TheArchitect.co.uk - Jorgen Thelin's weblog http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/ Enterprise technology for the real world. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:13:26 GMT Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:46 GMT Movable Type 3.2 Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. - Weblog feed contents are licensed under CC-BY-NC license en-us http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/images/jorgen-thelin.jpg TheArchitect.co.uk - Jorgen Thelin's weblog http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/ 125 100 47.640972-122.033189 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/9T1pDj95XVg/windows_azure_platform_benefits_for_msdn_subscribers.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:46 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.548 Windows Azure Platform Benefits for MSDN Subscribers Looking through the new MSDN web site details following their big site redesign, I discovered the news that MSDN subscriptions in many countries will now include a monthly usage allowance of Azure services usage for developers after the New Year when Azure comes out of it's Community Tech Preview phase. This MSDN benefit will including the full spectrum of cloud services so that cloud app developers can, well, just get on with developing great Azure cloud apps. Sweet!! Windows Azure (compute, storage, transactions) .NET Services (messages) SQL Azure (SQL databases) and bandwidth (transfers in / out)... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Programming Jorgen Thelin Looking through the new MSDN web site details following their big site redesign, I discovered the news that MSDN subscriptions in many countries will now include a monthly usage allowance of Azure services usage for developers after the New Year when Azure comes out of it's Community Tech Preview phase.

This MSDN benefit will including the full spectrum of cloud services so that cloud app developers can, well, just get on with developing great Azure cloud apps. Sweet!!

  • Windows Azure (compute, storage, transactions)
  • .NET Services (messages)
  • SQL Azure (SQL databases)
  • and bandwidth (transfers in / out)

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/11/windows_azure_platform_benefits_for_msdn_subscribers.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/fwovageQE6c/new_job_cloud_computing_futures.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:31:21 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.547 New Job -- Cloud Computing Futures After 26 months on the Cloud Directory / Live ID team, it is now time for me to move on in my career at Microsoft. At the end of the month, I will be moving to a new role as a Technical Program Manager on a small incubation team in the Cloud Computing Futures team (CCF) within the eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) at Microsoft Research (MSR) on the Redmond campus.... Read more -- "New Job -- Cloud Computing Futures" Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Live ID Jorgen Thelin After 26 months on the Cloud Directory / Live ID team, it is now time for me to move on in my career at Microsoft.

At the end of the month, I will be moving to a new role as a Technical Program Manager on a small incubation team in the Cloud Computing Futures team (CCF) within the eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) at Microsoft Research (MSR) on the Redmond campus.

Read more -- "New Job -- Cloud Computing Futures"

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Some of the topics we discussed:

Enjoy the video - now available on MSDN Channel 9
http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Identity/Jorgen-Thelin-on-the-Microsoft-Federation-Gateway/

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/id_element_microsoft_federation_gateway.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/bN4J5FNHyJw/openid_for_mainstream_users_directed_identity_choices.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:17:55 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.545 OpenID For Mainstream Users - Directed Identity Choices After yesterday's blog posting Windows Live ID OpenID CTP Status Update and Lessons Learned, there is a follow-on discussion occurring on the openid-general mailing list about the issues and implications that our CTP experience has raised about bringing OpenID to a large user base of "mainstream" users. http://groups.google.com/group/openid/browse_thread/thread/86a75dcf0ef3cabe In particular, I posted some more background info around the challenges of bringing "directed identity" choices to mainstream users. http://groups.google.com/group/openid/msg/fed8a6c63026aef0... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Standards Jorgen Thelin After yesterday's blog posting Windows Live ID OpenID CTP Status Update and Lessons Learned, there is a follow-on discussion occurring on the openid-general mailing list about the issues and implications that our CTP experience has raised about bringing OpenID to a large user base of "mainstream" users.
http://groups.google.com/group/openid/browse_thread/thread/86a75dcf0ef3cabe

In particular, I posted some more background info around the challenges of bringing "directed identity" choices to mainstream users.
http://groups.google.com/group/openid/msg/fed8a6c63026aef0

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/openid_for_mainstream_users_directed_identity_choices.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/5m3qKc2WfiM/windows_live_id_openid_ctp_status_update_and_lessons_learned.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:41:06 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.544 Windows Live ID OpenID CTP Status Update and Lessons Learned The Live ID Team has posted a blog post giving a status update on the Live ID OpenID Provider Community Tech Preview and some of the lessons learned (particularly around UI / user experience). http://bit.ly/1ghT7p... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Interoperability Jorgen Thelin The Live ID Team has posted a blog post giving a status update on the Live ID OpenID Provider Community Tech Preview and some of the lessons learned (particularly around UI / user experience).
http://bit.ly/1ghT7p

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/windows_live_id_openid_ctp_status_update_and_lessons_learned.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/WyTwV8VmWnQ/online_backup_for_hp_ex470ex475_mediasmart_windows_home_serv.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:14:00 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.543 Online Backup for HP EX470/EX475 MediaSmart Windows Home Server Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Cloud Services Jorgen Thelin If you have one of HP's EX470 or EX475  MediaSmart versions of Windows Home Server and you are looking for the extra protection of a way to automatically back up your family's data files into an offsite backup in the "cloud", then this will be of interest.

