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• Where are the Windows Azure customer case studies – and why aren’t there more?

  “Case Studies” are a great tool when you’re evaluating a platform. Having evidence that other companies have deployed Windows Azure, in addition to how they did it, is a good way to plan your own deployments or even just evaluate whether Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:31 AM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Azure, Architecture

• Creating a Windows Azure Virtual Machine - the RIGHT Way

  Windows Azure has added Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), the ability to deploy, run and manage Virtual Machines, to its growing list of services . You can create Virtual Machines from a gallery, upload them from images you create locally on Hyper-V Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:08 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Windows Azure, IaaS, Virtual Machines, VM

• But what can I *do* with Windows Azure? Create (Free) Websites and Applications

  f you want to know more about Windows Azure, how it works, the components, or more about the entire platform, I’ve written about that here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2012/06/13/windows-azure-write-run-or-use-software.aspx But…. Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 09, 2013 1:32 PM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Azure, Windows Azure Use Cases

• But what can I *do* with Windows Azure? Backups

  If you want to know more about Windows Azure, how it works, the components, or more about the entire platform, I’ve written about that here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2012/06/13/windows-azure-write-run-or-use-software.aspx But…. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:27 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Azure

• DevOps for Windows Azure

  "DevOps" (Short for Dev eloper Op eration s ) is one of a group of new terms such as "Cloud", "Big Data" and "Data Scientist" - words that are somewhere between marketing and tasks we've actually had around in other forms for years.However, working in Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:29 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Security, Management, Windows Azure, DevOps

• How Does the Cloud Change a Developer's Job?

  I've recently posted a blog on how cloud computing would change the Systems Architect’s role in an organization , another on how the cloud changes a Database Administrator's job , and the last post dealt with the Systems Administrator . In this Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:26 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Design, Career, Computing, Data, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts

• How Does the Cloud Change a Systems Administrator's Job?

  I recently posted a blog entry on how cloud computing would change the Systems Architect’s role in an organization , and another on how the cloud changes a database administrator's job . This time I'll cover a few of the changes the cloud brings Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2013 8:46 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Career, Computing, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts

• How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

  I recently posted a blog entry on how cloud computing would change the Systems Architect’s role in an organization . In a way, the Systems Architect has the easiest transition to a new way of using computing technologies. In fact, that’s actually Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:08 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: DBA, Design, SQL Server, Career, SQL Azure, Computing, Data, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts, Database Administration

• How Does the Cloud Change a Systems Architect’s Job?

  I know - I said I didn't like the "cloud" term, but my better-phrased "Distributed Systems" moniker just never took off like I had hoped. So I'll stick with the "c" word for now, at least until the search engines catch up with my more accurate term. I Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:43 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Design, Career, Computing, Data, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts

• Microsoft Windows Azure Disaster Recovery Options for On-Premises SQL Server

  One of the use-cases for a cloud solution is to serve as a Disaster Recovery option for your on-premises servers. I’ll explain one particular use-case in this entry, specifically using Windows Azure “IaaS” or Virtual Machines as a Recovery Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:40 AM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Disaster Recovery, SQL Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Use-Cases

• I Could Sure Use Some Windows Azure Code Samples…

  There are multiple ways to learn, and one of the most effective is with examples. You have multiple options with Windows Azure, including the Software Development Kit , the Windows Azure Training Kit and now another one…. the Microsoft All-In-One Read More... Posted Monday, December 10, 2012 8:47 PM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Azure

• Using Hadooop (HDInsight) with Microsoft - Two (OK, Three) Options

  Microsoft has many tools for “Big Data”. In fact, you need many tools – there’s no product called “Big Data Solution” in a shrink-wrapped box – if you find one, you probably shouldn’t buy it. It’s Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2012 8:28 AM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Windows Azure, Data Science, Big Data

• Windows Azure Virtual Machines - Make Sure You Follow the Documentation

  To create a Windows Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service Virtual Machine you have several options. You can simply select an image from a “Gallery” which includes Windows or Linux operating systems, or even a Windows Server with pre-installed Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:55 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Windows Azure

• High Availability for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS in the Cloud

  Outages, natural disasters and unforeseen events have proved that even in a distributed architecture, you need to plan for High Availability (HA). In this entry I'll explain a few considerations for HA within Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2012 8:15 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Administration, Best Practices, Computing, Monitoring, Azure, Windows Azure, Application Architecture, Concepts

• Cloud Computing - just get started already!

  OK - you've been hearing about "cloud" (I really dislike that term, but whatever) for over two years. You've equated it with just throwing some VM's in some vendor's datacenter - which is certainly part of it, but not the whole story. There's a whole Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:43 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Development, Conferences, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Programming