Services

The Windows operating system features built-in infrastructure services (Service Control Manager and Task Scheduler) that help manage background processes. Windows takes advantage of the built-in services to provide system management, device management, and system maintenance…

В этом видео Алексей Самохин, специалист по архитектуре в Microsoft Россия, беседует с широко известным экспертом в области информационных технологий Дэвидом Чэппелом (David Chappel) о последних инициативах Microsoft, таких, как Cloud Computing и Azure…

At any given point, Windows is executing a lot of code. Some of this code runs in the background as services. In pre Windows 7 operating systems some services were set to auto run even though the configuration of the system (installed apps, hardware, etc) did not warrant them running. This had a…

Евгений Осовецкий рассказывает и показывает возможности Silverlight 2 для работы с сервисами. Бонус - история про матрешку

Now that I'm learning more about Mesh, I'm surprised at what a big undertaking it is. For example, this recent post on the Live Mesh blog talks about how they run the cloud services, which offers some interesting insights into how Mesh's "services" part of their "Software +…

Jason Reindorp, marketing director for Zune, made some waves today with his comments on the upcoming plans for the group. The noise made around Zune will only increase as the year marches on toward the next inevitable holiday buying season. More colors, marketing, and features can’t come Zune…

The proliferation of online services has created a huge problem of identity management. Every week there’s a new demand to create an account or profile, which means each of us has an ever-growing archipelago of disconnected personas. OpenID is an attempt to solve the problem by having one set of…