HP has a MediaSmart Server Online Backup Addin to backup data to the Amazon S3 cloud.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=dv-70576-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&os=1005&product=3548164

Later HP WHS models like the EX485 / EX 487 have the Online Backup feature pre-installed.

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/online_backup_for_hp_ex470ex475_mediasmart_windows_home_serv.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/f4BLsgxgMe8/cascada_evacuate_the_dancefloor.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:35:10 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.542 Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor The mailman delivered my copy of the brand new Cascada album "Evacuate the Dancefloor" today. Great music. Great dance beat. Great vocals. Overall an awesome album -- probably best yet from Cascada. I posted a more detailed review on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1545RBYXTNED3 Buy it and enjoy! :)... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Music Jorgen Thelin The mailman delivered my copy of the brand new Cascada album "Evacuate the Dancefloor" today. Great music. Great dance beat. Great vocals.
Overall an awesome album -- probably best yet from Cascada.

I posted a more detailed review on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1545RBYXTNED3

Buy it and enjoy! :)

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/cascada_evacuate_the_dancefloor.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/yPQ4MpaBYAA/1vs100_live_interactive_game_show_on_xbox_360.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:20:52 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.541 1-vs-100 Live Interactive Game Show on Xbox 360 For anyone who thinks that Microsoft doesn't do anything "innovative", then just take a look at the new live "1 vs. 100" game experience on Xbox 360! The live interactive game show format is easy to play and really very engaging. It creates some real 'lean-forward' interest in what is going on by the players being directly involving in the gameshow, and with the chance to win spendable prize points usable on the Xbox360 Marketplace. The live human game show host definitely adds color and humorous commentary to the show atmosphere. Great entertainment with a group of friends too! More info from the 1-vs-100 page in Xbox.com - http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/1/1v100/ TechFlash news story: Microsoft makes game show a live video game in quest for ads... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Games Jorgen Thelin For anyone who thinks that Microsoft doesn't do anything "innovative", then just take a look at the new live "1 vs. 100" game experience on Xbox 360!

The live interactive game show format is easy to play and really very engaging. It creates some real 'lean-forward' interest in what is going on by the players being directly involving in the gameshow, and with the chance to win spendable prize points usable on the Xbox360 Marketplace. The live human game show host definitely adds color and humorous commentary to the show atmosphere. Great entertainment with a group of friends too!

More info from the 1-vs-100 page in Xbox.com - http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/1/1v100/

TechFlash news story: Microsoft makes game show a live video game in quest for ads

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/1vs100_live_interactive_game_show_on_xbox_360.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/ae1bj_axqeE/what_happens_when_an_https_connection_is_created.html Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:46:00 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.539 What Happens When an HTTPS Connection is Created? Did you ever wonder exactly what happens when you click on "Proceed to Checkout" at Amazon and the little padlock icon appears in the browser's address bar or status bar to indicate a secure SSL/TLS connection has been setup?... Read more -- "What Happens When an HTTPS Connection is Created?" Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Security Jorgen Thelin Did you ever wonder exactly what happens when you click on "Proceed to Checkout" at Amazon and the little padlock icon appears in the browser's address bar or status bar to indicate a secure SSL/TLS connection has been setup?

Read more -- "What Happens When an HTTPS Connection is Created?"

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/what_happens_when_an_https_connection_is_created.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/jQ9sMcKES1M/us_federal_government_cloud_computing_requirements.html Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:49:28 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.540 U.S. Federal Government Cloud Computing Requirements The U.S. Government's General Services Administration (GSA) has released a requirements document and RFQ (Request for Quotation) that details what is expected from cloud-computing vendors in terms of security, service level agreements, geographic location, and data ownership for "Low and Moderate Impact Cloud Computing (CC) Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings".... Read more -- "U.S. Federal Government Cloud Computing Requirements" Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Cloud Services Jorgen Thelin The U.S. Government's General Services Administration (GSA) has released a requirements document and RFQ (Request for Quotation) that details what is expected from cloud-computing vendors in terms of security, service level agreements, geographic location, and data ownership for "Low and Moderate Impact Cloud Computing (CC) Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings".

