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• Declarative Architectures in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  I deal with computing architectures by first laying out requirements, and then laying in any constraints for it's success. Only then do I bring in computing elements to apply to the system. As an example, a requirement might be "world-side availability" Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:00 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Cloud, Windows Azure, Partners, Vendors, IaaS, Architecture

• The Windows Azure Software Development Kit (SDK) and the Windows Azure Training Kit (WATK)

  Windows Azure is a platform that allows you to write software, run software, or use software that we've already written. We provide lots of resources to help you do that - many can be found right here in this blog series. There are two primary resources Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:40 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Scripts, Web, Latest Version, Documentation, SQL Azure, Link Lists, Links, Downloads, Learning, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Presentations, Community

• Windows Azure Visio Shapes

  Normally when I diagram a solution for a customer, I use whatever they are comfortable with. I do most of my work these days in OneNote, especially when it’s an Architecture Design Session (ADS), since I can capture notes, handwriting, drawings, web pages, Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:44 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Downloads, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture

• Windows Azure – Write, Run or Use Software

  Windows Azure is a platform that has you covered, whether you need to write software, run software that is already written, or Install and use “canned” software whether you or someone else wrote it. Like any platform, it’s a set of tools Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2012 4:47 PM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Web, Latest Version, Documentation, SQL Azure, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Application Architecture, VM Role

• Windows Azure End to End Examples

  I’m fascinated by the way people learn. I’m told there are several methods people use to understand new information, from reading to watching, from experiencing to exploring. Personally, I use multiple methods of learning when I encounter a new topic, Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:45 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Development, Developer, Tips, Design, Tutorials, Web, Documentation, Planning, SQL Azure, Link Lists, Links, Walkthroughs, Downloads, Learning, How I work, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Presentations, MSDN, Technet

• Book Review (Book 11) - Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform

  This is a continuation of the books I challenged myself to read to help my career - one a month, for year. You can read my first book review here , and the entire list is here . The book I chose for April 2012 was: Applied Architecture Patterns on the Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:50 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Tips, Design, Career, Best Practices, Book Review, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts

• Preparation is key to a successful cloud deployment

  If you want to be wise, watch the actions and outcomes of others. Emulate the successful actions, and avoid the actions that cause failure. That’s true in life in general - and in technology projects in specific.  I’ve worked with several clients Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2012 7:09 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Development, Tips, Design, Planning, Best Practices, Process, Customer Contact, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, SOA

• Pay in the future should make you think in the present

  Distributed Computing - and more importantly “-as-a-Service” models of computing have a different cost model. This is something that sounds obvious on the surface but it’s often forgotten during the design and coding phase of a project. In on-premises Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:53 AM by BuckWoody | 5 Comments Filed under: Tips, Best Practices, SQL Azure, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture

• “I could use a little help here” or “I can do it myself, thank you” for Cloud Projects

  Windows Azure allows you to write code in languages within the .NET stack, you can use Java, C++, PHP, NodeJS and others. Code is code - other than keeping things stateless, using a Web or Worker Role in Azure is not all that different from working with Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2012 7:20 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Tips, Design, Career, Planning, Best Practices, SQL Azure, Help, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing

• Why do I need two Instances in Windows Azure?

  Windows Azure as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) means that there are various components you can use in it to solve a problem: Compute “Roles” - Computers running an OS and optionally IIS - you can have more than one "Instance" of a given Role Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:23 AM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: Web, Best Practices, Cloud, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Compute

• Java Resources for Windows Azure

  Windows Azure is a Platform as a Service – a PaaS – that runs code you write. That code doesn’t just mean the languages on the .NET platform – you can run code from multiple languages, including Java. In fact, you can develop for Read More... Posted Monday, March 12, 2012 6:45 PM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: Development, Web, SQL Azure, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Platform Independence, Cloud Computing, Compute

• Big Data - A Microsoft Tools Approach

  (As with all of these types of posts, check the date of the latest update I’ve made here. Anything older than 6 months is probably out of date, given the speed with which we release new features into Windows and SQL Azure) I don’t normally Read More... Posted Monday, February 20, 2012 2:16 PM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, Design, SQL Azure, Data, Data Professional, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Concepts, Business Intelligence, Windows 2008

• Application Lifecycle Management Overview for Windows Azure

  Developing in Windows Azure is at once not that much different from what you’re familiar with in on-premises systems, and different in significant ways. Because of these differences, developers often ask about the specific process to develop and deploy Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:58 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Development, Developer, Tips, Design, Planning, Best Practices, Process, Links, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts, System Center Operations Manager

• Team Foundation Server (TFS) in the Cloud - My Experience So Far

  I recently joined a software development project that involves not only myself and other internal Microsoft employees, but a partner and a customer as well. We are building a hybrid solution that uses assets on premises as well as Windows Azure for processing. Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:45 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Development, Developer, Web, Process, How I work, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing

• Windows Azure Storage (WAS) Internals - Achieving Consistency

  Windows Azure Storage has three primary components - a Queue, a Binary Large Object (BLOB) store (two types of these), and Table Storage. Storage of data on-premises is fairly well understood - but there components of it that you may not consider. When Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:05 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage