Posts Tagged ‘Azure’
Cloud Computing for All
| ARCast.TV – Cloud Computing is for Small Companies Too
Cloud Computing is often presented as an esoteric technology that is only interesting to large companies. In point of fact, small- and medium-sized companies will find the economics and technology opportunities very compelling. Shy Cohen and Michael Stiefel discuss why this is so, and why small- and medium-sized companies should look for opportunities in the cloud computing area.
Tags: ARCast, Architects, Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Patterns, Cloud Services, Windows Azure, Thought Leadership Raw Link: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/ARCast.TV/ARCastTV-Cloud-Computing-is-for-Small-Companies-Too
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WordPress on Windows Azure
Yesterday was a big day for Automattic and Microsoft folks. Matt Mullenweg demonstrated WordPress hosted on Azure during Ray Ozzie’s keynote. I was pleasantly surprised to see support for MySQL. Very cool imho. This will give WordPress users/hosters access to Azure. I think Matt stated 
that he saw “Pigs” out of his office windows 
. Additionally, icanhazcheezburger (lolcats, failblog etc.), the largest WordPress site, announced that their new property “Oddly Specific” is now hosted on Azure.
New from icanhazcheezburger – Oddly Specific hosted on Azure
Right from PDC here’s some news – icanhazcheezburger now hosts a new site called “Oddly Specific” hosted on Azure!
Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP Team Blog : SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 is now available
In case you missed it, the SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 is now available for download with support for SQL Azure as well. The download is available via the MSDN download site. The source code for the driver is posted on the CodePlex site.
Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP Team Blog : SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 is now available
Download Here: http://bit.ly/f9tSV
Happy Halloween! Carve Your Pumpkin in the Cloud
Check out this cool pumpkin carving app. This was created by Archetype a Microsoft Partner. http://bit.ly/1glQa2
Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse
This was noted at ZendCon last week. Here’s the official link for download.
BizSpark, MSDN Premium and Azure
I often get a lot of questions about the Azure benefits associated with MSDN and the BizSpark Program. Here is a good posting and I’ve included the table below for easy reference.
Azure Platform Resources
Mise en place is a French cooking term that essentially means “everything in place”. Cooking is so much easier when all the prep work is done and all the ingredients are within easy reach.
If you’re new to Azure, I hope my little “resources en place” will make your day a little easier.
Need an Azure account?
- Get a Free Windows Azure CTP account
Join the Community:
Learn:
- “How Do I” videos
- Azure Webcasts
- Training kit
- Sample projects and snippets:
- codeplex.com, search “azure”
- code.msdn.com, search azure
Windows Azure in the Real World Webcasts
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Next Tuesday September 29th, we’ll be holding a webcast about Windows Azure. We invite you to explore Windows Azure – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud based applications – within Microsoft. During this event, we’ll review critical lessons Microsoft IT has learned migrating internal line-of-business applications to Windows Azure.
The webinar will answer:
What is Windows Azure? When should I use it? How does it apply to my job? Whether you’re an IT Professional, Developer or Architect, we’ll address top of mind questions about cloud computing.
TechNet Events Presents – for the IT Professional from 8:30am to noon
In this session, we will discuss:
- Azure architecture from the IT professional’s point of view
- Why an IT operations team would want to pursue Azure as an extension to the data center
- Configuration, deployment and scaling Azure-based applications
- The Azure roles (web, web service and worker)
- Azure storage options
- Azure security and identity options
- How Azure-based applications can be integrated with on-premises applications
- How operations teams can manage and monitor Azure-based applications
TechNet LIVE Webcast | REGISTER >>
MSDN Events Presents – for the Developer & Architect from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
In this session, we will discuss:
- Cloud computing architectures in general and the Azure architecture in particular
- Several aspects of Azure from the developer’s and architect’s perspective
- Azure roles (web, web service and worker)
- Azure storage options
- Azure security and identity options
- How Azure-based applications can be integrated with on-premise applications
- Configuration, deployment and scaling Azure-based applications
- How development teams can optimize their applications for better management and monitoring
MSDN LIVE Webcast | REGISTER >>
SQL Azure CTP and the SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1
Yesterday we announced the availability of the free trial of Microsoft SQL Azure Community Technology Preview (CTP). SQL Azure Database is a cloud based service built on technologies from MS SQL Server. This will allow for pay-as-you-go and provide enterprise class availability and data protection.
One of the primary goals of the Windows Azure Platform is to ensure that PHP developers can take advantage of SQL Server or SQL Azure Database. Yesterday, the CTP for the SQL Server Driver for PHP was released and available for download.
SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 CTP Download
