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Windows Azure cross-platform command line improvements - Summer 2013 12 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On the Windows Azure team, we're committed to providing great experiences for developers and infrastructure customers with a number of ways to manage your services. One of my favorite ways to adminis...
Windows Azure Management Portal background color themes 20 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
The current Windows Azure Management Portal has a few "custom backgrounds" available if you get tired of the very light gray background... I don't know the history, whether it is a feature, an easter...
Creating secure Linux VMs in Azure with SSH key pairs 19 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
A fairly standard security best practice for cloud-connected Linux virtual machines is to create "password-less" virtual machines. This is easy to do with Windows Azure but not the default if you use ...
Windows Azure Web Sites + custom SSL certificate for my app 18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
To start June 2013 off, Windows Azure Web Sites released in preview form custom SSL hosting options for Windows Azure Web Sites. Last night I flipped the switch (CNAME DNS updated) to redirect traffi...
Adobe's Creative Cloud - I've been spending $2/day 18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
Moving to the Adobe Creative Cloud, with today's long-term Creative Cloud pricing, will cost me approximately $1.64 US per day; looking at my Adobe software investment over the past 2,253 days, my cos...
Using the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js to create a Table Service Explorer 13 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
Hi! It has been way too long since I've shared some of the awesome work that we're doing throughout Windows Azure. I wanted to share an application that I built up a few nights ago that really highlig...
I reduced my cloud bill 9% this month by favoring my most active Windows Phone app users (Live Tiles, Leaderboards, Toasts) 14 May 2012 | 04:24 pm
I run a compute-intensive set of cloud operations for my users to let them see their points through a live tile generated in the cloud. I send toast notifications when your friends are nearby you. And...
A few 4th & Mayor things: Node cloud backend, Nokia Apps Madness, new markets & localization efforts 29 Mar 2012 | 08:52 am
I wanted to take a few minutes to share some random notes on some of the exciting 4th & Mayor happenings. I’ve been working more on refactoring the cloud backend and wanted to share some light into ho...
4th & Mayor–1 Year Later 21 Mar 2012 | 06:31 am
One year ago today, 4th & Mayor went public and became a popular, fun and simple Foursquare app for Windows Phone. I’m glad to have launched it, have learned a lot along the way, and am excited that p...
Windows Azure App Platform: We’re hiring strong developers! 20 Mar 2012 | 03:31 am
Update 4/17/2012: At this point we’ve received a lot of great resumes – to apply for positions please go to the Microsoft Careers site. Want to “go to the cloud”, working on the exciting application ...
