Cesar de la Torre
Principal Program Manager at the Azure team.
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My Book: SOA Architecture with Microsoft technologies
Just to point out that I have just published a book written 50% with a friend of mine, Roberto Gonzalez, from Renacimiento (he is MVP in Biztalk). César de la Torre (Architect Evangelist - Microsoft) Roberto González (MVP Biztalk) Editorial Krasis Press ISBN: 978-84-935489-7-1 Take into account it is written in Spanish, as there are not so many technical books written in Spanish. You can take a look here: http://shop.campusmvp.com/Product-Arquitectura-SOA-con-tecnolog%C3%ADa-Microsoft_65.aspx
Microsoft Azure Services Platform
I just wanted to sum up what the Microsoft Azure platform is. But before that, just to highlight that the Azure Services Platform is currently a CTP, kind of a very early 'BETA,' available only as a limited Community Technology Preview (CTP) to attendees at the PDC 2008 (Professional Developers Conference). In the near future, it will also be available to more customers & partners. The release date is not fixed yet, but in any case, we are currently in a very early stage. The point today is that it's just been discovered to the public. So, the Azure Services Platform represents a significant advancement for...
Unity Application Block (Unity) just released!!
Unity Application Block October 2008 Release (1.2) What is Unity? The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container. It facilitates building loosely coupled applications and provides developers with the following advantages: – Simplified object creation, especially for hierarchical object structures and dependencies – Abstraction of requirements; this allows developers to specify dependencies at run time or in configuration and simplify management of crosscutting concerns – Increased flexibility by deferring component configuration to the container – Service loca...
PDC 2008 disclosures! – The cloud: Windows Azure Services Platform
So!, I'm actually attending PDC 2008!!. It has just started a few hours ago. Its main announcements are around 'the cloud' and the services Microsoft is offering now based on: Windows Azure! Windows Azure is an Operating System in 'the cloud' (massive Microsoft data centers for the Internet), but you can see it more like a platform in the cloud, where we can upload your own applications, based on .NET and SQL Services, specially made for the cloud. Windows Azure and .NET Services are based on the former beta names called RED-DOG & ZURICH. Current Windows Azure state is CTP (Community Technical Preview), so a ...
Silverlight 2.0 has just been released!! RTW version available!!
So!, Silverlight 2.0 has just been released!! Take a look at www.microsoft.com/silverlight. You can download the Silverlight 2 RTW SDK.
Event – RIA Applications Architecture & Development with Silverlight 2.0 – Barcelona, October 8th 2008
Yesterday, in Barcelona, I delivered another event about RIA Applications Architecture & Development with Silverlight 2.0. You can download my Presentation from the following link (within my SKY DRIVE): http://cid-c537c2af47f728a0.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Msft%20Dpe%20Spain%20Architects%20Events/2008%20-%20RIA-Silverlight%20Event%20%7C5Oct.%208th%202008%7C6?view=details
Using Silverlight 2.0 clientaccesspolicy.xml vs. crossdomain.xml for Web-Service cross-domain access
To enable a Silverlight control to access a web service (like a WCF Service) in another domain, the service must explicitly allow cross-domain access. Doing so, a service states that the operations it exposes can safely be invoked by a Silverlight control, without potentially damaging consequences to the data the service stores. Silverlight supports two different mechanisms for services to opt-in to cross-domain access: • Place a clientaccesspolicy.xml file at the root of the domain where the service is hosted to configure the service to allow cross-domain-access. •...
New Application Architecture Guide (v.2.0) from Microsoft Patterns & Practices!!
Cool!, just a few days ago (Thu Sep 25 2008) Microsoft P&P have published a neat 'Application Architecture Guide' (v.2.0). It is great because "it is new", so it covers most of the new Microsoft dev technologies and application/architecture types we're dealing with, nowadays. :-) Even though P&P have published just "the begining", in January 2009 they will have it finished. That's why it is right now in "http://www.codeplex.com", it will be evolving during several weeks.. This is the map about what it covers: Here's a basic diagram representing the Conceptual Framework: Architecture styles covered by ...
Silverlight 2.0 RC now available (Sept. 25th)!!
Great news!, yesterday we launched Silverlight 2.0 Release Candidate! It is quite probable that the final RTW build will be available shortly! I wanted to mention that because of we are still in BETA phases, it is more than likely that we have to check and update our code, because this new version will probably break our currents developments made with SL20 Beta2. So!, Start porting your pre-silverlight 2.0 sites to Silverlight 2.0 RC and be ready for the RTW version!! Info: http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/sl2rc0.aspx Downloads (SL 2.0 RC0 version): Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1...