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This week Schakra released the new Windows Live ID Module for Drupal - an open source project with funding provided by Microsoft.  It can be downloaded from https://github.com/schakra/WindowsLiveID-Drupal-Module.  For more information including step by step instructions on how…

This is a recording from an MSDN Live Meeting broadcast from the Microsoft Belgium office on January 31, 2012. Abstract Today we all have infinite cloud power at our finger tips, yet a lot is still involved at the architectural level to create highly scalable applications on top of all this power.…

This episode is all about updating your services. We'll discuss concepts such as service package, service definition, fault domain, update domain, VIP swap, and staging environment, etc. Next episode:Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part…

Is cloud computing still a foggy concept for you? Have you heard of Windows Azure, but aren’t quite sure of how it applies to you and the projects you’re working on? Windows Azure was first announced at the Microsoft PDC in 2008.  A year later, shortly after PDC 09, Windows Azure went into…

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 &…

Turns out that sales taxes are more difficult to calculate than it might seem. More than 15,000 taxable regions inside the US form a mosiac for sales tax calculation. Fire districts, state districts, special taxation districts, and state rules on items all play a part. Avalara put…

In today's episode I'm explaining two key Notification Hub concepts on the whiteboard: Tag-based unicast and groupcast notifications Templates I'm mostly covering the Windows 8 aspects like Tiles as Windows' notification model is richer as that of iOS, but the concepts also apply in the same…

Part 2 of 2: Ready to get started building cloud-based apps, but not sure how to get started? David Makogonwill demonstrate how to jump into Azure quickly. He'll also talk about what you can do with the Windows Azure platform today, including non-.NET technologies such as C++ and Java,…

LoadStorm is a cloud based load testing tool that allows companies to benchmark their web applications using simulated clients, which can be launched from any of the six Windows Azure datacenters around the world. In this interview, Scott Price (CEO) and Roger Campbell (CTO) explain the process…

Saas provider Coreconnex explain why they chose Windows Azure to deploy their product for small business. Their product enables non-financial people to understand the financial graphical "picture" of their business. CEO Frank Coker and Chief Architect Torsten Kablitz talk with Azure…