Daniel's Blog

Random thoughts on Microsoft Technologies, Windows Azure and others

On Designing an API for our Cloud Hosted Solution

This is my first post for quite a while - I've been quite busy in my new company, so this took a lot...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 06/18/2014

New Report on Directions on Microsoft – “What Windows Azure Means to Software ISVs”

There is a new report published by Directions on Microsoft with the title “What Windows Azure Means...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 08/12/2012

IDC Report on Cloud Adoption in Asia on AsiaCloudForum

Just came across this highly interesting article on asiacloudforum.com – IDC have run a study...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 07/11/2012

Combining IaaS and PaaS – PHP and MySQL

The new Virtual Machines & Virtual Networks features are absolutely awesome and open up a whole...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 07/09/2012

Guidance for using PHP on Windows Azure published

The Silver Lining Blog has just published a guest article on how to get started with PHP on Windows...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 05/14/2012

Standard Response to RFI–Security and Privacy Published

If there is one subject that comes up at regular intervals when engaging end customers for Cloud...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 04/08/2012

New, reduced pricing available for SQL Azure

As announced on the Windows Azure blog, the pricing for SQL Azure has been completely revamped....

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 02/14/2012

All is new in December

Ah – where to start? We have created a whole new developer experience for Windows Azure. From...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 12/13/2011

Updated SDKs and Training Kit

Hi there, we have some updated SDKs (the Windows Azure SDK and the Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK)...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 11/16/2011

New Servicing options for your Windows Azure in-place-upgrades

There are now new options for performing an in-place upgrade for hosted Windows Azure services....

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 10/30/2011

New Platform Training Kit, Updated Service Bus Features and Reduced Storage Price

A bunch of fresh announcements came out – some technical, one on the pricing side: The Updated...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 10/27/2011

Demonstrating ASP.NET+SQL App Migration to Windows Azure

Quite a number of times, I have been asked how hard it actually is to move an existing ASP.NET+SQL...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 10/19/2011

Blob Download bug in Azure SDK 1.5 fixed – please update!

For all of you  building Windows Azure solutions based on SDK 1.5, please see this blog post...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 10/09/2011

Preview version of “The Developers Guide to AppFabric” by Alan Smith

Alan Smith is currently working on a great document detailing on how to use Windows Azure AppFabric...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 10/03/2011

What will my solution on Windows Azure cost?

A question that I get quite frequently from developers looking into the Windows Azure platform is...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 09/21/2011

Friction-Free 30 day Windows Azure Pass

For all new starters in the Windows Azure world – this is a zero-commitment offer to dip your toes...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 08/29/2011

Updated pricing for Extra Small Instances

In a recent announcement, we made a few changes to how Extra Small instances are charged in Windows...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 08/16/2011

Our Team is hiring!

We are expanding our team of Cloud Evangelists around the world – if you feel the passion and energy...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 08/14/2011

Visit Singaporean Azure Partners on WPC 2011

OK, so this is a shameless plug for the Singaporean Partner stand on the Microsoft Worldwide Partner...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 07/12/2011

Microsoft wins Best Cloud Service award at Cloud Computing World Series Awards

Great recognition for Windows Azure on the 3rd annual Cloud Computing World Forum this June in...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 07/03/2011

Do you want to develop a Smartphone Application and reach almost the entire available market? We’ve got a Cloud for you!

Just hot off the press – the SDK team have just released a Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS and have...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 05/09/2011

Managing ASP.NET Session State with Windows Azure AppFabric Cache

As has been published on numerous blogs now, Windows Azure AppFabric Cache is now in production and...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 05/05/2011

New Web Deploy feature in Windows Azure SDK refresh–when to use

Anders Hauge has published a great article on the new Web Deploy feature here:...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 04/20/2011

World Data visualized by Component Art, powered by Windows Azure DataMarket

What happens when you combine rich data from places like the World Bank or United Nations with...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 04/05/2011

Migrating ASP.NET Session State to the Sample TableStorageSessionStateProvider

The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=130354 includes a...

Author: Daniel Bucherer Date: 03/28/2011