Brian Hitney

developing on the microsoft stack

Using PowerShell to Manage Windows Azure Applications

I was recently asked to do a presentation on managing Windows Azure applications with PowerShell by...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 05/29/2012

Windows Azure Trust Center

The Windows Azure team recently posted about the Windows Azure Trust Center.   One of the...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/16/2012

Folding@home with the SMP Client in Windows Azure

Want to run @home with Azure for another team or use a more powerful CPU? For the true geeks out...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/06/2012

Debugging and Troubleshooting in the Cloud

Thursday, April 5th, at noon, we’ll be having our second from the last @home webcast, this time...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/04/2012

Getting Started with the Windows Azure Cache

Windows Azure has a great caching service that allows applications (whether or not they are hosted...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 04/04/2012

Antimalware in the Windows Azure

On most (or perhaps even all?) of the production servers I’ve worked on, antivirus/antimalware...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/21/2012

Webcast: Intro to @home with Windows Azure

Tomorrow (Thursday, 3/15/2012) at noon ET or 9am PT, we have our first screencast in the @home...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/14/2012

Launching “Learn the Cloud, Make a Difference” DC Effort

Two years ago, Jim O’neil and I developed a quick Azure training program called “@home with Windows...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 03/08/2012

SQL Azure Pricing Changes

SQL Azure just got some better pricing!  Here are the details: Database Size Price Per Database...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 02/20/2012

Funniest Slide Header I’ve Seen in a Long Time…

Credit to a colleague for this slide, but for those who follow Microsoft’s cloud platform might get...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 01/06/2012

Just One More Week To Enter The Rock Paper Azure Fall Sweepstakes!

Week #3 of the Rock Paper Azure Challenge ended at 6pm EST on 12/9/2011. That means another five...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 12/12/2011

Music Library Synchronization, Sonos Tips

I love Windows Home Server.   I’ve been using Windows Home Server for years, and just...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 11/29/2011

Azure Camps Coming Soon!

Jim, Peter, and I are gearing up for another road trip to spread the goodness that is Windows Azure!...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 11/26/2011

Rock, Paper, Azure is back…

Rock, Paper, Azure (RPA) is back!   For those of you who have played before, be sure to...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 11/22/2011

Geo-Load Balancing with the Azure Traffic Manager

One of the great new features of the Windows Azure platform is the Azure Traffic Manager, a geo load...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 10/10/2011

CodeMastery This Weekend in Atlanta

Chris Williams just let me know about an event happening in Atlanta this Saturday, Oct 8 … and it’s...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 10/05/2011

Use the Windows Azure CDN for Assets

The most common response to running stuff in the cloud (Azure, Amazon in particular) is the that...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/26/2011

Azure and Phone … Better Together

We had an excellent time presenting today’s Windows Phone Camp in Charlotte. Thank you to everyone...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/21/2011

Windows PhoneCamps

From MSDN events, to roadshows, to firestarters … Now on to Camps … and just got word about the...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 09/01/2011

RPA Grand Tournament Complete!

We had a GREAT time running the RockPaperAzure Grand Tournament Wednesday.  We had a total of...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 07/14/2011

Top Reasons for Bot Rejection

Just a quick tip for those in the Grand Tournament.  There are 2 very common reasons we’re...

Author: Brian T. Hitney Date: 07/07/2011

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