Andrew Oakley's Blog

Anything .NET related.

Just Released - Building an On-Demand Video Service with Microsoft Azure Media Services

Microsoft Azure Media Services allows you to build media distribution solutions that can upload,...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 05/07/2014

Just Released – Data Access for Highly Scalable Solutions: Using SQL, NoSQL, and Polyglot Persistence

All applications use data, and most applications also need to store this data somewhere. In the...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 10/02/2013

p&p Semantic Logging Block CTP Now Available!

The latest addition to the family of application blocks has been released as a CTP.  Read more...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 02/15/2013

p & p Data Access Guidance Survey is live!

The Microsoft patterns & practices team has started a new project focusing on databases and data...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 01/10/2013

patterns & practices Symposium 2013 in a little over a month!

The patterns & practices Symposium is the event for software developers and architects to have...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 12/05/2012

Blending Two Images in Real-Time

Recently, I was asked to whip up a WPF code sample that mimicked how Expression Design uses Alpha...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 11/17/2011

Unity Lifetime Managers and WCF

This is a rehash/update of a post I had made on my personal blog.  I have made a couple of...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 12/29/2010

Introduction

Hello, all.  My name is Andrew Oakley.  I am a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft working...

Author: Drew Oakley Date: 10/18/2010