IT 1596 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:37:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012 Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-54--Failover-Cluster-Migration-to-Windows-Server-2012/RSS Active Directory Cloud Cloud Architecture Cluster Cluster resources HyperV Hyper-V migration migration tools System Center Operations Manager Windows Server 2008 R2 hybrid Private Cloud Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering Environments and Scale Units In this video I'm spilling the beans on some of the internal structures we set up for Service Bus for you to consider and potentially adapt as your building out your own global services on Windows Azure - Environments are deployment zones for separate purposes and Scale Units are sets of resources and that are bundles together in configuration and form independent units of deployment and management whose size is informed by the required scale.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Subscribe/Environments-and-Scale-Units In this video I'm spilling the beans on some of the internal structures we set up for Service Bus for you to consider and potentially adapt as your building out your own global services on Windows Azure - Environments are deployment zones for separate purposes and Scale Units are sets of resources and that are bundles together in configuration and form independent units of deployment and management whose size is informed by the required scale. 2612 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Subscribe/Environments-and-Scale-Units Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:36:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Subscribe/Environments-and-Scale-Units ClemensV ClemensV 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Subscribe/Environments-and-Scale-Units/RSS Architecture Cloud Architecture Scalability Windows Azure Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) You're Coding from the Wrong End: Windows Azure and Big Data static_120x90Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable applications in a rich PaaS environment. Give it a try!
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 Jerry Nixon and Buck Woody are back for part 3 in their Azure series and in today’s episode they discuss how you can build applications that can easily scale through Windows Azure. Tune in as they conclude their discussion around Big Data.

After watching this video, follow these next steps:

Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost.  No obligation.  90-Day FREE trial.
Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development
Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-3-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Windows-Azure-and-Big-Data Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable applications in a rich PaaS environment. Give it a try! _______________________________Abstract:  Jerry Nixon and Buck Woody are back for part 3 in their Azure series and in today’s episode they discuss how you can build applications that can easily scale through Windows Azure. Tune in as they conclude their discussion around Big Data. After watching this video, follow these next steps: Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost.  No obligation.  90-Day FREE trial.Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App DevelopmentStep #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8 Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Zune, or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Register for our Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Online (HOLO) events today! Windows Azure Hands-on Labs Online Videos: Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) Windows Azure Mobile Services – Overview Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) Windows Azure Mobile Services – Storage and Data Overview Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Windows Azure Mobile Services – What’s Next Virtual Labs: MSDN Virtual Labs: Windows Azure 1358 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-3-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Windows-Azure-and-Big-Data Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:00:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-3-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Windows-Azure-and-Big-Data Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-3-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Windows-Azure-and-Big-Data/RSS Azure Storage Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Data SQL SQL Azure Storage Windows Azure Big Data Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) You're Coding from the Wrong End: Integrating Azure static_120x90Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable applications in a rich PaaS environment. Give it a try!
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Jerry Nixon and Buck Woody are back for part 2 in their Azure series and in today’s episode they discuss how you can implement some of the architecture strategies and data modeling techniques discussed in part 1 with Windows Azure.

After watching this video, follow these next steps:

Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost.  No obligation.  90-Day FREE trial.
Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development
Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8

Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Zune, or RSS

If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

Register for our Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Online (HOLO) events today!

Videos:

Virtual Labs:

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-2-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Integrating-Azure Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable applications in a rich PaaS environment. Give it a try! _______________________________Abstract: Jerry Nixon and Buck Woody are back for part 2 in their Azure series and in today’s episode they discuss how you can implement some of the architecture strategies and data modeling techniques discussed in part 1 with Windows Azure. After watching this video, follow these next steps: Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost.  No obligation.  90-Day FREE trial.Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App DevelopmentStep #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8 Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Zune, or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Register for our Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Online (HOLO) events today! Windows Azure Hands-on Labs Online Videos: Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) Windows Azure Mobile Services – Overview Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) Windows Azure Mobile Services – Storage and Data Overview Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Windows Azure Mobile Services – What’s Next Virtual Labs: MSDN Virtual Labs: Windows Azure 1418 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-2-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Integrating-Azure Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:00:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-2-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Integrating-Azure Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-2-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Integrating-Azure/RSS Azure Storage Cloud Architecture Cloud Data Programmability Data SQL SQL Azure Windows Azure Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) You're Coding from the Wrong End: Data Modeling static_120x90Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable application in a rich PaaS environment. Give it a try!
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Jerry Nixon welcomes Sr. Technology Specialist from the Windows Azure team,  Buck Woody to the show as they kick-off their 3 part series on how data applies to developers and how this ties in with Windows Azure’s service offerings. Tune in for part 1 of this 3 part series as they discuss data modeling and how this should be used first in the design process.