Read more -- "U.S. Federal Government Cloud Computing Requirements"

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/us_federal_government_cloud_computing_requirements.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/HfTE9-gxXzI/windows_7_rtm_available_for_msdn_subscribers_on_august_6_200.html Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:32:05 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.538 Windows 7 RTM Available for MSDN Subscribers on August 6, 2009 Developers will be able to complete their testing on the final version of Windows 7 by accessing the Windows 7 RTM bits via their MSDN subscriptions beginning tomorrow (August 6, 2009). http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnsubscriptions/archive/2009/07/22/when-will-subscribers-get-windows-7-rtm-august-6th.aspx... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Microsoft Jorgen Thelin Developers will be able to complete their testing on the final version of Windows 7 by accessing the Windows 7 RTM bits via their MSDN subscriptions beginning tomorrow (August 6, 2009).

Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Original article location: http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/windows_7_rtm_available_for_msdn_subscribers_on_august_6_200.html


]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/windows_7_rtm_available_for_msdn_subscribers_on_august_6_200.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/MAoGC6rujfc/how_to_port_your_iphone_app_to_windows_mobile.html Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:06:16 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.537 How To Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile MSDN has published a case study that describes how to port an iPhone application to the Windows Mobile platform. Porting to Windows Mobile is a topic that many app developers now seem to be increasingly interested in -- given the frequent issues with getting an iPhone app approved for inclusion in the iPhone App store!... Read more -- "How To Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile" Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Programming Jorgen Thelin MSDN has published a case study that describes how to port an iPhone application to the Windows Mobile platform.

Porting to Windows Mobile is a topic that many app developers now seem to be increasingly interested in -- given the frequent issues with getting an iPhone app approved for inclusion in the iPhone App store!

Read more -- "How To Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile"

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/08/how_to_port_your_iphone_app_to_windows_mobile.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/7gPI0kGra4w/status_update_on_the_live_id_openid_tech_preview.html Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:23:44 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.536 Status Update on the Live ID OpenID Tech Preview Here is a quick update on the status of the Windows Live ID OpenID Community Technology Preview (CTP) endpoints, as lots of people have been asking about that recently.... Read more -- "Status Update on the Live ID OpenID Tech Preview" Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Microsoft Jorgen Thelin Here is a quick update on the status of the Windows Live ID OpenID Community Technology Preview (CTP) endpoints, as lots of people have been asking about that recently.

Read more -- "Status Update on the Live ID OpenID Tech Preview"

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/07/status_update_on_the_live_id_openid_tech_preview.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/AxUv1M23WTw/windows_azure_announces_business_model_and_pricing.html Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:06:56 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.535 Windows Azure Announces Business Model and Pricing At the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, Microsoft announced the business and partner model for the Windows Azure platform including service level agreements and support programs.... Read more -- "Windows Azure Announces Business Model and Pricing" Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Cloud Services Jorgen Thelin At the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, Microsoft announced the business and partner model for the Windows Azure platform including service level agreements and support programs.

Read more -- "Windows Azure Announces Business Model and Pricing"

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]]> http://www.thearchitect.co.uk/weblog/archives/2009/07/windows_azure_announces_business_model_and_pricing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchitect/~3/0prd0G0zZig/microsoft_security_development_lifecycle_process_template_fo.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:24:34 GMT tag:www.thearchitect.co.uk,2009:/weblog//2.534 Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle Process Template for Visual Studio Team System The SDL Process Template is a downloadable template that leverages the technology of Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS) to automatically integrate the policy, process and tools associated with the Security Development Lifecycle v4.1 (SDL) into your software development environment. Installs SDL requirements as work items Includes SDL-based check-in policies Customizes security bugs and queries Includes extensive SDL how-to and guidance documentation Generates auditable Final Security Review report Accommodates third-party tool integration, e.g. the SDL Threat Modeling Tool Includes project plans and security risk assessment templates [ Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System ]... Blog Post Copyright (c) 2009 Jorgen Thelin. All rights reserved. Programming Jorgen Thelin The SDL Process Template is a downloadable template that leverages the technology of Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS) to automatically integrate the policy, process and tools associated with the Security Development Lifecycle v4.1 (SDL) into your software development environment.

  • Installs SDL requirements as work items
  • Includes SDL-based check-in policies
  • Customizes security bugs and queries
  • Includes extensive SDL how-to and guidance documentation
  • Generates auditable Final Security Review report
  • Accommodates third-party tool integration, e.g. the SDL Threat Modeling Tool
  • Includes project plans and security risk assessment templates

[ Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System ]

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