Data-binding parameters that you can use when wiring up the contents of your Windows Phone application.
- By Nick Randolph
- 10/29/2012
FileTables, a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2012, is a unique table that reflects metadata of files in a specified folder.
A new, free tool from JNBridge connects .NET developers with HBase, the database for Hadoop.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/16/2012
Tracking down performance problems in your application can be a frustrating experience. Reduce your stress levels with custom counters.
- By Benjamin Day
- 10/02/2012
When fewer SQL Server columns does not mean better performance.
Set up and use create a simple Windows Phone program that connects to Azure Mobile Services.
- By Nick Randolph
- 09/24/2012
The Kansas City-based startup wants to make it easier for developers to examine the network stack and find problems in code.
It's not clear when the service will be rolled out as a final release.
See how lambda expressions enhance a common programming scenario.
In part one of this series, Nick Randolph discusses the use of Expression Blend design-time data in Windows Phone applications.
- By Nick Randolph
- 07/12/2012
Microsoft has cooked up a feast of value-added big data cloud apps featuring Apache Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive and Pig, as well as free apps and utilities for numerical analysis, publishing data sets, data encryption, uploading files to SQL Azure and blobs.
- By Roger Jennings
- 07/01/2012
Accessing a customer relationship management system with a custom .NET application can add important functionality.
On June 7, Microsoft introduced its revamped Windows Azure cloud computing platform to the world.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 06/29/2012
The service is free until Aug. 1.
By adding IaaS to its Platform as a Service (PaaS) portfolio, Microsoft is also mounting its most formidable challenge yet to Amazon Web Services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/07/2012