After watching this video, follow these next steps:

Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost.  No obligation.  90-Day FREE trial.
Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development
Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8

Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Zune, or RSS

If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information:

Register for our Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Online (HOLO) events today!

Videos:

Virtual Labs:

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-1-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Data-Modeling Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable application in a rich PaaS environment. Give it a try! _______________________________Abstract: Jerry Nixon welcomes Sr. Technology Specialist from the Windows Azure team,  Buck Woody to the show as they kick-off their 3 part series on how data applies to developers and how this ties in with Windows Azure’s service offerings. Tune in for part 1 of this 3 part series as they discuss data modeling and how this should be used first in the design process. After watching this video, follow these next steps: Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost.  No obligation.  90-Day FREE trial.Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App DevelopmentStep #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8 Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Zune, or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Register for our Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Online (HOLO) events today! Windows Azure Hands-on Labs Online Videos: Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) Windows Azure Mobile Services – Overview Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) Windows Azure Mobile Services – Storage and Data Overview Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Windows Azure Mobile Services – What’s Next Virtual Labs: MSDN Virtual Labs: Windows Azure 1750 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-1-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Data-Modeling Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:00:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-1-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Data-Modeling Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell Jerry Nixon, DevRadio, ChrisCaldwell 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Microsoft-DevRadio-Part-1-Youre-Coding-from-the-Wrong-End-Data-Modeling/RSS Cloud Architecture Data SQL SQL Azure Storage Windows Azure Big Data More conversations with David Chappell about Windows Azure It's always a pleasure to converse with my old friend and colleague, David Chappell (www.davidchappell.com), this time in London during his world tour where he has been talking about cloud computing, Windows Azure and its impact on developers. In this interview, I get the chance to discuss these themes – what it means for software companies and enterprises, what sorts of project people are using cloud computing for, how will people measure success, and how will people in the industry will be impacted over the next few years.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/More-conversations-with-David-Chappell-about-Windows-Azure It's always a pleasure to converse with my old friend and colleague, David Chappell (www.davidchappell.com), this time in London during his world tour where he has been talking about cloud computing, Windows Azure and its impact on developers. In this interview, I get the chance to discuss these themes – what it means for software companies and enterprises, what sorts of project people are using cloud computing for, how will people measure success, and how will people in the industry will be impacted over the next few years. 599 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/More-conversations-with-David-Chappell-about-Windows-Azure Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:33:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/More-conversations-with-David-Chappell-about-Windows-Azure David Gristwood David Gristwood 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/More-conversations-with-David-Chappell-about-Windows-Azure/rss Azure Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing David Chappell David Gristwood Windows Azure The Cloud and the Whiteboard

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Some things are just better explained on a whiteboard. According to Windows Azure guru Cory Fowler, the Cloud is one of those things. Watch as he demystifies Windows Azure using nothing other than a whiteboard.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep1101 Some things are just better explained on a whiteboard. According to Windows Azure guru Cory Fowler, the Cloud is one of those things. Watch as he demystifies Windows Azure using nothing other than a whiteboard. Watch the news from this episode >> D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE     Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be part of the show – You're invited to interact with us; ask questions and get them answered; and share your thoughts and opinions. Join the Canadian Developer Connection LinkedIn group   Follow @devsdevdevs Like D³ on Facebook Subscribe to podcasts via iTunes, Zune, or RSS Download the Canadian Developer Connection Windows Phone app More D³: LIVE & INTERACTIVE >> 2625 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep1101 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:44:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep1101 Cory Fowler, Jonathan Rozenblit Cory Fowler, Jonathan Rozenblit 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep1101/RSS Azure Azure Storage Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Services Virtual Machines Windows Azure websites Windows Azure Performance Management, Monitoring Using AppDynamics Customers seeking to simply migrate their applications to the cloud and use traditional server monitoring tools or legacy Application Performance Management (APM) software quickly find themselves stymied. Such obsolete strategies require manual configuration and instrumentation, and they are incapable of monitoring highly elastic cloud environments without producing gaping blind spots.

