Jeff's thoughts on Software Architecture, Large Scale Services and the Technical world at large
Following one developer at Microsoft through this strange world of service development.
SQL Azure TechEd 2010 Video’s posted
As TechEd 2010 winds down many of the videos from the conference are beginning to get posted. ...
Date: 06/10/2010
No SQL?
I don’t normally blog about things which don’t deal directly with SQL Azure but the No SQL movement...
Date: 03/25/2010
MIX 2010 session videos are up for SQL Azure
Just a heads up to any of you who were unable to attend MIX this year. The session video’s are...
Date: 03/20/2010
ALTER’ing SQL Azure for MIX
So, this post will really serve two purposes. The first is to serve as a shameless plug for...
Date: 03/13/2010
Feedback to the SQL Azure team
Hey all, During PDC09 we spent a bunch of time handing a survey for folks to fill out to give...
Date: 11/29/2009
SQL Azure talks are now available online
Hey all, My, "SQL Azure: Under the hood" talk is available for viewing now here. During the talk, I...
Date: 11/21/2009
PDC is on!
I'm here in LA this week for PDC along with a bunch of other SQL Azure folks. If you're interested...
Date: 11/18/2009
SQL Azure PDC talks
So, a number of us are doing talks this year for PDC (myself included!). You can find the full list...
Date: 09/30/2009
Sometimes there are things you just couldn’t make up
Date: 09/17/2009
SQL Azure and limits
Quite a few folks have been asking recently about the limits we have in SQL Azure and I thought I...
Date: 09/05/2009
SQL Azure: Invite codes, traffic patterns and feedback.
We've sent out the first couple batches of invite codes this week for SQL Azure (apologies if you...
Date: 08/21/2009
Coming up for air..
I've been rather silent here for sometime. This is primarily due to the fact that the whole dev team...
Date: 07/18/2009
Nigel and Zach talking about SDS
Hey, check out a new video of Nigel and Zach chatting about some of the changes that we're in the...
Date: 04/30/2009
SDS Java JDBC examples
In my previous blog entry I mentioned that I would post some Java & JDBC examples for connecting...
Date: 03/29/2009
SDS coding examples – Part 1 (C# & ADO.NET)
So, as I did with the original SDS I want to outline some code examples that other developers can...
Date: 03/29/2009
Check out Nigel's Talk on SDS from MIX09
Looks like the MIX folks have posted up Nigel's talk on the newly revamped SDS from MIX. You can...
Date: 03/22/2009
It’s been awhile…
So, it’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted but with the recent SDS announcement I trust you now...
Date: 03/14/2009
SDS Channel 9 Video is up
A little while ago Jason and I recorded a Channel 9 video to discuss some of the newer features in...
Date: 10/27/2008
Channel 9 interview for PDC
Jason and I just finished recording a session on some of the new features of the services that will...
Date: 10/23/2008
Tour De Peaks
This is a non-SSDS related posting today :-) I did the Tour De Peaks today with my wife and...
Date: 07/27/2008
What happened to SSDS PUT/POST responses?
Since the rollout I've seen at least one or two messages regarding the altered responses we're now...
Date: 07/25/2008
SQL Server Data Services Upgrade has been completed!
We completed the latest upgrade to the service yesterday afternoon. Listed below is the notification...
Date: 07/25/2008
Check out the SSDS coverage in the latest issue of MSDN magazine.
Hey all, If you have a subscription to MSDN magazine, heck even if you don't, you read a bit more...
Date: 07/03/2008
Optimistic Concurrency with SOAP in SSDS
In my last post I described how ETag's can be used in the upcoming sprint 3 version of SSDS. In this...
Date: 06/29/2008
ETag's, Optimistic Concurrency and SSDS
I've been kind of quiet the last month or so but that's because I've been totally heads down...
Date: 06/22/2008
Late in blogging these days
Hey all, Just wanted to drop a line to say that I realized I haven't been blogging much these...
Date: 05/28/2008
Check out Tudor and Soumitra discussing the business side of SSDS
Ryan recently sat down with Tudor Toma (GPM of SSDS) and Soumitar Sengupta (one of the architects on...
Date: 05/01/2008
Speaking at TechEd
I'm heading down to Orlando in a couple of weeks to give a talk about best practices when it comes...
Date: 05/01/2008
Good overview of using threads for multi container query in SSDS
Eugenio has a good blog entry today describing using multiple threads to execute multi-container...
Date: 04/14/2008
Interested in partaking in a design review for SQL Server Data Services?
Are you interested in taking part in a design review of SQL Server Data Services? Are you located in...
Date: 04/13/2008
cURL'ing up with SQL Server Data Services
We've begun working with some external customers (and a considerable number of internal ones) on the...
Date: 04/13/2008
Check out Nigel & Istvan over at Channel 9
You can watch a good interview with Istvan and Nigel over on Channel 9. The talk covers some...
Date: 04/08/2008
Interacting with SQL Server Data Services using SOAP
In one of my prior posts I promised some SOAP examples to better illustrate how you can use SOAP to...
Date: 04/02/2008
What questions do you have about SQL Server Data Services?
So, I've written several posts now around coding (in C# and in Java) about using SSDS. So, I'm a bit...
Date: 03/20/2008
SQL Server Data Services Meet Java
In my last post I covered a simple example of querying SSDS using C#, HttpWebRequest and XLinq....
Date: 03/19/2008
Jason's got some SSDS examples as well
Jason Hunter, dev lead on the SQL Server Data Services team, has posted up some coding examples as...
Date: 03/18/2008
Some SQL Server Data Services Coding Examples
Since my last post (just after we released the service) several others have written some really...
Date: 03/17/2008
Hitting the 1/2 mile mark
Today I passed the 1/2 mile mark in swimming... Whew! That's the distance I have to hit for my...
Date: 02/09/2008
More Swimming...
A couple of days ago I hit the 1/4 mile while swimming (this was on 1/29). This is effectively twice...
Date: 02/01/2008
Triathlon Training
Okay, So, as I mentioned before I'm training to do my first Triathlon. I had a stated goal to do 4...
Date: 01/26/2008
Training - Cycling
This weekend I rode with a friend around Mercer Island (for those of you not from the Puget Sound...
Date: 01/20/2008
The Big Switch
My wife had an outpatient surgery appointment this morning so while I waited for her I decided to...
Date: 01/17/2008
My Zune review
I couldn't wait for the company store to stock up on the Zune 80 units (they presently only have the...
Date: 12/04/2007
Zune on Slashdot
Slashdot's already calling the Zune a failure Boy, seems like having a sold out product is called...
Date: 11/23/2007
Orcas Extension Methods
I've been having a look at extension methods lately (see more info on them here and here) and at...
Date: 11/12/2007
Zune
I've never been a big Zune fan. Not sure why. I've had my IPod and it's fine for me in a functional...
Date: 11/12/2007
Spiderman 3 (better late than never)
I never saw this while it was playing at the theatre for some reason. It seems like there was always...
Date: 11/10/2007