Cloud

Connecting your apps, files, PCs and devices to the cloud with SkyDrive and Windows 8. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/20/connecting-your-apps_2c00_-files_2c00_-pcs-and-devices-to-the-cloud-with-skydrive-and-windows-8.aspx

Today, we're introducing Vector. It's a blog about developers, platform, and big ideas/trends in tech, but with a little bit different bent on what folks are used to from Channel 9... It's been eight years since Channel 9 first introduced many of our key engineering folks to the developer community…

The beta of the Amazon Web Services SDK for Windows Phone has recently been released. This SDK provides developers with a speed dial that lets you quickly connect and integrate Windows Phone applications with AWS S3, SimpleDB and SQS services. This video shows how to install the SDK and explains the…

Read the full post >> On this D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE special, the crew travels to the East of Toronto .NET User Group in Pickering, ON for a special presentation by Gladstone Grant, VP Developer & Platform Group at Microsoft Canada (LinkedIn, Twitter). Gladstone talks about Microsoft's…

In this "Hello Azure Part 2" episode of How DO I series, let's package and deploy our Hello Azure application. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here) Run Visual Studio as Administrator to be able to use…

In this "Hello Azure Part 1" episode of How DO I series let's create a simple Windows Azure application (say Hello Azure), debug it and run it locally. In Part 2, let's package it and deploy it to Windows Azure. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools…

It is that time of the year. You are most likely sitting down with each of your team members and are helping them with their personal development plans. On this episode of AlignIT Manager Tech Talk, Ruth Morton and Jonathan Rozenblit talk with Stuart Ngai about the importance of training as…

Whitewater from Riverbed automates backup for enterprises into Windows Azure. Azure Architect Evangelist Allan Naim talks with Riverbed Marketing Director Bob Gilbert about Riverbed's decision to support Windows Azure for their Whitewater backup appliance. Bob explains why Riverbed selected Windows…

Quark Brand Manager provides distributed sales and marketing teams the opportunity to easily create, customize and deliver brand-compliant marketing materials on-demand. Quark chose Windows Azure for this new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. Marketing manager for Brand Manager Nick Howard and…

What if you could have rich SQL database functionality as a continuously available service on the Windows Azure Platform without having to worry about purchasing, installing and maintaining database server hardware and software? Well you can, it's called SQL Azure Database, and if you know how to…