In contrast, AppDynamics' automatic instrumentation and configuration make it a perfect fit for managing cloud environments with a high rate of change. In addition, AppDynamics' auto-scaling feature allows Windows Azure customers to automatically provision Windows Azure resource based on the performance and throughput of business transactions.

In this video cloud solutions architect Neil Mackenzie talks with Stephen Burton of AppDynamics who explains how Windows Azure users can:

  • Monitor the health of their Windows Azure application
  • Troubleshoot performance problems in real time
  • Rapidly diagnose root cause of performance problems
  • Dynamically scale up and scale down their Windows Azure application

With the release of AppDynamics Pro 3.4.3, Windows Azure customers can now monitor and troubleshoot applications that leverage:

  • Windows Azure Compute
  • Windows Azure Service Bus
  • Windows Azure SQL
  • Windows Azure Storage

To provide the best possible solution for Windows Azure users, AppDynamics has made available its multi-tenant Monitoring-as-a-Service platform within Windows Azure itself. This minimizes the network bandwidth costs for Windows Azure customers using AppDynamics because they will not have to transfer monitoring data outside of Windows Azure. In addition, online support, documentation and training are all available directly through the Windows Azure Marketplace.

AppDynamics is available now on the Windows Azure Marketplace. Free trials of AppDynamics Pro for Windows Azure last for 30 days and then revert to AppDynamics Lite for Windows Azure, which is currently free. For more information, please visit www.appdynamics.com/azure

.NET application owners who currently manage production applications in their own physical data center can also benefit from AppDynamics. To take advantage of AppDynamics free solution for .NET monitoring, please visit www.appdynamics.com/free or register to try AppDynamics Pro for 30 days at http://www.appdynamics.com/30-day-trial.php

About AppDynamics

AppDynamics is a leading provider of Software-as-Service (SaaS) and on-premise application performance management for modern application architectures in both the cloud and the data center. The company delivers solutions for highly distributed and agile environments, helping companies such as Priceline, TiVo, AMICA Insurance, Hotels.com, StubHub, DSW, Staples, Insight Technologies, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Cornell University monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose, and scale their production applications. Over 80,000 people have downloaded AppDynamics Lite, the company's free troubleshooting solution for Java/.NET, and the company was recognized as an APM Innovator by Gartner.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/Windows-Azure-Performance-Management-Monitoring-Using-AppDynamics Customers seeking to simply migrate their applications to the cloud and use traditional server monitoring tools or legacy Application Performance Management (APM) software quickly find themselves stymied. Such obsolete strategies require manual configuration and instrumentation, and they are incapable of monitoring highly elastic cloud environments without producing gaping blind spots. In contrast, AppDynamics' automatic instrumentation and configuration make it a perfect fit for managing cloud environments with a high rate of change. In addition, AppDynamics' auto-scaling feature allows Windows Azure customers to automatically provision Windows Azure resource based on the performance and throughput of business transactions. In this video cloud solutions architect Neil Mackenzie talks with Stephen Burton of AppDynamics who explains how Windows Azure users can: Monitor the health of their Windows Azure application Troubleshoot performance problems in real time Rapidly diagnose root cause of performance problems Dynamically scale up and scale down their Windows Azure application With the release of AppDynamics Pro 3.4.3, Windows Azure customers can now monitor and troubleshoot applications that leverage: Windows Azure Compute Windows Azure Service Bus Windows Azure SQL Windows Azure Storage To provide the best possible solution for Windows Azure users, AppDynamics has made available its multi-tenant Monitoring-as-a-Service platform within Windows Azure itself. This minimizes the network bandwidth costs for Windows Azure customers using AppDynamics because they will not have to transfer monitoring data outside of Windows Azure. In addition, online support, documentation and training are all available directly through the Windows Azure Marketplace. AppDynamics is available now on the Windows Azure Marketplace. Free trials of AppDynamics Pro for Windows Azure last for 30 days and then revert to AppDynamics Lite for Windows Azure, which is currently free. For more in 345 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/Windows-Azure-Performance-Management-Monitoring-Using-AppDynamics Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:12:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/Windows-Azure-Performance-Management-Monitoring-Using-AppDynamics Bruce D Kyle Bruce D Kyle 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/Windows-Azure-Performance-Management-Monitoring-Using-AppDynamics/RSS Azure Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing ISV US ISV Windows Azure Excitement All Around (Developer Opportunity Continued) with Mary Jo Foley

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ZDNet's All About Microsoft blog editor and frequent commentator on all things Microsoft, Mary Jo Foley, gives an industry take on the Developer Opportunity made possible with the recent announcements for Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, and Visual Studio 2012. Plus: Mary Jo answers questions from the live chat and discussion on the Canadian Developer Connection LinkedIn group.

