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A Voyage to Android-land on a dotNet Ship: Getting Started

This year, I've been writing about using Android phones to access Windows Azure Mobile Services (aka...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 09/10/2013

These ARE the Androids you've been looking for!

That's the title of my latest post over on Larry Franks' Silver Lining Blog. It deals with using...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 03/08/2013

The CAP Theorem: Why “Everything is Different” with the Cloud and Internet

This is a continuation of last Wednesday's post, which featured the intro section to my forthcoming...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 01/03/2013

Data Architecture in a Cloudy World

Like many Microsoft bloggers, I'm somewhat erratic, partly because of my own workload, and partly...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 01/02/2013

Windows Azure Performance: Best Practices

This topic, Best Practices for Performance in Windows Azure Applications, appeared with the recent...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 06/26/2012

Versioning SQL Azure Schemas by Using Federations

This topic is now published on the MSDN Library at Versioning SQL Azure Schemas by Using...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 03/15/2012

Now for Something a Little Different: Translating Technet Wiki Articles into Spanish

I've read quite a few posts on the Wiki Ninjas blog discussing translating articles from English...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 01/05/2012

Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance Released

A virtual team of us released this last Friday. It provides you with "best practices and...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 12/12/2011

More on the CAT Team's SQL Azure Dropped Connections Framework

In my preceding post I talked about the Windows Azure Customer Advisory Team ("CAT")'s framework for...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 12/01/2011

Transient Connections in Windows Azure: Useful Resources

This is a collection of resources I have encountered while researching the problem of intermittent...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 11/23/2011

Updates to Technet Wiki Windows Azure Tutorial

I am currently ramping up my Windows Azure skills (ramping up on new technologies is one of the many...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 11/04/2011

Spatial Indexing in SQL Server 2012 ("Denali")

I attended the recent PASS Summit in Seattle, staffed the "Experts Pod" dealing with application...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 10/25/2011

Hello World

I am one of the programmer/writers that works on documenting the Entity Framework (which includes...

Author: Rick Saling - MSFT Date: 10/21/2011