7 Things You Need To Know about SQL Azure Reporting

The SQL Azure Team had a quite interesting blog back in mid-November around the newly released SQL Azure Reporting.  Here’s a summary of their nuggets about the new technology.

1. It’s Based on SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
   SQL Azure Reporting provides a subset of the features of...

Introduction to TPL Dataflow

In Octobre 2010, Microsoft released a white paper on an oncoming library in the .NET Framework, the Task Parallel Library DataFlow.

The dataflow library is built on top of the Task Parallel Library (TPL) included in .NET 4.0.  Basically, the TPL provides the building block for task-oriented Frameworks.  The dataflow...

Globalization Patterns in WCF (WS-I18N implementation)

I recently came across a good Code Project article:

Globalization Patterns in WCF (WS-I18N implementation)

written by Pablo M. Cibraro.

Basically, there exists a standard specs (WS-I18N) describing how to pass international information (e.g. locale & time zone) to a SOAP endpoint in order for that web service to return you localized data.

An interesting aspect...

Cloud Santa

Within the spirit of holidays, the Microsoft Partner Network of UK has created a Silverlight application, hosted in Azure.  You are rewarded with Azure links after each level!

http://festivegame.cloudapp.net/

Office 365 Beta Service Descriptions

Microsoft has made available the descriptions of Office 365 Beta Services:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c6ecc6c-64f5-490a-bca3-8835c9a4a2ea

I went through the Exchange Online Services & SharePoint Services.  I noted the following features for Office 365 in general:

• Secure Access (SSL 128-bits)
• Security Audits:
  • ISO 27001
  • SAS70 Type I & II audits...