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Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo Foley has been a tech journalist for more than 25 years. She has worked for a variety of tech publications and Web sites, including PCWeek/eWeek, CRN and ZDNet. She is the editor of the "All About Microsoft" blog on ZDNet, and the author of the book "Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era" (John Wiley & Sons). She also is the co-host of the Windows Weekly show on the TWiT network and a frequent commentator and speaker on all things Microsoft-related on TV, radio, podcasts and at industry events.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep801 ZDNet's All About Microsoft blog editor and frequent commentator on all things Microsoft, Mary Jo Foley, gives an industry take on the Developer Opportunity made possible with the recent announcements for Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, and Visual Studio 2012. Plus: Mary Jo answers questions from the live chat and discussion on the Canadian Developer Connection LinkedIn group. Watch the start of this conversation with Richard Campbell >> Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has been a tech journalist for more than 25 years. She has worked for a variety of tech publications and Web sites, including PCWeek/eWeek, CRN and ZDNet. She is the editor of the "All About Microsoft" blog on ZDNet, and the author of the book "Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era" (John Wiley & Sons). She also is the co-host of the Windows Weekly show on the TWiT network and a frequent commentator and speaker on all things Microsoft-related on TV, radio, podcasts and at industry events. D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE     Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be part of the show – You're invited to interact with us; ask questions and get them answered; and share your thoughts and opinions. Join the Canadian Developer Connection LinkedIn group   Follow @devsdevdevs Like D³ on Facebook Subscribe to podcasts via iTunes, Zune, or RSS Download the Canadian Developer Connection Windows Phone app More D³: LIVE & INTERACTIVE >> 3479 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep801 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:28:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep801 Jonathan Rozenblit Jonathan Rozenblit 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/ep801/RSS Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Surface Windows Phone tablet Windows 8 Visual Studio 2012 Microsoft Design Style Windows User Interface Canada Does Windows Azure: Frozen Mountain Host Jonathan Rozenblit is always on the search for stories of Canadian developers who have either built new applications using Windows Azure services or have migrated existing applications to Windows Azure. Canada Does Windows Azure shares their stories.

This is the story of Frozen Mountain.

FROZEN MOUNTAIN (from Frozen Mountain)
Frozen Mountain is an experienced provider of innovative solutions to common business problems using the latest in web technology. We enable customers to stay on the forefront of web-based innovation, while minimizing their risk and development costs. We offer an assortment of products, services, and domain expertise, from pre-built software packages to hosted services to customized application development.

We develop our products with an "ear-to-the-ground" approach to ensure that we are providing solutions that are relevant and effective in meeting the business needs of an evolving web environment. We work very closely with our clients, helping them to establish an understanding of their own needs and how their requirements can be realized in a modern web-oriented architecture (WOA). This approach simultaneously gives users the rich internet experience they have come to demand and provides clients with a maintainable, extensible, and therefore cost-effective, solution.

