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This article offers practical guidance for developers working with the brokered messaging .NET managed API in the Windows Azure Service Bus. The recommendations supplied in this article come directly from recent customer projects. While building real-world solutions with the Service … More »
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)In a previous blog posting here I ran through a typical first blocker when using the code-first feature of Entity Framework (EF) with SQL Azure Federations. That first blocker was understanding the correct procedure to submit the USE FEDERATION statement … More »
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)A number of our SQL Azure Federation product evaluation customers have been inquiring about the typical how-to’s for using Entity Framework with this new SQL Azure capability. After providing guidance to a number of these customers it was apparent that … More »
(7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)After a bit of prodding, finally getting around to finishing the blog I’d mentioned *cough* about a year ago, for using a SQL Server table as a source for reference data in a StreamInsight query. The scenario we’d like to … More »
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Introduction Some months ago I created a custom WCF protocol channel to transparently inject client-side caching capabilities into an existing WCF-enabled application just changing the its configuration file. Since I posted my first post on this subject I received positive … More »
(9 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5)This blog post demonstrates how Windows Azure developers can leverage the Windows Azure Service Bus to enable asynchronous inter-role communication in cloud-based solutions using Service Bus topics and subscriptions. This post and its associated code sample offer a complete solution, one that enables simplified, scalable, loosely coupled communication between role instances on the Windows Azure platform. More »
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Spikes maybe noticed when working with AppFabric Cache – how to avoid this performance them More »
(No Ratings Yet)This article provides information on working with the Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus from the Ruby programming language. This article assumes that you are familiar with Ruby, and have access to the Windows Azure AppFabric labs site (AppFabricLabs.com.) For more … More »
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Introduction WARNING Due to the breaking changes introduced by the production version of the Service Bus Messaging API with respect to the CTP version, this version of the Service Bus Explorer tool doesn’t compile against the API contained in the … More »
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This is another learning from lab I ran for the BizTalk Server 2010 Performance Optimization Guide. The learning: unused, extra MessageBoxes (with publishing disabled) that are allowed to stay configured in the BizTalk group (they still show up in the … More »
(No Ratings Yet)The following blog post is intended to offer a developer-oriented perspective on the implementation of a generics-aware storage layer abstraction for the Windows Azure Queue Service. The problem space addressed by the post is centered on supporting very large messages in Windows Azure queues and overcoming the 8KB limitation that exists today. Simply put, this blog and the associated code will enable you to utilize Windows Azure Queues without having to engage in the message size bookkeeping imposed by the queue’s 8KB limit. More »
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In a previous blog post I discussed the undocumented connection quotas of the Azure AppFabric Service Bus and the, often times, unexpected QuotaExceededException. Well, I am happy to inform you that our Service Bus team has listened to your concerns … More »
(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 use a default “Power Plan” of “Balanced“. While this can save on energy and cooling costs by allowing Windows to control a number of motherboard and processor settings for reduced power consumption, it can … More »
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Introduction This posting takes a common scenario for SQL Server 2008 R2 – StreamInsight applications. Low volume event, such as alarm data, are correlated into meaningful results and stored into a SQL Server database for post analysis and reporting. In … More »
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