Prism is intended for software developers building WPF or Silverlight applications that typically feature multiple screens, rich user interaction and data visualization, and that embody significant presentation and business logic. Prism helps you to design and build flexible and maintainable WPF and Silverlight applications by using design patterns that support important architectural design principles, such... read more
During the PDC 10 keynote today Don Box showed how to quickly code up an application (“Rafiki”) that takes advantage of new Windows Azure Platform services. Rafiki helps conference attendees find and connect with other attendees so they can network and discuss similar interest. If you’re here at the PDC event in Redmond and you’re... read more
The Fabrikam Shipping demo shown at TechEd 2010 has been updated to showcase a cloud-based subscription model. As announced by Vittorio, “FabrikamShipping SaaS is a complete subscription based solution running on the Windows Azure platform and publicly available thru www.fabrikamshipping.com. It offers a web-based customer onboarding UI, which anybody can use for creating test subscriptions... read more
Visual Studio installed? Check. Silverlight knowledge? Check. Great idea for mobile app? Check. Copious amounts of free time to learn a different OS or programming language? Um, no. Now that’s no longer a hurdle you have to jump. Use your existing tools and knowledge to build great applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform. The... read more
You have an existing on-premises application, integrated with your directory system and accessing local data. Your operations staff knows how to administer and manage it. Your users won’t accept having to create yet another set of credentials. Is there any hope of moving your application to the cloud? The Moving Application to the Cloud on... read more
The Developing Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform book is the second volume in a planned series about Windows Azure technology platform. Volume 1, Moving Applications to the Cloud on the Windows Azure Platform, provides an introduction to Windows Azure, discusses the cost model and application life cycle management for cloud-based... read more
Once again your friend from Company X skillfully found a way to introduce into your conversation the topic of his trip to PDC and how much he learned about Azure. You force a smile, and you want to be happy for him, but deep inside you feel your stomach begin to knot and anxiousness suddenly... read more
Who dat? Who dat that’s using your application? It seems like something you might need to know. Of course you could force them to register with your system, scribbling the username and password onto their sticky pad in the desk drawer, but perhaps there’s a better way? Can you say “claims?” Claims are key to... read more
If you’re a chef, you’d better know how to handle a knife. If you’re a carpenter, you’d better know how to handle a hammer. And if you’re a Windows developer, you’d better know how to handle Visual Studio 2010. You could explore it on your own, or wait until a project demands a feature (and... read more
Medtronic, PayPal, and Microsoft worked together earlier this year to define a multi-protocol federated identity “mash-up” scenario that would require using multiple protocols (OpenID and WS-Federation). The demo was first shown at the Internet Identity Workshop and to members of the IEC Council. The demo shows how Medtronic customers could use PayPal identities when signing... read more