ANTON VENEMA
As the technical visionary, Anton is responsible for ensuring that Frozen Mountain's products and services exceed the needs of today and predict the needs of tomorrow. His technological intuition, vast knowledge base, and extensive academic background provide a strong foundation upon which Frozen Mountain's innovation can thrive. Anton joined Frozen Mountain after many years of working as a freelance technical consultant for numerous companies, including Siemens and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. His professional career in developing web-based applications started in high school before any formal training. He now holds a joint degree in Computing Science and Linguistics, with a focus in statistical algorithms and computational linguistics. He has worked in the field for over 9 years.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/FrozenMountain Host Jonathan Rozenblit is always on the search for stories of Canadian developers who have either built new applications using Windows Azure services or have migrated existing applications to Windows Azure. Canada Does Windows Azure shares their stories. This is the story of Frozen Mountain. FROZEN MOUNTAIN (from Frozen Mountain)Frozen Mountain is an experienced provider of innovative solutions to common business problems using the latest in web technology. We enable customers to stay on the forefront of web-based innovation, while minimizing their risk and development costs. We offer an assortment of products, services, and domain expertise, from pre-built software packages to hosted services to customized application development. We develop our products with an "ear-to-the-ground" approach to ensure that we are providing solutions that are relevant and effective in meeting the business needs of an evolving web environment. We work very closely with our clients, helping them to establish an understanding of their own needs and how their requirements can be realized in a modern web-oriented architecture (WOA). This approach simultaneously gives users the rich internet experience they have come to demand and provides clients with a maintainable, extensible, and therefore cost-effective, solution. ANTON VENEMAAs the technical visionary, Anton is responsible for ensuring that Frozen Mountain's products and services exceed the needs of today and predict the needs of tomorrow. His technological intuition, vast knowledge base, and extensive academic background provide a strong foundation upon which Frozen Mountain's innovation can thrive. Anton joined Frozen Mountain after many years of working as a freelance technical consultant for numerous companies, including Siemens and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. His professional career in developing web-based applications started in high school before any formal training. He now holds a j 876 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/FrozenMountain Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:18:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/FrozenMountain Jonathan Rozenblit Jonathan Rozenblit 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/FrozenMountain/RSS Azure Platform Cache Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Services Platform as a Service Windows Azure Windows Azure AppFabric Caching How Complex Systems Fail A shelf cloud over Enschede, Netherlands
(Photo by John Kerstholt)

The notion that non-tech-industry people should care about cloud computing continues to weasel its way into mainstream media and popular culture, most recently with a slew of stories about how last week's East Coast storms were to blame for the unscheduled downtime that affected a bunch of popular services on the web like Instagram, Pinterest, and Netflix.   Who knew there was actually such a thing as a derecho or a shelf cloud (sinister photo above)?  I digress.  Anyways, as people continue to come to terms with their reliance on availability and uptime for the unseen back ends of their favorite web destinations, the discussion rages on about we can learn from this and what we'd do differently next time.  A few have posed the question, but it's kind of the same old same old ... a discussion of computing architecture, availability zones, replication, failover, and other IT-specific stuff.  It's useful, for sure, but it begs the most fundamental question of all: how do complex systems fail?  If you ask the question in the context of cloud computing, you'll get to comb through lots of tech papers by tech people talking all sorts of tech jargon about stuff that only other tech people would understand.  I guess that's fine, but it puts a tech lens on something that should be more basic and fundamental than that.

So I went poking around and found a proverbial diamond in the rough ... a paper written over 12 years ago by a doctor, and not a guy with a doctoral degree in computer science, but a medical doctor.  Richard Cook is a director at the Cognitive Technologies Laboratory at the University of Chicago who has done a bunch of work examining impact of health IT on patient safety, and in 2000 published a paper he described as a "short treatise" on the nature of failure entitled, How Complex Systems Fail.  In reading this paper, you'd think he'd had the web on his mind, even back then, but no ... this short 4-pager rises above the level of vertical-industry-specific context and gets to the heart of how stuff breaks.  It's very, very good.  And reading this last week while news of the storm's impact on the web was making headlines here in the U.S. made it an obvious connection back to how we need to think about these new architectures and design points.  I thought I knew a thing or two about this stuff, but this paper was pretty eye-opening. 

- Tim

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Vector/How-Complex-Systems-Fail (Photo by John Kerstholt) The notion that non-tech-industry people should care about cloud computing continues to weasel its way into mainstream media and popular culture, most recently with a slew of stories about how last week's East Coast storms were to blame for the unscheduled downtime that affected a bunch of popular services on the web like Instagram, Pinterest, and Netflix.   Who knew there was actually such a thing as a derecho or a shelf cloud (sinister photo above)?  I digress.  Anyways, as people continue to come to terms with their reliance on availability and uptime for the unseen back ends of their favorite web destinations, the discussion rages on about we can learn from this and what we'd do differently next time.  A few have posed the question, but it's kind of the same old same old ... a discussion of computing architecture, availability zones, replication, failover, and other IT-specific stuff.  It's useful, for sure, but it begs the most fundamental question of all: how do complex systems fail?  If you ask the question in the context of cloud computing, you'll get to comb through lots of tech papers by tech people talking all sorts of tech jargon about stuff that only other tech people would understand.  I guess that's fine, but it puts a tech lens on something that should be more basic and fundamental than that. So I went poking around and found a proverbial diamond in the rough ... a paper written over 12 years ago by a doctor, and not a guy with a doctoral degree in computer science, but a medical doctor.  Richard Cook is a director at the Cognitive Technologies Laboratory at the University of Chicago who has done a bunch of work examining impact of health IT on patient safety, and in 2000 published a paper he described as a "short treatise" on the nature of failure entitled, How Complex Systems Fail.  In reading this paper, you'd think he'd had the web on his mind, even back th http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Vector/How-Complex-Systems-Fail Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:29:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Vector/How-Complex-Systems-Fail Tim O'Brien Tim O'Brien 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Vector/How-Complex-Systems-Fail/RSS Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Canada Does Windows Azure: RESAAS Read full post >>

