SeenDaBean's Software Blog

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CloudMutex - Synchronize threads across machines using Azure

Problem I wanted to be able to read and write a particular set of resources, in my sample case this...

Author: SeanIanHale Date: 07/02/2012

FileLoadException in Unit Test on RoleEnvironment.IsAvailable with Visual Studio 2012 RC with Azure SDK 1.7

Problem and Solution While upgrading to VS2012 Pro RC, my unit tests began to fail across the board...

Author: SeanIanHale Date: 06/25/2012

Unity Interception with WCF

When working with a customer, I found a scenario where I thought it'd be "nice" to be able to inject...

Author: SeanIanHale Date: 01/21/2012

Windows Azure blob download - Adding code that'll run before, during, and after

A customer posed a question to me around adding custom code that could run before, during, and after...

Author: SeanIanHale Date: 01/21/2012

Yeast

Throughout my blog, you'll see references to code under the Yeast.* namespace. Yeast is the name of...

Author: SeanIanHale Date: 01/21/2012

Introductions

My name is Sean and I work at Microsoft. I'm a Sr. Architect Evangelist for Windows Azure serving...

Author: SeanIanHale Date: 01/20/2012