Cesar de la Torre

Principal Program Manager at the Azure team.

My new Architecture Journal Article!!: “Model-Driven-SOA with ‘OSLO’”

(image) (image) Cool!. I just got published my article regarding Model-Driven-SOA with ‘OSLO’, in ‘The Architecture Journal’. :-) You can see it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699436.aspx Or you can download the whole Magazine from this URL: http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/My%...

Architect Forum XXIV – RIA Architecture, ‘Silverlight 3.0’ & ‘.NET RIA Services’

(image) Architect Forum XXIV – RIA Architecture, ‘Silverlight 3.0’ & ‘.NET RIA Services’ Here I post some info & Presentations about the Architect Forum we delivered last week in Madrid (Sept. 23rd). All presentations are in Spanish: http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Msft%20Dpe%20Spain%20Architects%...

Using VSTS 2010 Beta1 Team Explorer and TFS in CODEPLEX

I'm actually setting up an environment around that (VSTS 2010 Beta1 Team Explorer and TFS in CODEPLEX), and there is a problem when trying to connect your VSTS.2010 client to the TFS in CODEPLEX. But there's a workaround you can follow here: (Thanks Aaron) http://blogs.msdn.com/ablock/archive/2009/05/20/for-tfs-2010-beta-1-resolving-tf31001-...

How To Install Windows 7 From a bootable USB Drive

(image)   I just wanna have this "How to" in my blog, even for myself. :-) What you need: Step 1 - Formatting the Drive Using the command prompt, we'll use the diskpart utility. [BTW: This will erase all data on your USB drive] Step 2: Make the Drive Bootable  Next we’ll use ...

Workshop “Oslo” introduction: The Future about Model Driven Development (June 30th 2009)

(image)   (image) (image) One more event!. Yesterday we delivered a nice workshop regarding Model Driven Development and “OSLO”. I talked most about MDD/MDE (Model Driven Development/Engineering), Model Drive SOA, how can be the future regarding MDD implemented with “OSLO”. Key points, risks, and long term goals and then how...

WCF Load Test tool

(image) It’s been just released a few days ago to Codeplex: WCF Load Test. It looks pretty nice! :-) Project Description This tool takes a WCF trace file and a WCF client proxy, or a WCF interface contract, and generates a unit test that replays the same sequence of calls found in the trace file. The code generated is easily modifiable so ...

RIA Services (Alexandria) roadmap

Dinesh Kulkarni has written a nice post about RIA Services (Alexandria) roadmap: http://silverlight.net/forums/p/101160/230835.aspx#230835 So, RIA Services milestones are: - July 2009 CTP  - PDC 2009 Beta (November)  - First part of 2010: RTW (Like .NET 4.0) Another key point is that we might provide support for .NET 3.5 SP1 in ...

Our event: ‘Biztalk Server 2009 news, ESB 2.0 Guidance & WCF LOB SDK Event’ content

(image) Today, we just run a Workshop regarding Biztalk Server 2009 news, ESB 2.0 Guidance & WCF LOB SDK. I post the presentations here, so any attendee can get it. You can grab it from the following SKYDRIVE: http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Msft%20Dpe%20Spain%20Architects%20Events/2009%20-%20Biztalk%202009%20...