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This is the story of RESAAS.

RESAAS
RESAAS is a technology company that has built a fully-integrated technology platform to service all participants of the real estate industry, including professionals, such as realtors and mortgage specialists, and home buyers and sellers. The Company's mission is to connect real estate professionals, mortgage specialists, home buyers and sellers through our enterprise technology platform and allow them to communicate in "real time", allowing for faster and easier communication between industry participants. RESAAS' enterprise technology platform is built on Microsoft Windows Azure.  

ANDREW THOMPSON
Andrew Thompson is the VP of Engineering at RESAAS and is responsible for all aspects of RESAAS' scalable technology platform built on top of Microsoft Windows Azure. He has prior experience as a software engineer building applications with C# .NET, Java and C/C++ languages using Agile and continuous integration/deployment practices for medical, financial, digital media and social based technology companies. He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada and has a technical blog at http://andrewmatthewthompson.blogspot.ca.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/resaas Read full post >> Host Jonathan Rozenblit is always on the search for stories of Canadian developers who have either built new applications using Windows Azure services or have migrated existing applications to Windows Azure. Canada Does Windows Azure shares their stories. This is the story of RESAAS. RESAASRESAAS is a technology company that has built a fully-integrated technology platform to service all participants of the real estate industry, including professionals, such as realtors and mortgage specialists, and home buyers and sellers. The Company's mission is to connect real estate professionals, mortgage specialists, home buyers and sellers through our enterprise technology platform and allow them to communicate in "real time", allowing for faster and easier communication between industry participants. RESAAS' enterprise technology platform is built on Microsoft Windows Azure.   ANDREW THOMPSONAndrew Thompson is the VP of Engineering at RESAAS and is responsible for all aspects of RESAAS' scalable technology platform built on top of Microsoft Windows Azure. He has prior experience as a software engineer building applications with C# .NET, Java and C/C++ languages using Agile and continuous integration/deployment practices for medical, financial, digital media and social based technology companies. He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada and has a technical blog at http://andrewmatthewthompson.blogspot.ca. 1064 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/resaas Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:22:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/resaas Jonathan Rozenblit Jonathan Rozenblit 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/CanadaDoesAzure/resaas/RSS Azure Azure Lessons Learned Azure Storage Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services SQL Azure Windows Azure CLD280 - Lessons Learned From Building a Digital Asset Management System in the Cloud Live Q&A with Jean Lozano

Live Q&A with Jean Lozano.

CLD280 - Lessons Learned From Building a Digital Asset Management System in the Cloud
In this session, Jean Lozano discusses various development strategies that he and his team learned while ramping up development on Windows Azure. You'll learn the lessons they learned from various cloud-related challenges faced during development and from an application support/maintenance perspective. This presentation will focus on insights acquired from architecting, building and maintaining a business application on Windows Azure over the last two years, using examples from MediaValet , a multi-tenant digital asset management system that was designed and developed from the ground up on Windows Azure.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280QA Live Q&A with Jean Lozano. CLD280 - Lessons Learned From Building a Digital Asset Management System in the CloudIn this session, Jean Lozano discusses various development strategies that he and his team learned while ramping up development on Windows Azure. You'll learn the lessons they learned from various cloud-related challenges faced during development and from an application support/maintenance perspective. This presentation will focus on insights acquired from architecting, building and maintaining a business application on Windows Azure over the last two years, using examples from MediaValet , a multi-tenant digital asset management system that was designed and developed from the ground up on Windows Azure. Watch >> This Session's Experts Jean Lozano (Twitter, LinkedIn) 673 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280QA Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:52:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280QA Jonathan Rozenblit, Jean Lozano Jonathan Rozenblit, Jean Lozano 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280QA/RSS Azure Lessons Learned Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Ninja CLD280 - Lessons Learned From Building a Digital Asset Management System in the Cloud

In this session, Jean Lozano discusses various development strategies that he and his team learned while ramping up development on Windows Azure. You'll learn the lessons they learned from various cloud-related challenges faced during development and from an application support/maintenance perspective. This presentation will focus on insights acquired from architecting, building and maintaining a business application on Windows Azure over the last two years, using examples from MediaValet , a multi-tenant digital asset management system that was designed and developed from the ground up on Windows Azure.

