Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure. Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio includes: C# and VB Project templates for building Cloud Services Integration with the Development Fabric and Development Storage services Debugging Cloud Service Roles… Continue reading Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

SQL Data Services (SDS) SDK (CTP)

This community technology preview (CTP) release of the Software Development Kit for SDS includes tools and client side components useful to developers building applications with SDS. Microsoft Download Link…

.NET Rocks! – Steve Teixeira on Parallelism

Carl and Richard talk to Steve Teixeira, Product Unit Manager for the Parallel Development Tools team within Developer Division’s Parallel Computing Platform organzation at Microsoft. The conversation is mostly around the future of parallel computing highlighting offerings that Microsoft is currently working on. Microsoft Download Link…

Site News & TechNet Utility Spotlight

I’m very excited to see the rapid growth of microsoftPost.com!  What began as an experiment over at groovyPost.com has blossomed into a very popular service!  In just over 60 days, we have gone from 0 – 600+ daily readers!  I’m happy to see that others have appreciated the service here and I will try to… Continue reading Site News & TechNet Utility Spotlight

Utility Spotlight: Windows Server Logo Certification

March 2008 To help ISVs and customers gauge application compatibility, Microsoft created the “Works with Windows Server 2008” program. Here’s a look at the free supporting test tools made available through the program that can help you ensure that applications will deliver a predictable experience. Microsoft Download Link…

Utility Spotlight: PageDefrag

September 2007 The typical Windows defrag tool can optimize most of the files on your hard drive. But certain items, such the Windows page file and Registry hives, are beyond the powers of most defragging tools. This utility, created by Mark Russinovich for Sysinternals, saves the day by defragging the files that are left untouched… Continue reading Utility Spotlight: PageDefrag

HPC Server

Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) provides enterprise-class tools, performance, &scalability for a highly productive HPC environment. HPCS provides a complete &integrated cluster environment including the OS, Job Scheduler, Message Passing Interface v2 (MPI2) support, cluster management &monitoring. Microsoft Download Link…

HPC Pack 2008 SDK

The Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 SDK was designed to provide the tools and content necessary to write parallel applications for the Windows HPC Server 2008 platform. Microsoft Download Link…