Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service(blogs.msdn.com)

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The Access Control Service (ACS), part of Windows Azure platform AppFabric, makes it easy to secure REST-based services using a simple set of standard protocols. In addition to enabling secure calls to REST-based services from any client, the ACS uniquely makes it possible to secure calls from client-side script, and enables federation scenarios with REST-based services. This webcast will provide a tour of ACS features and demonstrate scenarios where the ACS can be employed to secure REST-based WCF services and other web resources. You’ll learn how to configure ACS, learn how to request a token from the ACS, and learn how applications and services can authorize access based on the ACS token. read more...

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Windows 7 Optimizations on Solid State Drives(blogs.msdn.com)

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Be default, Windows 7 disables Superfetch, ReadyBoost, as well as boot and application launch prefetching on Solid State Drives (SSD) with good random read, random write and flush performance. These technologies were all designed to improve performance on traditional hard disk drives (HDD), where random read performance could easily be a major bottleneck. Because of the design changes, Windows 7 powered PCs with SSDs run fast. To understand how these design changes improve overall system performance, read this team blog post by the Windows 7 product group. read more...

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Free EBook for Developing High Quality Applications using .NET(devcurry.com)

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The Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition is a Must Have EBook for Developers and Solution Architects read more...

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ARCast.TV - Rocky Lhotka on Development Frameworks(blogs.msdn.com)

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It is difficult to strike a balance between the optimal architecture and over architecting a solution. Joe Shirey sits down with Rocky Lhotka , the creator of the CSLA.NET framework, to discuss how he balances what should and should not be in his framework. read more...

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15 reasons why you should start using Model Driven Development (MDD)(blogs.msdn.com)

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Johan den Haan has written a compelling piece over at Enterprise Architect on why you should start using MDD. He lists 15 advantages of Model-Driven Development that focus in on productivity, quality and alignment. read more...

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Mindscape LightSpeed 3.0 – Advocating a Commercial ORM(ericswann.org)

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Compares the features of Mindscape's LightSpeed 3.0 ORM with those of LINQ to SQL and NHibernate. read more...

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ARCast.TV - Vishwas Lele, CTO of AIS, on Cloud Architecture Patterns(blogs.msdn.com)

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Vishwas Lele, CTO of Applied Information Sciences (AIS). articulates three typical styles of applications and services that may be built to take advantages of the Azure Services platform -- complete applications using the Azure AppFabric, composite applications that are integrated with services hosted and run in the cloud, and consumable services such as workflow for other applications and services. read more...

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Leverage Microsoft .Net & WCF for Your Enterprise SOA(blogs.msdn.com)

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Attend this WebCast and Learn How To - Best Practices for design, launch and test of SOA Governance and Management for Microsoft SOA, Control SOA costs via faster design and deployment, better testing, avoid duplicate services, improve reuse, etc., Ensure end-to-end SLAs, security, and policy compliance, Automate contract and policy management (with provisioning, access control, etc.), Apply SOA Governance to BizTalk Server, ESB Guidance, Windows Communications Foundation, Azure, .NET Framework, AppFabric dev platforms for SOA & cloud read more...

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ARCast.TV - Albert Pascual on how he built GeoTwitter(blogs.msdn.com)

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Brian H. Prince sits down with Albert Pascual at the MVP summit to talk about how he built GeoTwitter.org. We talk about how he designed his system to leverage multiple mapping engines (Virtual Earth, etc.), and discuss what GeoRSS is, and why you might use it. read more...

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Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by bobfamiliar(3648) 2 years, 5 months ago

The Access Control Service (ACS), part of Windows Azure platform AppFabric, makes it easy to secure REST-based services using a simple set of standard protocols. In addition to enabling secure calls to REST-based services from any client, the ACS uniquely makes it possible to secure calls from client-side script, and enables federation scenarios with REST-based services. This webcast will provide a tour of ACS features and demonstrate scenarios where the ACS can be employed to secure REST-based WCF services and other web resources. You’ll learn how to configure ACS, learn how to request a token from the ACS, and learn how applications and services can authorize access based on the ACS token. Presenter: Michele Leroux Bustamante read more...

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ARCast.TV - Cloud Computing is for Small Companies Too(blogs.msdn.com)

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Cloud Computing is often presented as an esoteric technology that is only interesting to large companies. In point of fact, small- and medium-sized companies will find the economics and technology opportunities very compelling. This weeks ARCast.TV episode features Shy Cohen and Michael Stiefel discussing why this is so, and why small- and medium-sized companies should look for opportunities in the cloud computing area. read more...

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PDC09 - Parallel Push Takes Another Step Forward(blogs.msdn.com)

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Darryl K. Taft, covering the Microsoft PDC for eWeek, interviews S. “Soma” Somasegar, senior vice president of Microsoft Developer Division about the advancements in support for parallel programming in the .NET Framework, something Soma calls data parallelism… read more...

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PDC09 - Surface SDK For All(blogs.msdn.com)

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Microsoft announced at the PDC last week the broad availability of the Microsoft Surface SDK Workstation Edition. Now anyone interested in developing collaborative, engaging massive multi-touch, multi-user experiences for Surface can easily access the software at no cost through Surface.com. read more...

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The IT Complexity Crisis: Danger and Opportunity(blogs.msdn.com)

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Roger Sessions, author of Software Fortresses and Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises, has released a new whitepaper entitled ‘The IT Complexity Crisis: Danger and Opportunity’. read more...

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Architecture Cafe – An Architects Perspective on Silverlight 3(blogs.msdn.com)

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November 24, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST ,Presenter: Tim Heuer Abstract: Many .NET developers are becoming more and more interested in the Rich Internet Application development space, and in particular Silverlight. In this session we will step back from a detailed implementation technology and take a higher level look at Silverlight from the architect’s perspective. We will discuss the types of applications where Silverlight makes sense and some scenarios where Silverlight may not be the appropriate technology. We will also delve into some of the architectural decisions that the architect must consider when writing applications for this platform and where some of the tradeoffs may lie. read more...

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Architect Cafe - Designing multi-tenant applications on Windows Azure(blogs.msdn.com)

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November 25, 2009, 11:00am – 12:30pm PST Speaker: Joseph Hofstader Abstract: Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in information technology today. With all the confusion surrounding acronyms ending in ‘aas’ like Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) it can be intimidating for even seasoned IT professionals. This presentation will briefly discuss the different types of cloud platforms and then address one of the key business scenarios for the cloud: Software as a Service. Software as a Service is a business model for making applications available over the Internet. One of the key tenets of SaaS is multi-tenancy, or software designed to be used by multiple parties. Designing SaaS applications touches on many of the technologies that comprise the Azure platform: Processing, Storage, Workflow, Database and most importantly security. This presentation will discuss how each of technologies can be utilized to define a flexible architecture for multi-tenant solutions. read more...

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