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Jean Lozano (Twitter, LinkedIn)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280 In this session, Jean Lozano discusses various development strategies that he and his team learned while ramping up development on Windows Azure. You'll learn the lessons they learned from various cloud-related challenges faced during development and from an application support/maintenance perspective. This presentation will focus on insights acquired from architecting, building and maintaining a business application on Windows Azure over the last two years, using examples from MediaValet , a multi-tenant digital asset management system that was designed and developed from the ground up on Windows Azure. Watch the live Q&A with Jean Lozano >> This Session's Experts Jean Lozano (Twitter, LinkedIn) 3056 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:49:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280 Jonathan Rozenblit, Jean Lozano Jonathan Rozenblit, Jean Lozano 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/techdaysca/CLD280/RSS Azure Lessons Learned Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Patterns Cloud Services Ninja System Center 2012 SP1 Service Provider Foundation (SPF) with Marc Umeno In this interview at TechEd North America 2012 Symon Perriman talks with Marc Umeno, Senior Program Manager on the System Center team, about the newly announced features of System Center 2012 SP1 Service Provider Foundation (SPF)

  • [00:30] What exactly is the Service Provider Foundation (SPF)?
  • [00:45] What does SPF do to help service providers?
  • [01:15] Why is SC2012 SP1 released so quickly after SC2012 RTM?
  • [01:40] What are the key features of SPF?
  • [02:00] How does the outside world connect to the service provider?
  • [03:15] What are the prerequisites to use SPF?
  • [03:40] Why did we use oData as the protocol?
  • [04:30] What are the different System Center 2012 components that integrate with SPF?
  • [05:00] What is System Center 2012 App Controller?
  • [05:35] How does SPF fit in with Windows Azure?
  • DEMO [06:00] Marc demos how the oData API provides information to Excel and App Controller to allows customers to use the infrastructure of a service provider.
  • [06:55] How does someone download or install SPF?
  • [10:00] Can you define the 'Hybrid Cloud'?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/System-Center-2012-SP1-Service-Provider-Foundation-SPF-with-Marc-Umeno In this interview at TechEd North America 2012 Symon Perriman talks with Marc Umeno, Senior Program Manager on the System Center team, about the newly announced features of System Center 2012 SP1 Service Provider Foundation (SPF) [00:30] What exactly is the Service Provider Foundation (SPF)? [00:45] What does SPF do to help service providers? [01:15] Why is SC2012 SP1 released so quickly after SC2012 RTM? [01:40] What are the key features of SPF? [02:00] How does the outside world connect to the service provider? [03:15] What are the prerequisites to use SPF? [03:40] Why did we use oData as the protocol? [04:30] What are the different System Center 2012 components that integrate with SPF? [05:00] What is System Center 2012 App Controller? [05:35] How does SPF fit in with Windows Azure? DEMO [06:00] Marc demos how the oData API provides information to Excel and App Controller to allows customers to use the infrastructure of a service provider. [06:55] How does someone download or install SPF? [10:00] Can you define the 'Hybrid Cloud'? Watch weekly news and technical interviews for IT Professionals on The Edge Show or see the rest of the Channel 9 Live Coverage of TechEd North America. Connect with the Edge Team: Facebook – Twitter 692 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/System-Center-2012-SP1-Service-Provider-Foundation-SPF-with-Marc-Umeno Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:33:34 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/System-Center-2012-SP1-Service-Provider-Foundation-SPF-with-Marc-Umeno Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/System-Center-2012-SP1-Service-Provider-Foundation-SPF-with-Marc-Umeno/rss Azure Cloud Architecture System Integrators Windows Azure hybrid Private Cloud System Center 2012 System Center Virtual Machine Manager System Center App Controller